Duty Station: Suva - Fiji
Deadline for applications: 7 July 2017
Duration of Period: 1 August 2017 – 31 March 2018 (8 months)
Organization Unit UNFPA Pacific Sub-Regional Office, Suva, Fiji
Purpose of consultancy:
The Contraceptive Social Marketing Project Manager will lead, facilitate and coordinate the CSM feasibility/design project implementation and results, promoting partnership, synergy and strategic alliances on behalf of UNFPA PSRO.
S/He will have the overall responsibility to guide and manage an innovative and responsive project for the effective implementation of the CSM feasibility study and the development of the Design document.
Scope of work:
The Goal of the feasibility/design phase will be to:
1) Understand how a Contraceptive Social Market approach could be used to promote expanded and sustainable access to, and uptake of, selected contraceptive products to targeted populations;
2) Identify opportunities and determine the feasibility for the design and implementation of a Contraceptive Social Market pilot in one or two selected countries in the Pacific where the program has the best chance of success;
3) If assessed as feasible, produce a design document for the implementation phase of a 26 month Contraceptive Social Marketing Piloting in 1 or 2 countries.
Outputs:
1. Supply side of the contraceptives provision in 5 PICTs, including current gaps and bottlenecks documented and potential method mix prioritized (LARCs, EC, Condoms)
2. Demand side for contraceptives provision in 5 PICTs and its particularities documented, including determinant factors for contraceptive use and existing barriers among various age groups.
3. Generated concrete evidence and recommendations and use the evidence generated to guide the development of a quality project design document for the implementation phase.
4. Produced a design document for the implementation phase of the programme, with a maximum value of AUD$2.5 million, which meets DFAT’s requirements.
Given the nature of the project, the scope of work of the CSM Project manager will include:
• Coordinating the organizational, managerial and technical aspects of the CSM feasibility study as described below.
• Provide strategic guidance to ensure the project progresses towards achieving its outcomes by reporting on the progress, monitoring identified project risks and issues;
• Influence counterparts to jointly contribute to the project implementation in full compliance with UNFPA rules and procedures in collaboration with implementing partners and stakeholders;
• Provide substantive inputs in methodology/tools development and analysis plan for the quantitative and qualitative assessments undertaken by the identified research agency/consultant.
• Provide substantive inputs to the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the different activities,
• Facilitate the achievement of project results by providing substantive and technical inputs into project development and implementation, ensuring substantive monitoring, oversight and coordination and evaluating the inputs of consultants and technical experts provided by the TWG as appropriate rapidly flagging any issues with the relevant counterparts either in country or in Suva;
• Monitor the budget for the project, ensuring expenditures are aligned with agreed plans and priorities;
• Provide timely information on implementation and produce quality reports/proposals for timely submission to project Management Core Team, and ensure strong coordination with supporting TWG;
• Provide overall recommendations, based on the findings of the research adopted to develop a design document as described in objective number 4 above.
• Analyze and interpret key results achieved and knowledge acquired through ongoing monitoring and evaluation of the implementation;
• Develop a final design document for the implementation phase of the project based on the evidence generated to be presented to DFAT before March 30, 2018.
• Establish and maintain good working relations with relevant institutional and organizational partners. Provide a harmonized coordination support through appropriate consultation process to enhance coordination between state local and government authorities, international organizations, donors, civil societies, media and other stakeholders thus strengthening the links with multiple partners;
Required expertise, qualifications and competencies, including language requirements:
Education:
• An Advanced (Master’s) University Degree in Health Sciences, Social Sciences or Public Policy/ Administration, Health Economics, Epidemiology or
• An equivalent professional qualification in a discipline relevant to the following areas: Health Sciences, Reproductive Health; Public Health; Health Policy, Financing and Management; Family Health; Health Research; Health Promotion; Medicine; Midwifery or Nursing.
Knowledge and Experience:
• Minimum of seven (7) years of increasingly responsible professional experience at the advisory/managerial level in the area of relevant programme management and coordination, with at least three years at an International level;
• Experience in designing and modeling Contraceptive Social Marketing projects and BCC campaigns.
• Previous solid experience conducting quantitative and qualitative research;
• Previous experience in conducting Market Segmentation Analysis/Clustering in FP is highly desirable.
• Proven experience in coordinating/managing a multi-disciplinary team of staff, experts and consultants;
• Familiarity in communicating in a clear and articulated manner, technical and/or complex issues to different types of audiences;
• Possess excellent interpersonal, negotiating, intercultural communication skills and political acumen;
• Proven experience in managing complex programs and large scale projects would be an asset;
• Previous experience with the United Nations and/or an International Institution or Organization is preferred;
• Experience working in the Pacific region is desirable;
• Computer Literacy: Proficiency and experience in the use of statistical packages: SAS, SPSS, STATA, BMDP, Statistics, SYSTAT highly desirable.
Conditions & Remuneration: UNFPA PSRO will contract a consultant and will be responsible for the payment of fees payable according to qualification and standard terms of payment and subject to satisfactory completion of assignment outputs. Payment will be made on completion of monthly report and deliverables.
Candidates must complete a United Nations Personal History (P.11) form, together with updated Curriculum Vitae and financial proposal. Applications without completed P.11 form will not be considered. The P.11 form as well as a complete Terms of Reference can be downloaded from the office web site http://pacific.unfpa.org and application emailed to vacanciespsro@unfpa.org before July 7 2017. Successful candidates will be contacted.
Notice: There is no application, processing or other fee at any stage of the application process. UNFPA does not solicit or screen for information in respect of HIV or AIDS and does not discriminate on the basis of disabilities, HIV/AIDS and gender
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