UNICEF INDONESIA

Posting date: 1 March 2016

UNICEF Indonesia welcomes applications from qualified candidates for the term of reference below.
Interested applicants should submit electronically their application letter, complete curriculum
vitae, updated P11 form accompanied by copy of university degree and/or any other relevant
certificates through the link provided below.

Closing date:

8 March 2016

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages
qualified female and male candidates from all religious and ethnic backgrounds, including
persons living with disabilities, to apply. This assignment is open to Indonesian nationals
only.
VACANCY REFERENCE: 16-013 (Link to apply)
Title:
Type of Contract:
Duty Station:
Duration:

National Consultant: Health Officer (Malaria & Immunization)

SSA (Special Service Agreement)
Ternate
15 March 2016 to 14 February 2017 (11 months)

Please indicate the total expected monthly fees. Application without proposed fee may not be
considered.
BACKGROUND:
UNICEF support on malaria and immunization in North Maluku was started in 2006 with a
successful demonstration of integrated LLIN distribution during routine immunization service to
children under five. Heavily affected by malaria together with other four provinces in Eastern
Indonesia, North Maluku is also supported for malaria in pregnancy program and comprehensive
malaria control effort. In immunization, North Maluku is among the eastern Indonesia provinces
with the lowest children received 3 doses of DTP vaccination and also among the lowest district
score during the national EVM assessment conducted in October 2015.
UNICEF continues to support North Maluku province to reduce mortality and disease burden among
mother and child. North Maluku has continuously demonstrated strong leadership in taking in UNICEF
model developed in malaria EPI _ ANC integrated program and on community participation for
malaria control. However, with new leadership on board in 2015, a stronger support is needed to
maintain the gain made during previous support. Moreover North Maluku is one of the focus province
for malaria support in Indonesia.
The purpose of this consultancy is to continue UNICEF assistance in leveraging existing technical
models, advocacy networks, and funding to support rapid and effective expansion of integrated malaria
control and start assisting transition from malaria control to malaria elimination in this province, as
well as providing close technical support on vaccine stock and proper cold chain logistics management
which was identified as bottleneck on routine immunization coverage, especially during mobile
outreach delivery in remote islands to achieve the VPD control goals.

WORK ASSIGNMENT:

1. Ensuring sustainability of supportive environment for malaria control towards elimination

through finalization of local regulation and through increased budget commitment in Province
and select districts.
2. Ensuring compliance to standard protocol in malaria diagnosis, treatment, and prevention in
public and private health facilities including integrated malaria program (malaria in pregnancy
program, integrated malaria epi, and integrated management of childhood illness)
3. Facilitating capacity improvement of malaria program management including fostering
innovations.
4. Ensuring health workers compliance at every level in using standard operational procedures
for Effective Vaccine Management, i.e. continuous temperature monitoring, stock management
and supportive supervision,
5. Facilitate the orientation of immunization communication strategy for the province, selected
districts and HCs.
6. Facilitate the implementation of CC equipment inventory in North Maluku..

EXPECTED OUTPUT
Detail deliverables are as follows:
Work Assignment Overview

Deliverables/Outputs

Ensuring compliance to standard protocol in

malaria diagnosis through establishment of
Quality Assurance system;

Report on (1) established network of malaria

laboratory for quality assurance involving private
facilities, (2) proficiency level of districts and
provinces cross checker microscopist , (3)
proficiency level of health service level microscopist
in select districts and (4) report on Quality
Assurance activity routinely conducted by PHO and
select DHOs.

Conduct bottleneck analysis with PHO, and

prioritizing high risk districts based on
immunization survey coverage and VPD
surveillance, conduct rapid analysis on
vaccine stock/cold chain management using
EPI tools and bottleneck analyisis for micro
planning
Facilitate the conduct of CC equipment
inventory at province, districts and HCs.
Ensuring health workers compliance at every
level in using standard operational
procedures for Effective Vaccine
Management, i.e. continuous temperature
monitoring, stock management and
supportive supervision;
Ensuring compliance to standard protocol in
malaria treatment through functioning SOPs
and good logistic system

Report on district prioritization verified with field

assessment as appropriate; cold chain and logistics
management status

Facilitate the orientation of immunization

communication strategy for the province,
selected districts and HCs.

Report on CCEI, disaggregated by districts and health

centers
Field visit reports, focusing on Health workers staff
practices on SOPs of EVM (temperature monitoring,
stock management and supportive supervision) at
province, priority districts and HCs.
Report on (1) established network of malaria
treatment including logistic of drug among public
and private health facilities, district and province
pharmacies, and local private pharmacies, (2) effort
to stop the use of chloroquine in public and private
health facilities, (3) Malaria treatment SOPs
Reports on implementation of communication
strategy, and districts action plan.

Ensuring compliance to malaria integrated

program protocol of services
Ensuring the compliance to EVM SOPs,
implementation of immunization
communication strategy.
Ensuring sustainability of supportive
environment for malaria elimination through
finalization of local regulation and through
increased budget commitment in Province
and select districts and facilitating capacity
improvement of program management
including fostering innovations.
Final Report

Report on (1) Province and District data Review on

malaria integrated program (MiP, Mal-EPI, IMCI), (2)
Report on effort to increase coverage and quality of
malaria integrated program
Field monitoring reports on the EVM SOP
compliance/practices, the practices of IPC skills
among health workers, availability of IEC materials.
(1)Final draft of Local Malaria Elimination
Regulation with technical guide as attachment to the
regulation, (2) report on increased budget
commitment in both provinces. Both for South and
West Papua Provinces and select districts, (3) report
on program review conducted and strategy
formulated by Province and select district based on
data as evidence.
Final Report

IDEAL PROFILE OF THE CONSULTANT:

Masters degree*) in Public Health or health related subjects.
Minimum 3 years of progressive experience in the field of health or nutrition.
Familiarity with government and administration regulations would be an asset; experience in
Sulawesi an added asset.
Experience in an international organization an asset, ability to work in an international and multicultural environment.
Pro-active and resourceful, good communication skills in negotiating and liaising with counterparts
and partners.
Good knowledge of English and Bahasa Indonesia for drafting reports and communication with
government counterparts and international staff;
Good skills in computer applications; especially Word, Excel and Power Point
*) First level University Degree/ Medical practitioner may be considered in exceptional circumstances with
minimum 6 years of professional related experience.

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