VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

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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:

National MNCAH consultant(MNCAH) at NOB level

Duty Station: DGHS, Mohakhali Dhaka, Bangladesh

Contract Duration: 11 months period (Dec 2021-Oct 2022)

Number of Vacancies: 1(One)

Contract Type: Contract with E-Zone    

Contract Start Date: December 2021

Reporting to: Health Specialist, Maternal and Adolescent Health

A. Purpose:

The purpose of hiring national consultant is to provide technical assistance to MOH&FW/DGHS/DGFP for accelerating the activities during COVID pandemic and routine MNCAH services. To improved availability and utilization of essential and safe quality maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health services with improved infection prevention, facility readiness and health workforce capacity in the current COVID-19 context.

This consultancy will contribute to incorporate findings from MTR review and operationalize routine and COVID-19 related key activities like Women Friendly Hospital Initiative, MPDSR and EmONC component of National Strategy for Maternal Health to achieve the results of 4th HPNSP for the ultimate improvement of the quality of care in maternal health services.

B. Background:

While the impact of COVID-19 pandemic and suppression measures like lockdowns may have reduced the transmission, it has affected the economic and social activities in the country. It has caused reduced access and utilization of essential services, especially for the vulnerable populations of women, newborns, children and adolescents and persons with disability. Due to indirect adverse effects of COVID-19 on both the supply and demand of critical and essential health services, there is a clear risk of an increase in maternal, newborn and child mortality as predicted by the experts. The Lancet medical journal estimates that if there is a further reduction in health services in Bangladesh, more than 28,000 children under the age of five could die within the next six months. Though, Bangladesh is a globally recognized case of success in achieving progress in maternal and child health, the maternal mortality has stagnated in the last few years. The major challenges are inadequately equipped facilities, including energy, water supply and hygiene requirements, insufficient availability of skilled human resources, lack of accountability and poor quality of care. There is no evidence-based action by the health managers to improve the situation. The out of pocket expenditure is significantly high as the private sector plays key role to serve majority of the population. The proven effective interventions for maternal health are not implemented systematically, and the delivery of service package by level remains unclear, whereby efficient use of health care force is suboptimal. There is an urgent need of an implementable action plan for executing the national strategy by different level of health care facilities, with ‘rightsizing’ of care and health workers is practiced. UN Agency has played important role in approving the maternal health strategy and the development of the National Action Plan for Maternal Health with support from other agencies which is in a process of endorsement.

The current COVID-19 has further hampered the implementation process of the routine activities. The utilization of the services has decreased by 50% or more in many services. After the training on the new COVID guideline, the service uptake has started to restore. But the routine works remained unimplemented in most of the programs. Bangladesh is availing Access to COVID19 Tools Accelerator (ACT-A) fund to accelerate the development, production, and equitable access to COVID-19 tests, treatments, and vaccines.

The Mid-Term-Review of the health sector program recommended to increase coverage and quality of services for MNCAH including CEmONC and BEmONC and monitoring of the progress of the maternal services integration of nutrition with EPI. The demand generation activities through communication for development need to be further strengthened.

Through the project of Global Affairs Canada (GAC), support for Maternal Newborn and Child Health has been provided including  technical assistance to strengthen the capacity and readiness of government district hospitals and mother child welfare centers for 24/7 comprehensive obstetric care, implementation of gender-responsive women friendly hospital initiative and Maternal and Perinatal  Death Surveillance and Response (MPDSR) in 5 districts and scaling up good practices nationwide. UN Agency is also supporting the MOHFW for operationalizing the Quality Improvement strategic framework and strengthen on-site support for QoC of MNCH services at district and Upazila level facilities.

In this context, UN Agency will provide technical assistance with support of the above-mentioned activities at the national level to facilitate the implementation process and monitoring of the activity progress. The national consultants will be based at HSM unit of the DGHS and closely work with MoH&FW, DGHS, DGFP, DGNM and other partners under the direct supervision of the Line Director-HSM, DGHS and technical supervision by the UN Agency staff member.

C. Objectives, Purpose and Expected Results:

The objective of hiring national MNCAH consultant will support the government in COVID response. He will also provide day to day technical assistance and support the HSM and MNH team at DGHS and coordinate with LD-MNCAH/MCRAH, Directors Hospital/LD Hospital Service management, LD- UHC and concerned Programmes, and concerned LD from DGFP for the smooth implementation of the MNCAH activities.

He will also support in the therapeutics Pillar and Risk Communication and Community Engagement to promote trust and support adoption for COVID-19 vaccines, treatments and tests.

