Consultance : L’Organisation mondiale de la santé (OMS) recrute un Consultant national pour le soutien opérationnel et technique à la mise en œuvre de la feuille de route SAFER au Népal.
Purpose of consultancy
This contract is to provide support the SAFER Nepal Roadmap for Alcohol Interventions, a partnership led by the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) and the World Health Organization (WHO) to strengthen implementation of effective and cost-effective interventions to reduce the harmful use of alcohol. The contract includes provision of operational and technical support on a fulltime basis (100% FTE) at the earliest till 31 December 2023, including project management of the SAFER Nepal implementation roadmap; research, analysis and development of SAFER Nepal technical documents; convening stakeholder engagement; and development of SAFER policy and advocacy briefs.
Background
In 2018, the World Health Organization, in collaboration with international partners, launched the SAFER initiative at the United Nations. The objective of the initiative is to provide support for Member States in reducing the harmful use of alcohol by strengthening the ongoing implementation of the Global strategy to reduce the harmful use of alcohol. The SAFER initiative focuses on five effective and cost-effective alcohol policy interventions: 1) restrictions on alcohol availability; 2) drink-driving countermeasures; 3) access to screening; brief interventions and treatment; 4) bans or restrictions on alcohol advertising, sponsorship and promotion; and 5) taxes and pricing measures.
The Ministry of Health and Population, Government of Nepal formally launched its partnership with WHO and other partners to implement SAFER initiative in April 2022, becoming the second country globally that committed to scale up action to implement high-impact and cost-effective strategies and interventions.
At the request of the MoHP, WHO coordinated a joint mission of SAFER partners from 17-21 October 2022. The mission proposed a 24-month multiagency and multisectoral draft roadmap for SAFER initiative in Nepal. In February 2023, the national SAFER committee reviewed and endorsed the SAFER Nepal Roadmap for Alcohol Interventions: January 2023 to December 2024. The roadmap charts the way forward for the government of Nepal to implement the SAFER package of high impact and proven interventions to prevent and reduce alcohol-related harm in the country in which 39 activities are identified which are linked to below seven action areas.
- Action area 1: Strengthen political leadership and multisectoral coordination and capacity on alcohol control and SAFER implementation in line with MSAP (2021-2025) on NCDs
- Action area 2: Strengthen restrictions on availability of alcohol
- Action area 3: Facilitate access to screening, brief interventions, and treatment (SBIT)
- Action area 4: Strengthen drink-driving countermeasures
- Action area 5: Strengthen the ban alcohol advertising, sponsorship and promotion
- Action area 6: Increase alcohol prices through excise tax policies
- Action area 7: Monitoring and evaluation
The implementation will be supported by the SAFER Secretariat, which will be established at the MoHP to oversee implementation of roadmap actions.
Work to be performed
A consultant will be hired to support the WHO Country Office to facilitate the SAFER Nepal Secretariat, liaise with the Global SAFER initiative and to support the implementation of the SAFER Nepal Roadmap. The contract includes the following work:
Operational outputs:
- SAFER Nepal roadmap managed including providing operational support for the SAFER Nepal Secretariat; coordination between implementing partners; and tracking and reporting on implementation
- Events and stakeholder engagement convened, as provided for in the SAFER Nepal roadmap
- Technical outputs:
- Technical documents including the landscape analysis report reviewed and process for publication, investment case and policy and advocacy briefs for SAFER are contextualized and developed.
Deliverables
Consultant will work under the supervision of the NCD and Mental Health Team Lead, WHO Country Office of Nepal and under the overall guidance of WHO Representative for Nepal producing below deliverables:
- Contributed to technical documents including finalization of the landscape analysis report, preparations for investment case, and drafting of SAFER policy and advocacy briefs – Expected by: November 2023
- Multiple stakeholder engagements convened through meetings and workshops – Expected by: December 2023
- Project management and monitoring of the SAFER Nepal roadmap provided – Expected by: December 2023.
Qualifications, experience, skills and languages
Educational Qualifications:
Essential: Master’s in Public Health or equivalent degrees in public health sciences
Desirable: DrPH/PhD in Public Health
Experience:
Essential: At least 5 years of demonstrated experience in the relevant public health area, some of which is in alcohol policies and programmes.
Specifically, the consultant should have:
- Strong organizational and project management skills and experience managing similar activities
- Familiarity with the political, legislative and economic contexts in Nepal, particularly in relation to alcohol control or similar public health policy
- Experience facilitating multisectoral stakeholder engagement
Desirable: Prior work in similar field such as tobacco control will be an added value.
Skills/Knowledge:
- Basic skills in use of statistical packages and ability to synthesize evidence and conduct literature review.
- Ability to produce high quality
- Strong research and analytical skills, particularly in relation to alcohol control or similar public health policy
Languages and level required (Basic/Intermediate/Advanced):
Consultant will need to have advance level of proficiency in written and spoken English and Nepali.