Purpose for consultancy:
Interlinkages between Sexual Gender Based Violence, Harmful Practices and Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights are strong and evident. Women and girls are at the center of all three focused intervention areas and are the main victims of often gross human rights violations/abuses associated with SGBV, HP and SRH. The current situation remains fragmented, wherein women are providing services in different settings with virtually different staff. The somewhat disintegrated creates room for lost opportunities providing access to quality services form women and girls suffering the consequences of SGBV/HP and sometimes SRH.
Against this background, UNFPA under the Spotlight Initiative project and in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, is seeking to hire a local Consultant to develop a standard integrated essential package of services for SGBV and SRHR. The document should mirror components of the following international/global policy and guidelines;
• The United Nations Joint Global Program on Essential Services for women and Girls Subjected to Violence;
• The World Health Organization (WHO) clinical policy and guidelines on responding to intimate partner violence and sexual violence;
• WHO guidelines for maternal, newborn child and adolescent health care and relevant national SGBV/HP/SRHR policies, guidelines on the health of women and girls.
Consultancy Objective
The main objective of the consultancy is to develop a comprehensive, integrated rights-based package of essential services for the purpose of achieving the followings:
- Provide greater access to rights-based women, adolescent and child centered care for women and girls through an integrated guideline/tool that addresses, health related issues and complications including mental, physical and sexual reproductive health consequences of violence against women;
- Develop a reference guide for the training of care providers in health facilities, One Stop Centers and safe spaces to effectively identify and treat women subjected to violence and abuse in line with standards;
- Provide guidance to service providers on adequate referral and linkages with other services areas that ensure access to safety, legal systems as well as other social service through effective coordination and communication approaches;
- Provide guidance to care providers on proper documentation and systematic health related data collection and dissemination based on required standards
Scope of Work and Expected Results
Scope of Work
The development of a standard essential package of services for SGBV, HP and SRHR has a nationwide scope as it is intended to be used as an important national tool to identify and train care providers at various service delivery points including primary, secondary as well as tertiary health facilities, One Stop Centers, safe spaces/homes and other points of access first line health care for survivors.
Conduct a Training of Trainers for national trainers who will in turn roll out the training to frontline care givers.
Expected Results
The following outputs are expected from the national Consultant:
- Collect, review and analyze all the necessary documents and existing frameworks (policies and tools) to fully capture all relevant processes and procedures in the provision of care for women and girls that experience SGBV/HP and SRHR in an integrated manner;
- Map out service providers and service provision points (hospitals, health centers and clinics) and carry out stakeholder analysis to bring out the roles and responsibilities of key players and institutions that play a vital role in the delivery of services at various points of care;
- Based on the processes mentioned above and in consultation with UNFPA, develop a comprehensive document containing the contents of the package of essential services as well as modality for implementation/utilization;
- Facilitate two working group consultations in collaboration with UNFPA and present the initial draft integrated package of services;
- Finalize the Guideline document incorporating all the inputs;
- Clear detailed guidance document on the integration of SRHR/SGBV/HP services at service delivery points including hospitals, health centers and clinics;
- Including Resource Directory of all the relevant Government Departments/ Ministries, NGOs, hospitals, health centers and clinics with contact details and/or focal points;
- Development of a training guideline for implementation.
- A detailed ppt presentation has to be made by the consultant after the completion of the document on the salient features of the Guideline document to stakeholders
Required expertise, qualifications and competencies, including language requirements:
- Have 10 years’ experience in designing and implementing health programs and projects with post graduate degree in sociology, Public Health, medical science and health related field or development studies
- Demonstrated experiences and skills in facilitating stakeholder/working group consultations.
- Previous experience with the development of national tools and strategic plans is an asset
- Experience in working with UN Agencies /UNFPA is an asset;
- Proven negotiation, communications, analytical and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work as part of a team, within a multicultural setting;
- Ability to express clearly and concisely ideas and concepts in writing in English;
- Good organizational skills, including time management, and ability to meet deadlines;
- Experience in the usage of computers and office software such as Microsoft word, Excel power point, etc.
- Availability for full duration of assignment.
HOW TO APPLY
Candidates should submit their applications indicating the purpose; attach an updated CV, and a completed United Nations Personnel History Form P.11 obtainable from the UNFPA website at www.unfpa.org. ALL APPLICATIONS, WITH RELEVANT ATTACHMENTS, SHOULD BE SUBMITTED BY EMAIL TO: ewatkins@unfpa.org with cc to debashish@unfpa.org
The last date to receive applications is 21 October 2019 at 17:00 hrs. GMT. UNFPA will only respond to applicants who will meet the stated job requirements.
