E-Zone HRM Limited

E-Zone HRM Limited is a management consulting group providing one-stop solutions to clients who seek improved and sustainable profitability through the effective use of their people and resources. We specialize in delivering innovative and value added services that promote revenue growth and cost containment.

E-Zone HRM Limited has a formal agreement with one of the United Nations Agency to provide outsourcing services under a third party contract.

E-Zone HRM Limited is now accepting applications from Bangladeshi Nationals for the following vacancies under third party outsourcing contract modality:

The purpose of hiring National Consultant is to provide technical assistance to MOH&FW/DGHS to support contextualising national water safety challenges; Implement and evaluate WSPs for two (2) hospitals, conduct policy and stakeholder analysis, and support development strategy/ guideline for scale up of WSP.

Functional water services in hospitals are vital for essential infection prevention and control practices, to avert healthcare associated infections (HAI). However, water access alone does not protect patients from HAI. Inadequately managed hospital water systems that become contaminated are recognised sources of waterborne outbreaks and HAI. Vulnerable patients with weak immune systems - acquired or immature (e.g., newborn) or breaches in protective barriers from childbirth, surgery, or invasive devices - are at the greatest risk from HAI including wound, bloodstream and urinary tract infections and pneumonia.

Together with the University of Oxford (OU) and icddr, b, has initiated an action research project which aims to develop and operationalize a locally actionable Water Safety Plan (WSP) for Bangladesh hospitals.

A principal goal of this project is to engage political buy-in for sustainable adoption and institutionalizing of WSP to continuously improve healthcare water services that will optimally support IPC and quality of care. The project seeks to address current gaps and barriers through two complementary outcomes:

The consultant will work with the Oxford University researcher to undertake the followings.

SL	Tasks	Deliverables	Amount	Days
1.	Review national and cross-sectoral policies on the installation and management of water services for HCFs and high-risk clinical areas.	Report on cross-sectoral Policy and strategy review		10 days
2.	Engage and interview key cross-sectoral stakeholders involved in decision-making and implementation of WASH in HCF policies at the national, district and facility level.	Key informant interview and FGDs conducted		15 days
3.	Undertake a stakeholder analysis to identify interests, conflicts, barriers, and opportunities to inform the WSP pilot project strategy.	One consultative workshop and final report on stakeholder analysis		10 days
4.	Engage with key stakeholders to develop and implement an actionable water safety plan for two (2) hospitals. Activities will include facilitating a technical workshop and focus group discussions with national stakeholders and local implementers	Technical working group formation at hospital level and one steering committee under the leadership of Director Hospital Two stakeholder consultations on designing the safe water plan at hospital level One national stakeholder consultation on finalisation of WSP Designing the WSP model		20 days
5.	Co-develop a risk-assessment framework for the WSP for Bangladesh HCFs and high-risk clinical areas	develop Risk-assessment framework for WASH		5 days
6.	Provide technical backstop for water system management, such as, water treatment and environmental hygiene management, water infrastructure enhancement if required according to the developed model.	Support implementation of WSP – process documentation report		40 days
7.	Capacity-building training at the national and sub-national levels	Training report		10 days
8.	Develop a WSP evaluation framework for implementation sites	Evaluation Framework		5 days
9.	Evaluate WSP/ Analyse of barriers and opportunities to advance WSP nationally	Evaluation report analysing barriers and opportunities		10 days
10.	Development of guideline for WSP scale-up.	A guideline of WSP scale-up		20 days

The consultant will get BDT 13,500 per day basis and as a consolidated package of 2,007,500 which includes lumpsum travel cost, so consultant will not claim any travel cost in addition to this.

This position is open for Bangladeshi Nationals only. All candidates, irrespective of gender, religious and ethnic backgrounds can apply for the vacancies.

The UN Agency prides itself as fostering a multicultural and harmonious work environment, guaranteed by a zero-tolerance policy on sexual exploitation and abuse, and on any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment and discrimination. All selected consultants will undergo rigorous reference and background checks.