Consultant - Project on engaging civil society organizations

Purpose of consultancy

To support the implementation of the project on engaging civil society organizations (CSO) in COVID-19 response, including data analysis and documentation support to the project, as well as developing an impact framework for future CSO engagement in emergency management. The consultant will work with relevant partners under the guidance of the Country Readiness Strengthening (CRS) Department, WHO Health Emergencies Programme and will report to the Unit Lead (or designate) within the Community Readiness and Resilience (CRR).

Background

COVID-19 has demonstrated that community readiness and resilience are fundamental to effective response and recovery from health, social, and economic impact of the pandemic. The objective of the consultancy is to support the CRR team on promoting work on strengthening country readiness for COVID-19 pandemic and other health emergencies. The work under the guidance of the Unit Lead (or designate) envisages collaboration with WHO regional (RO) and country offices (WCO) as well as relevant Headquarters departments, and includes:

• Development of materials related to civil society organizations (CSO) engagement in COVID-19 response with the purpose of strengthening community readiness and resilience;
• Fine-tuning a monitoring and evaluation plan for the CSO engagement project;
• Developing a robust impact framework for the CSO engagement for readiness;
• Documentation of success stories on a) the work related to CSO engagement in the context of strengthening community readiness and resilience to public health emergencies; and b) the role of local community groups and governments in strengthening community readiness and resilience for COVID-19;
• Support ROs and COs in the consolidation of updates and reports on CSOs’ engagment in COVID-19 response; and
• Develop CSO mapping and provide comprehensive data analysis from the CSO mapping survey to inform CRR programme design.

Deliverables

Output 1:

Development of materials related to the CSO engagement in COVID-19 response, including developing CSO mapping and providing data analysis from the CSO mapping survey

Activity 1:

Work in collaboration with technical focal points in HQ, RO, CO on developing relevant materials to support governments in systematically engaging CSOs in COVID-19 response.

Output 2:

Documenting for success: production of stories from country and grassroots level work related to community engagement and role of local community groups and governments in strengthening community readiness and resilience

Activity 1:

Establish regular communication with ROs and COs engaged in CSOs’ engagement project to obtain stories for photo essays, web updates and progress on activities related to CSOs’ engagement in COVID-19 response.

Activity 2:

Develop dynamic codification system for documenting best practice experiences and mechanisms of CSO engagement.

Output 3:

Support ROs and COs in the consolidation of updates and reports on CSOs’ engagment in COVID-19 response.

Activity 1:

Liaise with all relevant stakeholders working on CSOs’ engagement to consolidate reports and updates from CSOs and from countries involved in CSOs’ engagment initiative.

Output 4:

Robust monitoring and evaluation plan and strategic impact framework for the CSO engagement initiative, including an outline for resource mobilization targeting programme development and sustainability.

Qualifications, experience, skills and languages

Educational Qualifications required:

Advanced University Degree (Master’s Degree) in public health or relevant health related field.

Experience required:

Essential:

• At least 7 years of proven working experience in designing impact frameworks, technical writing, documentation and production of technical reports (please attach relevant publications).
• Proven experience in data collection and data analysis.
• Proven experience related to community engagement.
• Experience in working on risk communication.
• Experience in business management of projects at community level.

Desirable:

Experience in emergency management.

Skills/knowledge:

• Strong technical writing skills.
• Strong data management and data analysis skills.
• Strong management and coordination skills.
• Capacity to work in a multidisciplinary team and communicate effectively with different target audiences.
• Proficiency with MS Office as well as other applications.

Language requirements:

Essential:
Expert knowledge of English.

Desirable:
Working knowledge of French, Spanish or another official UN language.

Location

The consultant will work off-site.

Travel (If travel is involved, a medical certificate of fitness for work will be required.)

There is no foreseeable travel for the consultancy.

Remuneration and budget (travel costs excluded)

PayBand level B (USD 7000 – 9,980) per month.

Living expenses (A living expense is payable to on-site consultants who are internationally recruited):

Not applicable.

Work schedule (if applicable) / Duration of contract:

1 September to 31 December 2021 (4 months)

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