Country: Switzerland
Closing date: 16 Mar 2017
Objective: The contractor will assist the Global Hepatitis Programme (GHP) with technical expertise and project management skills to deliver treatment to persons with HIV co-infection to support the implementation of project activities related to better, more effective and more affordable diagnostics, and service delivery approaches.
The activity coordination will be done under the supervision of the GHP team lead and the contractor will report to the weekly management meetings of the unit.
Main Tasks:
- Elaborate a detailed operational plan for the 2017 activities on diagnostics and service delivery under the various grants and monitor implementation of activities and budget.
- Support the technical assistance provision to UNITAID funded projects as implementation-science projects need to be technically analysed and results incorporated in appropriate WHO guidelines. This activity will result in reports on affordable, fit for purpose diagnostics and simplify the HCV diagnostic pathway.
- Conducting systematic reviews and data synthesis, focusing on review of data generated by UNITAID-funded projects for future WHO HCV diagnostics, treatment, implementation guidance and toolkits.
- Support the pre-qualification process of diagnostic tests.
- Conduct a literature review and document best practices on service-delivery approaches to diagnose HCV infection and deliver HCV treatment to persons with HIV co-infection in low and middle-income countries (LMIC).
- Support GHP in convening a group of implementation experts on hepatitis service delivery to reach consensus on implementation science research gaps.
- Support the annual meeting with diagnostics companies and generic drug manufacturers.
- Propose a mechanism to monitor the implementation of guidance to identified focus/early adopter countries to enable adoption of existing WHO recommendations. Compile best estimates of the key indicators of the cascade of testing, care and treatment (core indicators C2, C6, C7 and C8) in the focus countries (attach).
- Draft six-monthly UNITAID grant reports.
- Conduct technical assistance missions and support national stakeholder and partner meetings in focus countries for the UNITAID projects.
Key requirements for this consultancy:
Essential Education: Master University Degree in Medicine and/or Public health or other related studies related to laboratory sciences.
Essential Work experience: Seven years of relevant work experience in communicable disease programme at international and national level in low and middle income countries, of which at least three years in viral hepatitis. Desirable: • Work experience in research and/or implementation of prevention and treatment programmes for HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, or tuberculosis in lower and middle income country settings, • Experience managing projects, • Experience in the assessment of the technical performance and quality of diagnostics. • Experience in laboratory and diagnostic testing capacity building
Skills and Competencies: • Excellent communication and presentation skills, • Demonstrated capacity to write and communicate in English, • Ability to work as part of a team, and high level of interpersonal skills to work with Ministry of Health officials and partners. The implementation of the consultancy may require international travel; costs for such travel will be borne through separate contracts. The contractor is expected to be in the possession of an unrestricted passport.
The initial contract duration under this RFP is for 12 months, but could be extended to another 12 months pending the performance and funding availability.
How to apply:
Submission of proposals:
**Please refer to this link for all RFP documents: https://www.ungm.org/Public/Notice/54375.
No later than 16 March 2017, 17:00 CET, the bidder shall complete and return by either email or hard copy to WHO (only when this step is completed the bidder is regarded as a prospective bidder):
a) Covering letter signed by the respective authority.
b) Proposal (including, but not restricted to, technical and financial documents).
c) “2017HTMHIV003_3_RFP Confidentiality Undertaking” form completed/signed.
d) “2017HTMHIV003_4_RFP Acknowledgement” form completed/signed as confirmation of the bidder's intention to submit a bona fide proposal and designate its representative to whom communications may be directed, including any addenda.
e) “2017HTMHIV003*5* RFP Acceptance” form completed/signed.
f) “2017HTMHIV003_6_RFP Completeness” form completed/signed.
Any prospective bidder requiring any clarification on technical, contractual or commercial matters may notify WHO via email at the following address no later than 8 March 2017, 17:00 CET.
· Email for submissions of forms and/or proposal: pdifin@who.int (use subject: Bid Ref 2017HTMHIV003)
· Mailing address for submission of proposal:
World Health Organization
Mr. Jerome Peron
HQ/HIV, PDI/FIN, D45034
Bid Ref: 2017HTMHIV003
20, Avenue Appia
CH-1211 Geneva 27