National Consultant – Health Unit 63 views0 applications

TERMS OF REFERENCE

Vacancy reference no.:

VAC-2015

Position:

National Consultant-Health Unit

Place of performance:

Tripoli, Libya

Contract duration:

up to 4 months (@30days/month)

Starting date:

30-Dec-2018

OVERVIEW OF CTG GLOBAL

CTG support and manage humanitarian projects in fragile and conflict-affected countries around the world. With past performance in 15 countries – from the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Asia and Central and South America – we offer a holistic fabric of project management, implementation and support. Skilled in emergency response to crises such as the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, we have the ability to act quickly (crisis response teams can be on the ground in 24 hours) and to establish structured operations in high-risk environments. CTG recruit and manage qualified, skilled teams with extensive experience operating in challenging conditions.

OVERVIEW OF THE POSITION

The Central Mediterranean is considered to be the deadliest migration route in the world, with more than 13,800 deaths recorded in this area since 2014. There is also evidence that the rise in the number of migrant deaths on this route is a result of several factors, in particularly increasingly dangerous smuggling practices, leading to high numbers of migrant fatalities not only after their departure from Libya on unseaworthy boats, but even before, on their way across the Saharan desert. It is also a known fact that the routes are changing and becoming more dangerous, exposing these migrants to higher risks for their life, whenever smugglers attempt to avoid checkpoints or border patrols, hence increasing the likeliness of suffering from technical problems because of the harsher driving conditions on the desert tracks used. If smugglers face troubles en route, they often kick the migrants out of their vehicles and leave them to fend for themselves, without water, food or shelter in the middle of nowhere, without having the possibility to contact anybody to get help.

In this context, our client with the financial support from the Government of Sweden, launched a project entitled “Central Mediterranean Migration Route (CMR): Enhance Capacities of Governments to Counter the Dangers and Hazards as well as Health Security Issues in Mixed Migratory Flows” or MIRAC to enhance the capacities of governments to counter the dangers and hazards as well as health security issues in mixed migration flows.

The project aims at taking a comprehensive, but tailored, approach in tackling this situation more effectively: on one side through enhancing the access for vulnerable people and those ending up in distress along the CMR, providing immediate humanitarian assistance by non-governmental organizations or concerned governmental institutions, on the other side through improving the mechanisms for international cooperation and collaboration of concerned stakeholders.

The scope of project activities may include, but not limited to, the following two main components:

• Convene the Operational Heads of Border Services (Border Guards, Border Police) at a Regional Roundtable Meeting to discuss possible ways forward to improve (operational) capacities, coordination and information sharing mechanisms among all stakeholders along the CMR, inter alia through targeted capacity building support, and
• Establish an evidence-based cross-border coordination mechanism on disease surveillance and early warning system among all key stakeholders in the health sector, including immigration officials, along the CMR in particular the borders of Libya-Tunisia, Libya-Algeria and Algeria-Niger, as well as providing health related basic equipment and training to targeted border crossing points/border posts in order to enhance the preparedness and response capacity for health security in particular prevention of cross-border infectious diseases.

GENERAL FUNCTIONS

Role objective:

Under the overall supervision of the health focal points in the country mission of our client, under the technical supervision of Lead Consultant, and in close coordination and collaboration with the Regional Migration Health Specialist in Cairo, Egypt or the Regional Migration Health Specialist in Dakar, Senegal, as well as the other relevant colleagues in the organisation, the incumbent will support the Lead Consultant to successfully implement the health component, namely Output 2 of the project, including coordination among the implementing countries as well as with the stakeholders, conducting needs assessments and organizing meetings and training workshops .

The incumbent will undertake the following tasks:

• Provide overall support to organize the border health coordination meetings as well as technical trainings for the stakeholders from the identified borders, in particular the logistics and administrative tasks, with the support from the implementing country offices;
• Assist to ensure close communications with the stakeholders for better coordination;
• Assist planning and organizing the field visits for the stakeholders to the border sites;
• Ensure the procurement and deliveries of equipment and supplies for border health preparedness and response capacity;
• Ensure the overall logistics and administrative tasks in conducing the border health assessments and assist in data collection, cleaning, and analysis;
• Assist travels of staff members and the Lead Consultant including visa arrangements;
• Support to disseminate the outcomes of the assessments to the stakeholders;
• Provide any other support to contribute to establish and/or enhance the border health coordination mechanism.

Deliverables and estimated schedule

· Brief monthly updates in writing reported to the health focal point of the implementing country office against the tasks assigned

Payment schedule

· Monthly fee paid at the last day of the month upon satisfactory performances approved by the health focal point of the implementing country office

Project reporting:

The incumbent will report to the Migration Health Manager in IOM Libya on a weekly basis and to Regional Migration Health Specialist in Cairo, Egypt on a monthly basis, to assess the progress of the project.

Team management:

This role does not have team management responsibility.

ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE

Education:

§ Master’s degree in Public Health, Epidemiology, Statistics or Development Studies related field.

Work experience:

§ Minimum of 3 years of demonstrable relevant Healthcare experience and/or minimum of 2 years of demonstrable relevant Migration experience.

Geographical experience:

§ Minimum of 5 years of experience in Africa (essential).

Languages:

§ Fluency in Arabic and English is essential.

Key competencies:

· Ability to work independently, with flexibility and meet deadlines

· Demonstrated ability to identify, approach and coordinate with stakeholders of diverse

· backgrounds and levels of expertise

· Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal

· Excellent management skills

· Ability to work in a team and good interpersonal skills