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Many countries continue to face significant challenges in maintaining critical health technologies at PHC level, including cold chain equipment, medical devices, oxygen systems, ICT infrastructure, waste management systems, and solar energy solutions. These challenges are often driven by fragmented maintenance approaches, limited technical capacity, insufficient financing, and weak governance and coordination mechanisms. As a result, equipment downtime remains high, preventive maintenance is limited, and health facilities frequently experience disruptions in essential services.

The lack of an integrated maintenance approach also leads to inefficient use of resources, duplication of efforts across program areas, and limited accountability for equipment performance. In many settings, maintenance responsibilities are distributed across different units without clear coordination, resulting in delayed repairs, inadequate preventive maintenance, and shortened equipment lifespan. These gaps ultimately affect the reliability of health services, including immunization, oxygen delivery, diagnostics, and broader primary health care services.

This assignment aims to develop, pilot, and operationalize an integrated maintenance approach that brings together multiple health technology domains under a coordinated and efficient framework. Through pilot country implementation, baseline assessments, operational model development, and capacity strengthening, the assignment will generate evidence-based approaches tailored to different country contexts, including fragile settings and high-impact countries.

The assignment will also document lessons learned and develop scalable and sustainable models for broader adoption. By strengthening government ownership, improving technical capacity, and establishing sustainable financing and governance mechanisms, the initiative aims to improve equipment functionality, enhance service continuity, and contribute to more resilient and efficient primary health care systems.

If you would like to know more about this consultancy, please review the complete Terms of Reference here:  ToR Integrated Mntnce Strat Impln Consultant.pdf

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

Minimum requirements:

Education:     An advanced University Degree (Master’s degree) in Engineering, Public Health, Supply Chain, Business or Public

A Bachelor’s degree and 10 years’ qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the Master’s degree.

Work Experience:

At least eight (8) years of relevant professional experience in immunization supply chain management, health systems strengthening, health technology management, or biomedical engineering, with experience in low- and middle-income countries.

Language Requirements:

Proficiency in spoken and written English is required. Knowledge of French is an asset. 

Knowledge/Expertise/Skills:

• Experience conducting health technology or maintenance system assessments, including equipment inventory, decommissioning, workforce capacity, governance structures, financing, and service delivery models.
• Experience supporting pilot implementation, capacity building, and technical assistance to national and sub-national stakeholders, preferably across multiple countries.
• Strong experience in stakeholder engagement and coordination with ministries of health, partners, private sector, and development agencies at national and sub-national levels.
• Demonstrated experience in developing high-quality technical documents, including concept notes, operational frameworks, guidance documents, and learning reports.
• Strong planning, coordination, and project management skills, with experience working across multiple teams, countries, and time zones.

Desirables:

Experience at management level of health technology management

For every Child, you demonstrate...

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values

UNICEF promotes and advocates for the protection of the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything it does and is mandated to support the realization of the rights of every child, including those most disadvantaged, and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, minority, or any other status.

UNICEF encourages applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic backgrounds, and from people with disabilities, including neurodivergence. We offer reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. throughout the recruitment process. If you require any accommodation, please submit your request through the accessibility email button on the UNICEF Careers webpage Accessibility | UNICEF. Should you be shortlisted, please get in touch with the recruiter directly to share further details, enabling us to make the necessary arrangements in advance.

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.

Qualified candidates are invited to submit the following documents via the online recruitment portal, TMS (Talent Management System):

• An up-to-date TMS profile and curriculum vitae (CV)
• Cover letter
• A separate financial proposal:  Financial proposal xxx2091.docx

Remarks: If the TOR or financial proposal documents are not visible on certain recruitment platforms, please visit our official page Vacancies | UNICEF Careers.

UNICEF does not charge a processing fee at any stage of its recruitment, selection, and hiring processes (i.e., application stage, interview stage, validation stage, or appointment and training). UNICEF will not ask for applicants’ bank account information.

All UNICEF positions are advertised, and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

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