National Consultant to Provide Technical Assistance at UNICEF Tanzania

National Consultant to Provide Technical Assistance at UNICEF Tanzania September 2024

Job no: 575485

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, Health
The
Continuing Professional Development (CPD) framework is vital for the
country to achieve the national and global strategic health goals by
ensuring that healthcare workers (HCWs) continuously maintain and
enhance their professional skills and knowledge throughout their
careers. As the national guiding document,
the CPD framework provides strategic direction on critical aspects of
the CPD system in Tanzania, including license renewal requirements, CPD
point accrual modalities, and other essential guidelines.

In
response to emerging needs and evolving dynamics within the healthcare
sector, the CPD framework, originally developed in 2011, has undergone a
necessary revision resulting in a recently finalized National CPD
framework 2024. To fully operationalize the updated framework and
implement the needed changes in CPD activities across Tanzania, further
steps are required.

How can you make a difference?
The
purpose of this assignment is to provide technical assistance to the
Ministry of Health’s Directorate of Human Resources (DHR) to
operationalize the revised Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
framework of 2024. The deliverables from this consultancy will be
utilized by various directorates within the Ministry of Health (MoH),
the President’s Office – Regional Administration and Local Government
(PORALG), professional councils and associations, public and private
employers in the health sector, Development Partners (DPs), Implementing
Partners (IPs), and healthcare facilities to institutionalize, monitor
implementation and take necessary actions to ensure compliance and
effectiveness of the CPD related activities.

Scope of Work
UNICEF
is seeking a consultant to collaborate with the MoH-DHR to translate
the revised CPD framework into actionable steps across various levels
and among diverse stakeholders.

What key questions will get
answers as a result of this consultancy? How can the recommendations of
the framework be implemented by regulatory authorities?
How can professional association increase CPD uptake and effectiveness?
How
can the establishment of the CPD cross programmatic committee be linked
to the national health sector review process to define learning
priorities/mandatory learning courses for the year?

The consultant will be responsible for the following tasks:
a. Provide technical assistance for the dissemination of the Revised CPD Framework:

• Collaborate
  with the DHR to prepare and participate during dissemination of the
  revised CPD framework across the eight mainland administrative zones: 1.
  Eastern Zone (Morogoro, Pwani and Dar es Salaam) 2. Northern Zone
  (Arusha, Kilimanjaro and Tanga); 3. Lake Zone (Kagera, Mwanza, and
  Mara); 4. Western Zone (Kigoma, Tabora and Shinyanga); 5. Central Zone
  (Dodoma, Manyara and Singida); 6. Southwest Highlands (Katavi,7.
  Southern Highlands Zone (Iringa, Njombe and Ruvuma); 8. Southern Zone
  (Lindi and Mtwara)
• Work with DHR to disseminate the revised CPD framework to all regulatory bodies.
• Work with professional associations to promote and disseminate the revised CPD framework.

b. Translation of the CPD Framework into Regulatory Bodies Guidelines:

• Engage with the Medical Council of Tanganyika (MCT) and the Tanzania
  Nursing and Midwifery Council (TNMC) to assess the alignment of their
  current guidelines with the revised CPD framework.
• Develop a transition plan for MCT and TNMC to integrate the new CPD guidelines.
• Conduct
  workshops with MCT and TNMC to facilitate the incorporation of the
  framework’s recommendations into their respective guidelines.

c. Operationalization of the CPD Cross Programmatic Committee (CPD-CPC):

• Work with the DHR to finalize and approve the ToR.
• Coordinate the first committee meeting.
• Support the committee in the first selection of mandatory courses for the year and their points.

d. Validation and Accreditation of Cross-Cutting CPD Modules:

• Collaborate
  with regulatory bodies and professional associations to approve three
  cross cutting CPD modules, including leadership and management,
  respectful care, and effective communication and essential emergency and
  critical care (EECC).
• Assist regulatory bodies in accrediting these approved cross-cutting modules.
• Work with the national e-learning platform to host the accredited modules.

e. Development of a Manuscript for publication:

• Work with the DHR and relevant stakeholders to systematically document and describe the CPD framework revision process.
• Develop a manuscript that is ready for publication which details the CPD framework revision and operationalization process.

WORK ASSIGNMENT, DELIVERABLES, TIME FRAME AND PAYMENT   

PAYMENT SCHEDULE. 
UNICEF reserves the right to
withhold all or portion of payment if performance is unsatisfactory, if
work/output is incomplete, not delivered or for failure to meet
deadlines.

ASSESSMENT / SELECTION PROCESS AND METHODS 
Evaluations:
The applicant should submit both technical and financial proposals
which clearly stipulate how the work will be conducted. The Financial
Proposal should include all costs of this assignment including fee,
travel costs, accommodation as UNICEF will not pay any DSA. 

Proposals
will be both technically and financially evaluated. The technical part
will carry a weight of 75%, in which the consultant will put clear
his/her technical approach to ensure quality attainment of each
deliverable and the consultancy in totality. The financial part will
take 25% showing the proposed budget breakdown of consultancy cost for
each deliverable (fees, travel, and accommodation) and eventual total
consultancy cost. 

LOCATION, DURATION & LOGISTIC 
The
consultant will be required to travel to Dodoma, Mwanza, Kilimanjaro,
Mbeya, Tabora and Kigoma (12 trips). The consultancy is expected to be
for five months.

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

• Advanced degree (master’s or MMed) in public health, health management, human resource management or related field
• 8-10 years’ experience in healthcare education and
• professional development, with a focus on CPD for healthcare workers In-depth understanding of adult learning principles
• Strong facilitation and presentation skills
• Fluency in written and spoken English is required.
• Proficiency in Swahili is an asset.