UNITED
NATIONS CHILDREN’S FUND (UNICEF)
KENYA COUNTRY OFFICE
Malaria Control - NO-A
Consultant: Special Service Agreement (SSA)
Duration – 7 Months
Date of Issue: 28 March, 2012 Closing
Date: 03 April, 2012
Applications are hereby invited from
suitably qualified candidates to fill the above Consultancy in the Health
Section, UNICEF Kenya Office.
Purpose
of the Post: The
consultant will work under the guidance of the Chief of Health as per the
scope of work below.
Background
Malaria remains a major cause of morbidity and
mortality amongst children especially in the lake endemic regions of Nyanza and
western provinces where prevalence is highest at 38%. ITN use amongst children in
this region is below 70% while only 50% of children with fever seek treatment
from health facility with only 11% of them taking the recommended antimalarial
ACT within 48hrs. Evidence exists that
well trained and supervised Community Health Workers who are linked to health
facilities are able to effectively treat and
promote timely care-seeking, encourage appropriate home care, and undertake
referrals to facilities thereby contributing towards better health outcomes for
children with malaria.
UNICEF has supported the training of community
health workers in Siaya and Homa
Bay counties who with
further training and supervision can deliver Community Case Management (CCM)
for malaria in these highly endemic regions. As the government plans to
implement CCM in this region this year, there is need for UNICEF to leverage on
financial resources available from the Global Fund to increase uptake of high
impact malaria interventions in the two counties. To effectively deliver CCM
for malaria there is need to ensure effective program planning, implementation,
support supervision and monitoring through established system and development
of additional program monitoring tools that will provide critical information
for decision making at all levels. Although a Community Based Health Information
system exists, it is still weak. The system established to monitor availability
and use of malaria commodities and supplies is also weak nationally with low
reporting rates and poor quality of data that cannot effectively inform
decision making. The proposed technical support is aimed at providing support
at national and county level where CCM will be implemented to ensure effective
program implementation and monitoring to deliver the desired health outcomes.
Scope of Work
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Provide technical support to the National level
to develop and disseminate program monitoring tools
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Provide technical support to the national malaria
program and the counties implementing CCM for malaria and contribute to effective
monitoring of CCM for malaria
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Support the national program and CCM for malaria
implementing districts improve data quality for community based health
information system and reporting rates for malaria commodity
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Support National program review performance of
CCM
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Support development of district micro-plans that
include malaria communications to increase uptake of malaria interventions
especially use of recommended medication and ITN use.
Expected Deliverables
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Tools to monitor implementation of CCM for
malaria developed and used
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Increased number of children with fever treated
with ACT in Homa Bay and Siaya counties (levels tbd)
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Increased use of ITN by children (levels tbd)
-
Increased reporting rates for CBHIS in Homa Bay
and Siaya counties from the current 0% to 60% by September 2012
Desired background and
experience
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First degree in medicine or public health
-
Health related field with prior work experience
in sub-national levels and in malaria considered an advantage
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Knowledge on Community health services in Kenya and the
countries health information system
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Knowledge on integrated community case management
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Experiencing in working with either the National
or Provincial teams
Competencies
1.
Core
Values: 1) Commitment, 2) Diversity and Inclusion, 3) Integrity
2.
Core
Competencies: 1) Communication,
2) Working with People, 3) Drive for
Results
3. Functional competencies: 1) Applying Technical Expertise, 2) Analysing, 3)
Planning, Setting Standards, & Monitoring Work, 4) Group Facilitation
Interested and suitable candidates should ensure
that they forward their applications along with their curricula vitae,
(internal candidates should attach copies of their last two Performance
Evaluation Reports), to;
The Human Resources
Specialist
UNICEF Kenya Country
Office
Email address: kenyahrvacancies@unicef.org
Please indicate Reference No. “KCO/SSA/HLTH/2012/005”
in the email subject.
Interested candidates should also complete the
Personal History (P11) form, which can be downloaded from the UNICEF Kenya website (http://www.unicef.org/kenya).
“QUALIFIED FEMALE
CANDIDATES ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY”
ZERO TOLERANCE FOR SEXUAL
EXPLOITATION AND ABUSE
UNICEF IS A SMOKE-FREE
ENVIRONMENT
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