UN Women is looking for a Home-based Health Research Advisor (International Consultant)
Closing Date: 3 August 24
UN Women is looking for a Home-based Health Research Advisor (International Consultant)
Background
UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security.
Under the overall supervision of the UN Women Yemen Country Office Representative the international consultant will be responsible for overseeing the development of the strategic directions for defining the approach, work schedule, resources, and personnel required to establish standardized data collection mechanisms. These mechanisms aim to assess opportunities and obstacles related to women’s empowerment, employability, and leadership within the health sector, while identifying effective strategies for enhancement.
Additionally, the Health Research Advisor will provide capacity building support to the Yemen Country Office, establish and strengthen relevant partnerships with the health sector stakeholders and develop relevant knowledge products as requested.
Health Research Advisor Duties and Responsibilities
1. Design and develop the data collection tool(s).
- Conduct a desk review for women participation in the health sector labor market identify gaps and priorities for context-relevant actions;
- Design, formulate and conduct the health-economics’ assessments in the selected governorate(s) and initiate proper coordination steps in coordination with the UN Women team;
- Finalize the assessments’ work plans, and resources needed and manage their implementation.
2. Manage the implementation and management of the assessments’ workflow.
- Supervise and conduct an in-depth women empowerment assessment or other standard national assessment;
- Conduct structured meetings with relevant national authorities to identify gaps, priorities and opportunities for future prospects of female health workers empowerment in health sector in Aden;
- Manage the submission of timely reports and inputs about achieved progress;
- Examine, review, analyze and update current national data available to review, analyze and map existing and emerging health risks in Aden and prepare a risk profile based on a risk assessment
3. Manage technical assistance on surveys and feedback design and possible future exercises.
- Manage the implementation of technical support and utilization of the assessments’ tools;
- Map and document trends and findings of women existing and future health labor market challenges/opportunities;
- Provide recommendations about data collection parameters needed for similar exercises in other projects;
- Present the surveys key findings UN Women staff and external audience/ stakeholders;
- Provide recommendations on the possible adoption of feedback tools relevant to the intervention that can be borrowed/applied in the Yemeni context;
- Organize, facilitate, and conduct tailored focus groups as agreed with UN Women in the selected areas and with all relevant stakeholders.
4. Provide strategic leadership advice for operationalization in the generation of data reports and manuscripts for formulating an academic publication/ research paper.
- Carry out a search and review of academic and non-academic literature in the areas of care economy and conduct data analysis using national survey data;
- Conduct research to understand the status of female health workers in Aden health sector;
- Prepare reports which compile information on care economy according to the agreed outline;
- Keep a record of all documents reviewed;
- Organize regular meetings with concerned team members from UN Women as needed on its formulation;
- Design a behavioral insight study (BIS) to identify best approach for women empowerment in health sector in Aden.
5. Expected assessment deliverables by the end of the assignment.
- Data collection tools formulated and endorsed by UN Women team;
- Data collection activities for the health sector based economic opportunities through field surveys & data collection and KIIs;
- Conduct and facilitate the required focus groups as agreed with UN Women in the selected locations;
- Regular reports/updates on the progress of the assessment activities as agreed with UN Women team;
- Mapping the trends of women labor market in the health sector in Yemen and identify affecting factors to women participation and occupation in the sector various segments;
- Provide high technical guidance to UN Women senior management on the establishment/strengthening of female medical referral including referral structures at provincial level that includes defined roles/responsibilities and resources for key functional areas;
- Workshops: organize and facilitate external/internal sessions to disseminate and validate the findings with relevant stakeholders including UN Women staff members;
6. Performs other official duties and tasks which may be requested by UN Women & support other gender-related work as needed/requested by the country Representative.
Expected Deliverables
The international consultant will be expected to complete the below tasks within the defined indicative timeframe:
# | DELIVERABLES | % | Indicative deadline |
1. | An inception report approved (based-on data collection methods and analysis design) | 10% | 15 Aug 2024 |
2. | Approved SWOT analysis study for women empowerment in Aden report identifying gaps and priorities for women participation in the health sector labor market (with information, analysis & recommendations about care economy in Yemen) | 30% | 15 Sep 2024 |
3. | Generation of a publication of a behavioral insight study (BIS) for a people centered female empowerment and research paper for female empowerment in health sector in Aden, including business model | 35% | 10 Nov 2024 |
5 | Defining health and referral risk profile for women in Aden including final report summarizing all activities, findings, deliverables and recommendations, including relevant documentation and visual materials | 25% | 15 Dec 2024 |
Consultant’s Workplace and Official Travel
This is a home-based consultancy, with envisaged travel to the targeted areas in Yemen (subject to security clearance) and all travel costs will be covered by UNW YCO in accordance with UN Women’s rules and regulations.
Core Competencies:
- Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues
- Accountability
- Creative Problem Solving
- Effective Communication
- Inclusive Collaboration
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Leading by Example
Key performance indicators
- Timely and quality technical advice and support.
- Quality reports and other strategic documents drafted and submitted in a timely manner.
- Strong relationships with various partners and stakeholders.
- Timely and quality knowledge products.
- Submit policy brief and strategic documents as required.
Required Skills and Experience
Education and Certification:
- Master’s degree or equivalent in Public Health, Health Policy, Health Economics, Gender, or any relevant health major is required.
- A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
Experience:
- 10 years of progressively responsible working experience on issues of health economics and/or Public Health related programmes;
- Technical experience conducting assessments and data collection;
- Experience in policy analysis and strategic planning;
- Experience in providing high-quality reports, including comments and revisions according to the specified deadlines;
- Experience working with, and building partnerships with governments, donors and CSOs internationally and in the field;
- Experience working with the UN is an asset;
- Experience working in the MENA region is an asset.
- Computer skills, statistics, internet communication and command of MS Office.
Languages:
- Fluency in English and Arabic is required.
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