This consultancy will contribute for operationalization of the key activities of BPRP in COVID response and COVID proofing interventions for newborn health following the respective national action plans and ultimately achieve the results for improving the quality of care for maternal, newborn and Child health services.

D. Description of Assignment:

The consultant will be based in the DGHS and support the HSM and MNH team of the DGHS for the implementation of the planned activities on EmONC, WFHI, NNHP & IMCI,  MPDSR and Quality improvement as per the operational plan of Hospital Services Management and MNCAH. He will be responsible for coordinating with the LD-MCRAH of DGFP, concerned focal of the DGNM, concerned programme Managers (HSM/MNH/MCRAH/IMCI-NNHP/CBHC/UHC/HMIS) and other to facilitate the implementation.

The consultant will help the program managers in identifying the key intervention and provide technical assistance for effective implementation of the interventions. The consultant will mainly work operationalizing the new WFHI version-2 within the Hospital Services Management. The second key activities are implementation and monitoring of MPDSR in the UN Agency supported districts and scaling up of the program nationwide with the program manager of MNH, DGHS. The consultant will also support the HSM team and facilitate implementation of the quality improvement activities for EmONC and SCANU in the Operational Plan including coordination support. The consultant will co-ordinate with QIS, NIPSOM, BSMMU,  OGSB and other key partners to strengthen the on-site support for quality improvement of the MNH services including CEmONC/ BEmONC, SCANU, KMC and IMCI  at the facilities and monitoring of the progress and introduce regular monitoring and coordination mechanism between operational plan and program managers.

E. Deliverables:

  1. Supervision and monitoring of ACT-A funded activities in 35 districts and guiding 16 districts MNCAH consultants for smooth implementation of ACT-A pillars.
  2. TA to all LDs/Directors and PM for implementation of OP activities (MNH, NNH, IMCI, School Health-adolescent)
  3. Implementation of gender-responsive Women Friendly Hospital Initiative (WFHI) version-2 in the UN Agency districts under HSM and support HSM operational plan for scaling up of WFHI in new health facilities
  4. Facilitate and support LD-HSM team for coordination and implementation of Quality Improvement activities for QoC of MNH services including CEmoNC/BEmONC,  QoC for small and sick newborn  in SCANU & KMC, pediatric quality of care and IMCI services with special focus on safe use of oxygen therapy for hypoxemia management.
  5. Support and facilitate implementation and monitoring of new interventions like day care approach for pneumonia management, ECCD with nurturing care and ROP in SCANU
  6. Technical assistance in scaling up of the good practices in MPDSR implementation from UN Agency supported district to nationwide and support in implementation of the revised MPDSR guideline and integrating activities through PDCA cycle
  7. Monitoring of the EmONC services in UN Agency supported districts
  8. Support LD-HSM team and facilitate to coordinate with CDC, CBHC, UHC and MNCAH to institutionalize Infection Prevention Control (IPC) including essential supplies and revitalize essential MNCAH services to combat COVID-19 in the UN Agency supported hospitals in 13 districts
  9. Integrating and operationalize suggestion from MTR 2020 on maternal health
  10. TA to OGSB, BPA, BNF, BSMMU etc. for mentorship programme, QoC of SCANU, Paediatric QoC, WFHI, Oxygen
  11. Support in implementation of COVID -19 emergency activities under ACT-A

Deliverables/Outputs:

Reporting requirement

Deliverable: 1 (1st month)

  1. Desk review COVID impacts in MNCAH service and prepare report
  2. Submit a report on the WFHI overall status through field visit and way forward for implementation of WFHI operational guideline.
  3. Submit a report on the overall SCANU, KMC and IMCI service status through field visit and way forward for improvement of services as per operational guideline.
  4. Submit a report on safe and rational use of oxygen therapy and use of oxygen monitoring checklist in UN Agency supported facilities
  5. Produce status report on MPDSR training plan of the government
  6. Facilitate organizing a coordination meeting on QI and produce status report on the QI including planned activities of HSM and QIS
  7. Organize meeting with the ACT-A districts consultants to monitor progress
  1. Report on COVID impact and draft an action plan
  2. Status report of the WFHI
  3. Status report on SCANU, KMC and IMCI
  4. Status report of MPDSR
  5. One Coordination meeting organized on QI and status report on Quality Improvement activities 
  6. Presentation on MTR findings and development of key actions to incorporate in OP

Deliverable: 2 (2nd month)

