Country: Lao People's Democratic Republic (the)
Closing date: 21 Apr 2017
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in Vientiane, Lao PDR is looking for a qualified international consultant to develop National Strategy on Rural Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH). The purpose of this assignment is to support the Government of Lao PDR, specifically the Ministry of Health as the lead ministry, to develop a Strategy on Rural Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (R-WASH) with first 5 year's costed action plans aligning with WASH SDG. The Strategy will cover the period until 2030 with and with operational plans for 5 years (expected to review and revise every 5 years up to 2030). It is estimated that the consultant will work for a period of approximately 60 working days (32 days in-country support and 28 days from the remote).
Duties and responsibilities:
With the guidance of lead ministry specifically the MoH and under the direct supervision of Chief, WASH and Climate Change Resilience Programme Section the consultant is expected to support the work of the Ministry of Health in the following areas and to undertake the following tasks:
Phase 1Issue identification and analysis of the problems:
Task 1: Identify the key problems/issues/bottlenecks in achieving the 2020 WASH sector targets of 8th NSEDP by carrying out the desk review of existing documents and analysis of secondary data.
Task 2: Facilitate consultative meetings with key stakeholders in defining and understanding the identified problems for Strategy formulation.
Phase 2Generating and defining Strategy options:
Task 3: Generate and assess options of the suggested strategies and key interventions, and defining the outcomes.
Task 4: Facilitate 2-3 Consultative workshops with key stakeholders/right holders to discuss and define the Strategy and implementation options (visits to provinces may be required, e.g. for the northern, central and southern regional workshops).
Phase 3 Formulating National Strategy on Rural WASH including costed action plans for first 5 years, performance measurement and financing requirement:
Task 5: Draft National Strategy; and performance measurement and financing requirement.
Task 6: Facilitate consultative workshop to discuss and present the preliminary draft of the Strategy its performance measurement and financing requirement.
Task7: Finalize the Strategy and performance monitoring measurement system including financing requirement.
Qualifications and experience:
How to apply:
UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages qualified female and male candidates from all national, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of our organization. To apply, click on the following link http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/?job=503799