THIS IS AN ADVERTISEMENT FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANT - CONSULTANCY FIRMS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.
Position Summary
UNFPA Country Office (CO) is seeking an Individual Consultant to support its Maternal and Neonatal Mortality Reduction Project in Bioko Norte and Kie Ntem regions, funded by Noble Energy company, in its Reproductive Health commodities provision & health facilities improvement component, namely to conduct the update of the existing official Essential Medicines List of Equatorial Guinea.
The purpose of this consultancy it to ensure a substantive quality assurance framework for the work of the project, in particular in its area of Reproductive Health commodities provision, including Family Planning (FP). It also aims at providing the country with a key tool, which allows for state-of-the-art, evidence-based policy decision-making and overall improvement of healthcare quality.
This consultancy also ensures that internationally established standards, tools and guidance in RMNH are used, both for the project management and for capacity development of partner institutions involved in the implementation of the Nobel Energy GE Ltd-funded project.
The objective of this consultancy is to obtain an updated version of the official Essential Medicines List of Equatorial Guinea, in particular in the area of RMNH, according to the latest WHO guidelines.
Qualifications and Experience
Academic requirements:
- Post-graduate University Degree or equivalent (preferably PhD) in health related area, preferably pharmaceutics or chemistry;
Experience:
- 10 years of increasingly responsible professional experience in substantive area;
- Demonstrated expertise in substantive area, ideally in reproductive, maternal and neonatal health;
- Experience in similar studies (desirable);
- Knowledge of Equatorial Guinea health context is an asset;
- Excellent written communication skills;
- Good interpersonal and communication skills.
Language(s):
- Fluency in oral and written Spanish,
- Fluency in oral and written English/French (desirable);
HOW TO APPLY:
Individual Professionals can apply online (sending the documents mentioned below, with the Post Title mentioned in the Subject line, to: vacancies-unfpa-nbe-ge@unfpa.org ); or by post submitting, in a sealed envelope labeled with the name of the position, a:
- Cover letter, addressed to the UNFPA Resident Representative, with a brief description of why you consider yourself the most suitable candidate for the assignment;
- Technical proposal with a methodology on how to approach and complete the assignment;
- Detailed financial proposal (with all costs included);
- CV(s) + copies of required academic diploma(s).
Proposals should be delivered to:
UNFPA Country Office in Equatorial Guinea
UN House, 5th floor
Malabo II
Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
Deadline: 1 September 2017, by 3.00 PM, local time.
We are no longer accepting applications for this position.