  1. Develop Implementation plan for COVID related interventions in ACT-A supported districts
  2. Conduct training on WFHI version 2 at national level and implementation plan for all component of the WFHI and conduct workshop of revision of the WFHI assessment tool by OGSB
  3. Provide technical assistance in monitoring of the WFHI as per the HSM OP
  4. Facilitate and coordinate with NNHP&IMCI, NNS, UHC and urban health authority for full functionalization and monitoring of DCA for pneumonia
  5. Facilitate and coordinate with NNHP&IMCI and BSMMU for full functioning of ROP in selected SCANU
  6. Facilitate and coordinate with NNHP&IMCI, NNS, UHC and CBHC  for implementation of ECCD and nurturing care in selected facilities
  7. Facilitate and coordinate with QIS/NIPSOM/MNCAH/BSMMU to organize quarterly webinars with intervention districts for performance tracking of Quality Improvement activities to improve QoC of MNH services including CEmONC, BEmONC, SCANU etc.
  8. Facilitate and coordinate with NNHP& IMCI and NNS for implementation oof ECCD and nurturing care guideline
  9. Facilitate and coordinate with CDC/MNCAH/CBHC and DGFP to track functioning of the IPC committees at facilities for institutionalizing standard Infection Prevention Control (IPC) and Triage as per national protocol and guidelines in COVID-19 context
  1. Costed action for ACT-A districts
  2. Status report of WFHI workshop
  3. Status report on MPDSR TOT
  4. Status report on DCA for pneumonia
  5. Status report on ROP
  6. Report on monitoring visit
  7. Revised WFHI assessment tool
  8. One webinar organized on QI
  9. Status report on functional status of IPC committees at facilities

 

Deliverable: 3 (3rd month)

  1. Support COVID related procurement in health section and coordination with DGHS
  2. Organize a video monitoring of the MPDSR progress with all districts (3 batch)
  3. Support NNHP to organize quarterly review meeting on NNHP& IMCI to assess the overall progress on Newborn and child health and support to develop action plan based on gap analysis
  4. Support NNHP to organize training on ECCD and nurturing care
  5. Assessment of the WFHI of selected district hospital in UN Agency supported districts
  6. Establishment of satisfaction booth in all UN Agency supported  districts 
  7. Facilitate and coordinate with CDC/MNCAH/CBHC to track functioning of the IPC committees at facilities for institutionalizing standard Infection Prevention Control (IPC) and Triage as per national protocol and guidelines in COVID-19 context
  1. Status report of ACT-A and covid related procurement 
  2. Status report of MPDSR video monitoring with findings and further recommendations
  3. Assessment report of WFHI
  4. Functioning of satisfaction booth in UN Agency districts
  5. Status report on functional status of IPC committees at facilities
  6.  

Deliverable: 4 (4th month)

  1. Field monitoring of ACT-A funded districts
  2. Monitoring of the WFHI and organize district training of the WFHI in UN Agency  supported districts
  3. Facilitate and coordinate with NNHP&IMCI, NNS, UHC and urban health authority to monitor full functionalization and monitoring of DCA for pneumonia
  4. Facilitate and coordinate with NNHP&IMCI and BSMMU to monitor full functioning of ROP in selected SCANU
  5. Facilitate and coordinate with NNHP&IMCI, NNS, UHC and CBHC for implementation of ECCD and nurturing care in selected facilities
  6. Ensure fund from the operational plan for WFHI
  7. Monitor MPDSR activities at national level  
  8. Facilitate and coordinate with CDC/MNCAH/CBHC to track functioning of the IPC committees at facilities for institutionalizing standard Infection Prevention Control (IPC) and Triage as per national protocol and guidelines in COVID-19 context
  1. Assessment report ACT-A
  2. OP funding utilization report
  3. MPDSR monitoring report
  4. Status report on functional status of IPC committees at facilities
  5. Report of COVID case positivity status

Deliverable: 5 (5th month)

  1. Collect data from ACT-A districts and develop ACT-A progress report
  2. Organize MPDSR cause analysis workshop training in all districts using innovative technology
  3. Improve DHIS-2 reporting status of MPDSR and organize training on MPDSR reporting
  4. Develop gender disaggregate dashboard for health managers for decision making process
  5. Facilitate and coordinate with NNHP&IMCI, NNS, UHC and urban health authority to monitor full functionalization and monitoring of DCA for pneumonia
  6. Facilitate and coordinate with NNHP&IMCI and BSMMU to monitor full functioning of ROP in selected SCANU
  7. Facilitate and coordinate with NNHP&IMCI, NNS, UHC and CBHC  for implementation of ECCD and nurturing care in selected facilities
  8. Facilitate and coordinate with QIS/NIPSOM/MNCAH/BSMMU to organize quarterly webinars with intervention districts for performance tracking of Quality Improvement activities to improve QoC of MNH services including CEmONC, BEmONC, SCANU etc.
  9. Facilitate and coordinate with CDC/MNCAH/CBHC to track functioning of the IPC committees at facilities for institutionalizing standard Infection Prevention Control (IPC) and Triage as per national protocol and guidelines in COVID-19 context
  1. Status report training in ACT-A districts
  2. Status report on MPDSR training
  3. Report on gender dashboard 
  4. One webinar organized on QI
  5. Status report on functional status of IPC committees at facilities
  6. Incorporated feedback on OP from MTR

