FHI 360
Background
FHI 360 is a nonprofit human development organization dedicated to improving lives in lasting ways by advancing integrated, locally driven solutions. Our staff includes experts in health ,education, nutrition, environment, economic development, civil society, gender, youth, research, technology, communication and social marketing-creating a unique mix of capabilities to address today’s interrelated development challenges. FHI 360 serves more than 70 countries and all U.S. states and territories.
FHI 360 is seeking a COVID-19 Technical Coordinator Consultant, based in Fiji, under the Meeting Targets and Maintaining Epidemic Control (EpiC), a five-year global project funded by U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). EpiC receives COVID-19 funding to prevent, prepare for, respond to and bolster health systems to address COVID-19 and reduce cases of reemergence. With support from USAID, the EpiC project will implement a new COVID-19 activity in the Pacific Islands, with the objective of reducing morbidity and mortality from COVID-19, mitigating transmission, and strengthening the health system to prevent, detect and respond to pandemic threats. As part of the COVID-19 activity, EpiC anticipates focusing collaboration with ministries of health (MoHs) in five countries across several areas, these include 1) strengthening the cold chain for COVID-19 vaccine delivery, 2) building capacity for infection prevention control (IPC) for vaccine administration, 3) developing and implementing communications campaigns on COVID-19 transmission and vaccination, and 4) strengthening health information systems and data collection and reporting for COVID-19 surveillance. To deliver project activities, EpiC will partner with organizations in the region.
EpiC is seeking a Technical Coordinator, based in Fiji, to lead key tasks and provide overall coordination of COVID-19 activities in the Pacific Islands, with activities anticipated to occur in Fiji, Tonga, Solomon Islands, Kiribati and Marshal Islands. The consultant will oversee completion of the project workplan within the set timeframe, monitor progress against targets, and serve as a liaison and key focal point for FHI 360 partnering organization(s) and ministries of health (as required). The consultant will support regular reporting to the project donor and identify project learnings, highlights and success stories.
Scope of Work
- Coordination with FHI 360 partner organizations in the Pacific Islands on a regular basis, and MoH officials as may be required
o Hold introductory meetings and subsequent regular meetings and on-site visits with partner organizations and MoH (as required) to plan and track project activities;
o Work closely with partnering organizations to define project timelines, track progress against performance targets, and troubleshoot barriers to timely completion of activities;
o Work with partnering organizations on workplans and estimated operational costs if any and share with FHI 360 / EpiC headquarters and USAID for review;
o Hold regular meetings with MoH officials, as necessary, to share updates on the project activities;
o Ensure that partners are aware of and able to follow USAID branding guidelines(USAID) stickers to be pasted on the manuals for ventilator use).
- Overall coordination of the EpiC activities across five Pacific Islands
o Ensure provision of monthly progress updates to FHI 360, USAID and MoH as relevant;
o Address field level bottlenecks, if any, during the execution of TA activities;
o Attend coordination meetings with partners and MoH, as relevant, and relay critical information to the EpiC Technical Monitor;
o Ensure timely completion of all project milestones as defined in the approved workplan and report to EpiC headquarters and USAID on the same through monthly progress reports and routine check-in calls;-Coordinate the receipt and importation of medical supplies/consumables to designated countries;
o Support knowledge sharing from EpiC activities in the Pacific Islands with other EpiC countries;
o Identify opportunities to share project learnings, challenges, successes and highlight stories and collaborate with EpiC staff to develop write-ups.
- In collaboration with project partners, oversee completion of project deliverables:
o Work closely with partnering organization(s) to ensure high quality and completion of
- A cold chain assessment, assist with development of action plans /procurement lists as an output of the assessment;
- Communications strategies, assist with development of action plans /communications collateral as a follow-up to strategy development;
- IPC training materials and training lists;
- A needs assessment for strengthening data collection and systems for COVID-19 case surveillance.
o Ensure quality control of all deliverables, identifying the need for inputs and reviews from technical experts on the EpiC project as needed.
Location of Work
Suva, Fiji
Travel
Potential travel to surrounding Pacific Islands
How to apply
Method of Submittal:
Respond via e-mail with attached document in MS Word / pdf format. The Consultant agrees to hold the prices in its offer firm for 60 days from the date specified for the receipt of offers, unless another time is specified in the addendum of the RFP.
Timetable and Address for Submission
Proposals are due no later than 5:00 PM EDT on Friday, April 22, 2022.
Required documentation listed below must be e-mailed to [email protected] and [email protected].
Qualifications
EDUCATION:
o Bachelors degree in public health, communications, medical sciences, sociology or a similar field.
o Graduate degree in public health field preferred.
WORK EXPERIENCE:
o At least 8 years’ experience managing and/or providing technical guidance to health-focused projects, experience in the Pacific Islands preferred.
o At least 2 years’ experience working on the delivery of donor-funded programming
o Experience working with the health systems in in the Asia-Pacific region preferred.
o Experience working with MoH officials at the national as well as subnational levels.
o Strong coordination and capacity building skills.
o Strong communication skills, including writing and oral presentation.
o In-depth understanding of local health sector context and capabilities preferred.
o Prior experience working with USAID and/or other donors preferred.
o Working proficiency in English.
Candidates currently based in Fiji encouraged to apply
Evaluation Criteria: Proposals will be evaluated in accordance with the following criteria:
- Experience:50%
- Education:35%
- Price:15%
Required Documentation: Proposals must include the following components:
- CV
- Completed Biodata Form–including proposed daily rate in Box6
FHI 360 Disclaimers
- Covid-19 Safe Federal Workforce Provision for US Based Consultants: The selected Consultant will be required to be fully vaccinated (2 weeks after 2nddose of a 2-dose series or 2weeks after a single dose vaccine) and provide proof of vaccination to the FHI 360 when requested and prior to receiving work from FHI 360. Selected consultant shall be required to comply with all Covid-19 safety protocols implemented by FHI 360. Covid-19 provisions may change at any time and without advance notice.
- FHI 360 may perform a background check on any selected Consultant candidates.
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- FHI 360 may reject any or all responses received
- Issuance of the solicitation does not constitute an award commitment by FHI360
- FHI 360 reserves the right to disqualify any offer based on failure of the offeror to follow solicitation instructions
- FHI 360 will not compensate any offeror for responding to solicitation
- FHI 360 reserves the right to issue award based on initial evaluation of offers without further discussion
- FHI 360 may choose to award only part of the activities in the solicitation, or issue multiple awards based on the solicitation activities
- FHI 360 reserves the right to waive minor proposal deficiencies that can be corrected prior to award determination to promote competition
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