Consultant, Malaria Service Delivery Project

**Vacancy No.**

S08037

**Contract Type**

Consultant

**Application Deadline**

11-Nov-2024

**Job Posted on**

01-Nov-2024

**Country**

GLOBAL Different Locations

**Duty Station**

Global

**Duration**

An estimate of 100 days per year starting in November 2024 to November 2026

**Grade**

Consultant, Not Applicable

**Organizational Context**:
The IFRC is the world’s largest humanitarian organization, with a network of 191-member National Societies (NS). The overall aim of IFRC is “to inspire, encourage, facilitate, and promote at all times all forms of humanitarian activities by NS with a view to preventing and alleviating human suffering and thereby contributing to the maintenance and promotion of human dignity and peace in the world.” IFRC works to meet the needs and improve the lives of vulnerable people before, during and after disasters, health emergencies and other crises.

The IFRC is part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (the Movement), together with its member National Societies and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). The work of the IFRC is guided by the following fundamental principles: humanity, impartiality, neutrality, independence, voluntary service, unity and universality.

The IFRC is led by its Secretary General, and has its Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. The Headquarters are organized into three main Divisions: (i) National Society Development and Operations Coordination (NSDOC); (ii) Global Relations, Humanitarian Diplomacy and Digitalization; and (iii) Management Policy, Strategy and Corporate Services. The Health and Care Department falls under the NSDOC division.

The IFRC has five regional offices in Africa, Asia Pacific, Middle East and North Africa, Europe, and the Americas. IFRC also has country cluster delegations and country delegations throughout the world. Together, the Geneva Headquarters and the field structure (regional, cluster and country) comprise the IFRC Secretariat.

At Geneva level the Health and Care Department focuses on two strategic directions:

- Health System Strengthening
- WASH System Strengthening

These two strategic directions are supported by four pillars:

- Global Health Security
- Global Health Protection/UHC
- Global WASH Services
- Transformative Partnerships

**Job Purpose**:
The Project Coordinator’s primary objective is to ensure effective coordination, oversight and implementation of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies’ (IFRC) project on the identification and assessment of suitable service delivery models for monoclonal antibodies (mAb) and long acting injectables (LAI) for malaria prevention. The assessment will be done with specific focus on two countries in sub-Saharan Africa.

**Job Duties and Responsibilities**:
Please find **here** the project context.

**Key project outputs will include**:

- Country-specific profiles and assessments of service delivery platforms for introduction, deployment, scale up and follow up of mAb/LAI from a gender-informed perspective (including protection, gender and inclusion profiles for health service delivery for each country and identification of gaps).
- Combined summary of facilitators and barriers for service delivery platforms for consideration for introduction, deployment, scale up and follow up of mAb/LAI from a gender-informed perspective.
- Country-specific profiles and combined summary of community-level roles for introduction, deployment, scale up and follow up on mAb/LAI from a gender-informed perspective.
- Package of tools to support assessments and implementation options in other countries. All these tools would be made available for modification to address the specific needs of the local context for future efforts to introduce mAb/LAI (or other products).

**Objectives of the consultancy**

The Project Coordinator will undertake the following activities and responsibilities to drive project success:

- **Project coordination and oversight**

Develop and maintain project timelines, deliverables, and milestones, ensuring alignment with annual work plans and grant requirements.

Coordinate project activities, ensuring effective and efficient implementation in collaboration with the technical committee, country offices, and local partners.

Oversee the delivery of project activities in alignment with IFRC’s strategic priorities.

Manage the work of additional team members to be added to the project, including consultants in the two project countries.

Oversee the collection, analysis and reporting of data to inform service delivery recommendations, cost analysis and community engagement strategies.
- **Stakeholder engagement**

Serve as the primary liaison with stakeholders, including IFRC regional and cluster offices and, through them, National Societies, as well as Ministry of Health representatives.

Facilitate cross-functional coordination among technical committee, national steering groups, and