Deliverable: 6 (6th month)

  1. Organize MPDSR cause analysis workshop training in all districts using innovative technology
  2. Improve DHIS-2 reporting status of MPDSR and organize training on MPDSR reporting
  3. Support NNHP to organize divisional quarterly review meeting on NNHP& IMCI to assess the overall progress on Newborn and child health and support to develop action plan based on gap analysis using the newborn dashboard
  4. Support NNHP to organize a review meeting with BSMMU and ORBIS to monitor the implementation of ROP and to develop scale up plan
  5. Develop gender disaggregate dashboard and orientation on dashboard for health managers for decision making process
  6. Organize online refresher on the EmONC signal function
  7. Facilitate and coordinate with CDC/MNCAH/CBHC to track functioning of the IPC committees at facilities for institutionalizing standard Infection Prevention Control (IPC) and Triage as per national protocol and guidelines in COVID-19 context
  1. Status report of MPDSR training
  2. Summary report of DHIS-2
  3. Status report on managers training
  4. Status report on functional status of IPC committees at facilities

 

Deliverable: 7 (7th month)

  1. Support DGHS for emergency response for COVID and oxygen support
  2. Organize MPDSR cause analysis workshop training in all districts using innovative technology
  3. Online monitoring of the WFHI and establishing the organizational committee of WFHI
  4. Develop MPDSR dashboard for health managers
  5. Conduct monitoring of the EmONC services and organize workshop on new EmONC guideline by the OGSB
  6. Facilitate and coordinate with NNHP&IMCI, NNS, UHC and urban health authority to monitor full functionalization and monitoring of DCA for pneumonia and support to develop sustainable plan
  7. Facilitate and coordinate with NNHP&IMCI and BSMMU to monitor full functioning of ROP in selected SCANU support to develop sustainable plan
  8. Facilitate and coordinate with NNHP&IMCI, NNS, UHC and CBHC for implementation of ECCD and nurturing care in selected facilities support to develop sustainable plan
  9. Facilitate and coordinate with CDC/MNCAH/CBHC to track functioning of the IPC committees at facilities for institutionalizing standard Infection Prevention Control (IPC) and Triage as per national protocol and guidelines in COVID-19 context
  1. ACT-A status report including progress
  2. Online monitoring report of WFHI
  3. MPDSR dashboard
  4. Status report on functional status of IPC committees at facilities

 

 

Deliverable: 8 (8th month)

  1. Organize national workshop on assessment of WFHI in the health facility
  2. Conduct accreditation of WFHI in 3 districts hospitals
  3. Online monitoring of the WFHI and orientation of the organizational committee of WFHI
  4. Complete training of TOT for all WFHI districts (40 districts)
  5. Submit a field monitoring report on update on services in SCANU, KMC, IMCI including oxygen therapy, ECCD, ROP and DCA implementation
  6. Support NNHP&IMCI to review the progress of OP activities and support planning for further implementation/ revision and inclusion of oxygen therapy for hypoxemia management, ROP, ECCD and DCA for pneumonia management including fund allocation.
  7. Facilitate and coordinate with QIS/NIPSOM/MNCAH/BSMMU to organize quarterly webinars with intervention districts for performance tracking of Quality Improvement activities to improve QoC of MNH services including CEmONC, BEmONC, SCANU etc.
  8. Facilitate and coordinate with CDC/MNCAH/CBHC to track functioning of the IPC committees at facilities for institutionalizing standard Infection Prevention Control (IPC) and Triage as per national protocol and guidelines in COVID-19 context
  1. Report on national workshop
  2. Accreditation visit report by OGSB
  3. Status report on orientation
  4. Revised assessment tool
  5. One webinar organized on QI
  6. Status report on functional status of IPC committees at facilities
  7. Status report on progress on OP activities

 

Deliverable: 9 (9th month)

