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Purpose of Assignment:

Scope of Work:

• Prepare a regional brief on WASH in HCFs focusing on primary and community health platforms including detailed recommendations and action plan for scaling up WASH in HCFs in the region based on the recommendation made by the Rapid Landscape Assessment of WASH-FIT and Health Care Waste Management in South Asia, 2025. (within month 3)
• Develop an investment case for WASH in HFs for SAR (within month 6)
• Coordinate and facilitate country specific training of trainer’s sessions on WASHFIT implementation in at least four countries. (within month 9)
• Support countries to develop cascaded training plans on WASH in HCF in at least four countries. (within month 9)
• Organize and facilitate Health Care Waste management (HCWM) trainings (2-3 days) in at least four countries (Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan)
• Provide technical support to regular quarterly regional coordination review meetings on WASH in HCFs for eight countries in SAR including development of human-interest stories and case studies as part of the Republic of Korea partnership.
• Support countries to update national strategy on WASH in HCF, country level WASH in HCF briefs, costed roadmaps for WASH in HCF for 2030 (at least one countries among Afghanistan, Srilanka, Pakistan, Maldives).
• Based on findings of the regional brief, support integrating WASH indicators into HMIS and strengthening data systems in national information systems (at least in one country among Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal).
• Organize and facilitate regional webinars (at least three) for knowledge sharing on WASH in Health Care facilities, and
• As guided by the ROSA WASH and Health in HCF focal points, provide regional and country specific technical support on the development and/or review of existing WASH in HCF guidance and standard documents, knowledge management and monitoring.
• Guidance for developing short videos for visibility.

Key Deliverables - for detailed overview, please see attached  Terms of Reference

Duration of the Contract:This is a home-based 12-month assignment with mission travel as required.

Note: The consultant is expected to travel to all eight countries for delivering face to face training. Countries to be visited for training of trainer’s sessions on WASHFIT implementation are Nepal, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Similarly, countries to be visited for Health Care Waste management (HCWM) trainings are Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan. Each travel duration varies from 5-7 days based on the designed session plan and will have to be approved by the supervisor before the actual travel dates. 

 Please submit your application with the financial proposal.

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have… 

Education:  Advanced university degree (Masters or equivalent) in relevant field such as in Public Health, Environmental Health, Engineering, Social Sciences or related field relevant to international WASH/Health programming

Knowledge/Expertise/Skills required:

• Minimum ten years of solid professional WASH sector or water resources management experiences in the UN or other international organisation, government or the private sector of which:
• At least seven years of experience in public health issues in developing countries, at middle- level management
• At least five years’ experience in implementing WASH and or WASH in health care facilities programmes essential.
• Demonstrated knowledge of WASHFIT and Waste management and environmental cleaning aspects in healthcare facilities.
• Proven skills in facilitating trainnings, conducting webinars, meeting and conferences.
• Solid knowledge of tools and methods for capacity assessment, data/statistical analysis and reporting platforms.
• Strong communication skills (written and oral) in English are required.
• Familiarity with UNICEF WASH programmes and sector systems strengthening
• Excellent interpersonal skills and demonstrated experience working in a multicultural environment

For every Child, you demonstrate… 

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS). 

To view our competency framework, please visit  here. 

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UNICEF does not hire candidates who are married to children (persons under 18). UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination based on gender, nationality, age, race, sexual orientation, religious or ethnic background or disabilities. UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check, and selected candidates with disabilities may be requested to submit supporting documentation in relation to their disability confidentially.

Remarks:  

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process. 

Individuals engaged under a consultancy or individual contract will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures, and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultants and individual contractors are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws. 

The selected candidate is solely responsible to ensure that the visa (applicable) and health insurance required to perform the duties of the contract are valid for the entire period of the contract. Selected candidates are subject to confirmation of fully-vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which must be met prior to taking up the assignment. It does not apply to consultants who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their consultancy contracts.