International Individual Consultant to conduct Mid-Term Review of the National Community Health Strategy 2020-2025 (Open to Non Nationals Only) at UNICEF International

job Description

UNICEF Zimbabwe is seeking to engage an enthusiastic and committed Individual consultant to to conduct Mid-Term Review of the Zimbabwe National Community Health Strategy 2020-2025 (Open to Non Zimbabwe Nationals Only)

PURPOSE
The purpose of the mid-term review is to inform the MHCC and Partners on the progress of implementation of the National Community Health Strategy and provide guidance on the next steps in accelerating strategy implementation as part of contribution towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The MTR will provide an insight into what worked well, what did not work well, where why and under which circumstances. This will inform decisions for programmatic adjustments for strengthening the whole continuum of reproductive maternal new-born child adolescent health and nutrition including human security interventions. The MTR will also look at how the community based primary health care interventions have contributed towards strengthening the national health systems. Furthermore, it will contribute towards generating evidence and document lessons learned and provide feedback into the design of future community based primary health care programmes for better performance effectiveness, efficiency, relevance, and coherence.

Duties and Responsibilities

1. Preparatory phase
Draft Monitoring, Learning and Evaluation Framework.
Inception report to demonstrate understanding of the TOR.
Inception meeting with MoHCC, UNICEF ZCO and NCHS Core Group Team.

2. Data collection phase
Desk Review: Review of publications, summary data of constituent programmes of the community health programme and Essential Health Package (EHP) of interventions, government and partner reports, and secondary data from related surveys and assessments.

3. Drafting, validation, and completion phase
Finalisation of Mid Term Review report and summary
Validation of the review report with MOHCC programmes, provinces, districts, communities, and key partners.

4. Dissemination and Advocacy
Dissemination of the MTR report to MOHCC and Stakeholders.
Submission of final report.

Qualifications and Experience

Advanced (Masters) degree in public health, health policy, health economics, health systems strengthening or a related field.

Experience:
Relevant international experience in primary health care and health systems strengthening.
At least 15 years of experience in the health/social sector.
Demonstrated work experience with Ministries of Health and relevant government departments in Africa. Previous work with the UN is an added advantage.
Strong track record of working with Communities and Community Health Systems in the African context.