Health Resilience Project Learning Consultant – UNICEF & World Bank Joint Initiative, Programme Group, Health Section, remote. Req# 588772

Remote | Remote - Based

  • Organization: UNICEF - United Nations Children’s Fund
  • Location: Remote | Remote - Based
  • Grade: Consultancy - Consultant - Contractors Agreement
  • Occupational Groups:
    • Public Health and Health Service
    • Banking and Finance
    • Environment
    • Education, Learning and Training
    • Disaster Management (Preparedness, Resilience, Response and Recovery)
    • Children's rights (health and protection)
    • Project and Programme Management
  • Closing Date:

To document and synthesize lessons learned from UNICEF–World Bank partnerships in fragile and conflict-affected contexts (FCV), focusing on sustaining primary health care systems. The consultant will produce a learning document and agency-specific notes to guide future strategic, operational, and financial cooperation.

 

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Consultancy: Health Resilience Project Learning Consultant – UNICEF & World Bank Joint Initiative

Duty Station: Programme Group, Health Section

Duration: 15 Jan 2026 – 15 Jul 2026

Home/ Office Based: Remote

 

BACKGROUND

Purpose of Activity/ Assignment:

To document and synthesize lessons learned from UNICEF–World Bank partnerships in fragile and conflictaffected
contexts (FCV), focusing on sustaining primary health care systems. The consultant will produce a learning
document and agency-specific notes to guide future strategic, operational, and financial cooperation.
 
Scope of Work:
Background. While often the World Bank UNICEF partnership is non-financial, collaborating to advance common
objectives for maternal and child health outcomes, recently UNICEF and the World Bank have amassed
considerable experience over the past several years in helping sustain primary health systems at scale in situations
where, for any of a variety of reasons, there has been a breakdown in trust between development partners and
national authorities, such that donors feel they cannot directly support national systems. When UNICEF (and
others) step forward as an intermediary or ‘third party’ for World Bank investment, difficult questions about the
value and sustainability of investments are increasingly raised. In several cases, countries programmes face an
institutional and/or fiscal cliff justified to safeguard continuity of a basic package of services but less certain on
longer-term benefits. In many cases the path, post project is uncertain and/or unclear.
Such contexts have demanded shifts in traditional programme models and operational tools adapted to the
situation. Currently, there is no specific guidance for country teams on how to adapt programme and operational
modalities support roles traditionally played exclusively by the Ministry of Health in a country. The proposed
inquiry aims to document lessons learned to provide strategic and technical guidance (both shared and agency
specific) to close this gap.
Working across mutually agreed themes and guiding questions (see initial draft attached) the consultant will lead
a lesson-learned exercise, designing and collecting data from KII and available reports, provide a summary analysis
working as closely as possible with WB counterpart. Five countries of primary interest include: Yemen,
Afghanistan, South Sudan, Sudan, and Myanmar. Leadership across the following steps are anticipated.
 
1. Inception period. 4-8 weeks
a. Desk review. Collect and review existing documentation, including project design and end
points, key reports to highlight common, recurring issues
b. Refine the themes and guiding questions from the initial list (below).
c. Develop initial list of UNICEF and World Bank key informants for individual and group interviews.
 
2. Data collection, snowballing. 4-8 weeks
a. Conduct and document initial interviews based on inception report/plan
b. During interviews, identify additional information that may help to better understand specific
themes.
c. Briefly document the KII
 
3. Analysis and report writing 4-6 weeks
a. Prepare a draft report, as much as possible working closely with WB counterpart of 20-30 pages
(max) plus case studies to illustrate specific themes as useful
b.Review draft reporting with UNICEF and wider steering committee
c.Finalize report with accompanying powerpoint to deliver to UNICEF/World Bank Leadership and useful as orientation to future project development, design
Governance
• The consultant will be supervised by Senior Advisor Health in Emergencies.
• Engage with wider UNICEF and WB steering committee periodically to receive guidance, suggestions. This will include Associate Director, MNCH, Advisors for WB partnership, Senior Advisor, PHC. Others from Supply, Legal, Risk Management will be added as needed.
 

Terms of Reference / Key Deliverables:

Work Assignment Overview/Deliverables and Outputs/Delivery deadline

1. Inception report
- Inception report (per SOW)
Feb 15, 2026
 
2.Data collection to draft report
- Draft report
Apr 15, 2026
 
3. Final report, presentation
- Final report with comments incorporated
Jul 15, 2026 
 

Qualifications

Education:   

Master’s degree or higher in Public Health, International Development, or related field

Knowledge/Expertise/Skills required *:

  • 5-10 years progressive experience conducting learning/evaluation type work and producing quality documentation
  • Proven experience in cross-agency UN, multi-lateral development bank collaboration and documentation; proven understanding of UNICEF/UN, World Bank operations
  • Experience in health systems strengthening, particularly in FCV contexts preferred
  • Ability to work independently, meet deadlines

Requirements:

Completed profile in UNICEF's e-Recruitment system and

- Upload copy of academic credentials

- Financial proposal that will include/ reflect :

    • the costs per each deliverable and the total lump-sum for the whole assignment (in US$) to undertake the terms of reference.
    • travel costs and daily subsistence allowance, if internationally recruited or travel is required as per TOR.
    • Any other estimated costs: visa, health insurance, and living costs as applicable.
    • Indicate your availability

- Any emergent / unforeseen duty travel and related expenses will be covered by UNICEF.

- At the time the contract is awarded, the selected candidate must have in place current health insurance coverage.

- Payment of professional fees will be based on submission of agreed satisfactory deliverables. UNICEF reserves the right to withhold payment in case the deliverables submitted are not up to the required standard or in case of delays in submitting the deliverables on the part of the consultant.

U.S. Visa information:

With the exception of the US Citizens, G4 Visa and Green Card holders, should the selected candidate and his/her household members reside in the United States under a different visa, the consultant and his/her household members are required to change their visa status to G4, and the consultant’s household members (spouse) will require an Employment Authorization Card (EAD) to be able to work, even if he/she was authorized to work under the visa held prior to switching to G4.  

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process

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UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for consultants/individual contractors with disabilities. This may include, for example, accessible software, travel assistance for missions or personal attendants. We encourage you to disclose your disability during your application in case you need reasonable accommodation during the selection process and afterwards in your assignment. 

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check. 

Remarks:  

Individuals engaged under a consultancy will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants. Consultants are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws. 

The selected candidate is solely responsible to ensure that the visa (applicable) and health insurance required to perform the duties of the contract are valid for the entire period of the contract. Selected candidates are subject to confirmation of fully-vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which must be met prior to taking up the assignment. It does not apply to consultants who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their consultancy contracts. 

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