  1. Monitoring visit to COVID affected /funded districts for regular monitoring
  2. Organize MPDSR cause analysis workshop training in all districts using innovative technology
  3. Improve DHIS-2 reporting status of MPDSR and organize training on MPDSR reporting
  4. Develop gender disaggregate dashboard and orientation on dashboard for health managers for decision making process
  5. Organize national workshop on MPDSR
  6. Facilitate and coordinate with CDC/MNCAH to track functioning of the IPC committees at facilities for institutionalizing standard Infection Prevention Control (IPC) and Triage as per national protocol and guidelines in COVID-19 context
  7. Support NNHP to organize quarterly review meeting on NNHP& IMCI to assess the overall progress on Newborn and child health and support to develop action plan based on gap analysis using the newborn dashboard
  8. Support implementation of oxygen monitoring checklist, ECCD with nurturing care and KMC
  9. Monitor the reporting status following IMCI registers, SCANU and KMC registers and reporting in DHIS2
  1. Report of MPDSR cause and a bulletin
  2. Training report on MPDSR
  3. Report on dashboard and feedbacks
  4. Report on assessment of COVID funded districts  
  5. Status report on functional status of IPC committees at facilities

 

Deliverable: 10 (10th month)

  1. Monitoring of the WFHI and organize district training of the WFHI in 5 UN Agency districts
  2. Complete assessment of the UN Agency districts and other health facilities
  3. Ensure fund from the operational plan for WFHI for 40 districts
  4. Monitor MPDSR activities at national level  
  5. Support capacity development of national team to monitor the Newborn activities following data analysis from Newborn dashboard an develop action plan
  6. Ensure inclusion of oxygen therapy for hypoxemia management, ECCD training and implementation and DCA for pneumonia management in OP
  7. Facilitate and coordinate with CDC/MNCAH/CBHC to track functioning of the IPC committees at facilities for institutionalizing standard Infection Prevention Control (IPC) and Triage as per national protocol and guidelines in COVID-19 context
  1. Status report on training
  2. Assessment report
  3. Fund utilization
  4. MPDSR report
  5. Status report on functional status of IPC committees at facilities

 

Deliverable: 11 (11th month)

  1. Organize accreditation visit by the OGSB team to ensure accreditation 5 health facilities
  2. Conduct monitoring of the EmONC services and organize workshop on new EmONC guideline by the OGSB
  3. Organize a round table on world pneumonia day and world prematurity day
  4. Support NNHP&IMCI to initiate the scale up plan for new initiatives
  5. Organize a round table on WFHI nationally
  6. Facilitate and coordinate with QIS/NIPSOM/MNCAH/BSMMU to organize quarterly webinars with intervention districts for performance tracking of Quality Improvement activities to improve QoC of MNH services including CEmONC, BEmONC, SCANU etc.
  7. Facilitate and coordinate with CDC/MNCAH/CBHC to track functioning of the IPC committees at facilities for institutionalizing standard Infection Prevention Control (IPC) and Triage as per national protocol and guidelines in COVID-19 context
  1. Yearly progress report of ACT-A
  2. Accreditation report
  3. Round table report published
  4. Report on coordination meeting
  5. One webinar organized on QI
  6. Status report on functional status of IPC committees at facilities

 

F. Consultancy Cost:

  1. Consultants will get BDT 225,000.00 per month.
  2. Consultant will be located in Dhaka with frequent field visit to intervention sites/districts. If the consultants are required to travel outside their duty station, prior approval will be required, then travel and DSA costs will be reimbursed at actuals.
  3. UN Agency will not provide consultant with computer/laptops/printers/office space.
  4. Stationery, communication and other office equipment costs will have to be borne by the Consultant.
  5. Consultant will be responsible to pay all taxes as per government rules and regulations. E-Zone will make statutory deductions towards income tax as per government rules and regulations. 

G. Profile Requirements & Qualification Skills:

Bachelor’s degree in medicine with Master’s in public health or International health with at least 5 years working experience with government and UN partners. Working experience in developing countries specially in MNCAH implementation, gender-based programming, Emergency obstetric services, Quality Improvement and surveillance activities will be preferred.

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.

Candidates with the required profile and proven experience, who meet these qualifications, are invited to submit their application in English clearly mentioning the Job Title along with a meaningful cover letter, updated CV, recent PP size photographby email to:

jobs.un@e-zonebd.com

Last Date of Application: 3rd December, 2021

Please mention the Applied Position Name on the subject line of your email

No phone calls please. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. All applications will be treated according to the merit and with strict confidentiality.