National Consultancy: Health Facility Solar Electrification Consultant (On-site, 260 Days)

UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential. 

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone. 

And we never give up. 

For every child, a fair chance 

Ethiopia is situated in the Horn of Africa and is the second most populous country on the continent with an estimated population of 115 million. It borders six African countries: Djibouti, Eritrea, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, and Sudan, and covers 1,104,300 square kilometers. Approximately 85 percent of the population lives in rural areas. Ethiopia represents a melting pot of ancient cultures with Middle Eastern and African cultures evident in the religious, ethnic, and language composition of its people.

Over the past two years, children and their families across Ethiopia faced multiple and complex emergencies, such as the conflict in the northern Ethiopia and the drought, which resulted in millions of people in need of urgent humanitarian assistance. UNICEF has programmes in Child Protection, WASH, Health, Nutrition, Social Policy, and Education and serves over 15 million children in Ethiopia. Join UNICEF Ethiopia to contribute to improving the lives of children and women.

How can you make a difference? 

Scope of work:

The consultant will support UNICEF CO in HFSE work aimed at strengthening the Primary Health Care by conducting the below activities: Under the overall supervision of the chief of health and the direct supervision of the health specialist, the consultant will be accountable for the following key tasks:

• Stakeholder Mapping and coordination with Ministry of Health, Ministry of Energy and any other relevant agency involved in solarization of health facilities.
• Report the progress of project and key decisions with project management team (PMT++)
• Coordinate the HFSE Site Assessment initiative involves setting up an expanded Project Management Team (PMT++) and commencing the assessment and preparation of the Operational Deployment Plan (ODP) within the country. Coordinate the finalization Finalizing the design of solar system for all the health facilities and preparation of Operational Deployment Plan (ODP++) for procurement.
• Support the implementation of the health-Energy Ecosystem Analysis recommendations in the country.
• Selection and budget creation of most suitable Operation & Maintenance (O&M) Model and its implementation
• Tracking, Inspection and Monitoring of service provider installations for quality assurance and providing feedback to UNICEF an PMT++
• Capacity strengthening of national partners.
• Monitoring of Project Impact.
• Knowledge Management.

 TOR – HFSE Consultant.pdf

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have… 

Education:

• An advanced university degree (master’s or higher) in Supply Chain Management/Public Health/Renewable Energy/Public Administration/Social Policy/Social Development is required.

Experience:

• A minimum of five years of relevant professional working experience with UNICEF/Ministry at national or international level is required.
• Experience in project management in development sector focusing on cold chain equipment and solar energy solutions deployment.
• Experience of coordination with MoE, MoH, energy-health stakeholders
• Knowledge of solar PV equipment compliance standards and certification.
• Experience with site data collection, monitoring, and database management.
• Knowledge of energy efficiency and energy conservation concepts.
• Working experience with cold chain logistics and immunization program. 

Language:

• Fluency in English and Amharic is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset. 

For every Child, you demonstrate… 

UNICEF’s Core Values underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values

• Care
• Respect
• Integrity
• Trust
• Accountability
• Sustainability 

UNICEF competencies required for this post are…

• Builds and maintains partnerships(1)
• Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness (1)
• Drive to achieve results for impact(1)
• Innovates and embraces change(1)
• Manages ambiguity and complexity(1)
• Thinks and acts strategically(1)
• Works collaboratively with others (1)

To view our competency framework, please visit  here. 

UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.

UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for consultants/individual contractors with disabilities. This may include, for example, accessible software, travel assistance for missions or personal attendants. We encourage you to disclose your disability during your application in case you need reasonable accommodation during the selection process and afterwards in your assignment. 

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check. 

Remarks:  

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process. 

Individuals engaged under a consultancy or individual contract will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures, and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultants and individual contractors are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws. 

The selected candidate is solely responsible to ensure that the visa (applicable) and health insurance required to perform the duties of the contract are valid for the entire period of the contract. Selected candidates are subject to confirmation of fully vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which must be met prior to taking up the assignment. It does not apply to consultants who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their consultancy contracts.