Country: United States of America
Closing date: 12 Sep 2013
TERMS OF REFERENCE: Polio Innovation Coordinator(CONSULTANT, SSA)
Title: Innovation Coordinator (Polio Eradication)Location: UNICEF Headquarters, New YorkDuration: 11 months Start Date: Immediate
- Background:UNICEF is a global leader in innovation for international development. We develop and scale approaches that are transformative for the world’s most vulnerable children. For further information go to: www.unicefinnovation.org
Going forward, UNICEF needs to accelerate its already proven innovation work, and the best way to do this is by creating for the first time ever, the UNICEF Innovation Fund. This $20M vehicle is modeled on the support and analysis approaches of successful venture investment structures and will quickly assess, fund second stage projects, and scale innovations that work.
The UNICEF Innovation Fund offers: • Staged financing to manage risks • Globally rigorous yet regionally sensitive evaluation and monitoring • A portfolio-based approach to UNICEF’s challenges and • Technical assistance from the globally recognized UNICEF Innovation Team
A portfolio within the UNICEF innovation fund will be earmarked for investing in and scaling up innovations for combatting polio in countries such as Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria where polio has not been successfully eradicated. Polio is a highly contagious viral infection that can lead to paralysis, breathing problems, or even death. Frequently, its victims display no symptoms, but about one in 200 infected children suffers from paralysis and sometimes death. Anyone can contract the disease, but children under five years of age are most vulnerable. Timely immunization with today’s safe and effective oral vaccines is the most effective way to prevent infection. Today, only three countries have endemic polio transmission – Nigeria, Pakistan and Afghanistan. When it is eradicated, it will be only the second time in history that a disease has been wiped from the planet.2. Justification Application of innovative technology in the area of Polio communication will accelerate the existing communication strategy globally, and in countries, and strengthen the global delivery system for providing information and engaging communities to demand Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) and broader immunization services.
UNICEF requires a dedicated Innovation Polio Coordinator to identify and help implement the various Innovation start up projects to promote OPV, which will be jointly identified by the manager and country teams, and will be invested in based on a rapid risk analysis. There is a need for operational research, analysis of portfolio, developing an investment strategy and clearly communicating and advising senior management about funds, which are working, and those, which are not. 3. Objective Working jointly with the polio team, and the UNICEF NY Innovation Unit, the Polio Innovation Coordinator will interact across country offices and network closely with technologists, polio funders working around global innovation and leaders to assess, identify and launch a portfolio of approximately 10-15 polio related projects which can be implemented and scaled up.
- Specific Activitiesa) Identify projects which UNICEF Country Offices have already funded, and which have had promising initial results (most likely having been running for 6-12 months).b) ASSESS the innovations with a small team of 2-3 people from the region and UNICEF’s Innovation Unit. The team will specifically investigate donors’ interest in further scale. Then present findings to innovation board to select top people.c) CO-FUND following assessment (see above point “Assess”) the UNICEF Innovation Fund would co-fund (with country office being the other funder) a second round of up to 250,000 USD (up to 500,000 total).d) SUPPORT COUNTRIES to implement and scale up innovations, with direct country support and technical assistancee) ADVISE the UNICEF Innovation Unit by developing a monitoring and evaluation framework during the funding period to support the projects, keeping the portfolio healthy and suggesting partnerships and other opportunities.f) RE-ASSESS: After 9-12 months, a small team from the fund management plus select colleagues from the region would re-assess the project-Failed projects will be learned from, published, and presented. -Struggling projects would be able to continue, though without further funding. g) Support the analysis, management and learning of the portfolio through:
• Rapid assessments including publications of failures and successes
• A small core team of innovations and entrepreneurial specialists
h) Research successes and failures of promising projects that were scaled up i) Provide clear recommendations by capturing and mapping processes to the advisory board on projects selected for investment through the innovation fund and how this model could work for investing in future investment through the innovation fund.
Specific activities to be completed to achieve the objectives: Technical oversight and coordination of UNICEF INNOVATION initiativesThe Innovation Coordinator will work closely with programme colleagues, including the Section Focal Points, Donor specialist, and other Specialists in HQ, and local and international developers, to ensure that partner relationships are forged and maintained, projects are selected assessed and invested in a timely manner and mechanisms for sustainability developed and addressed.
Activities, Expected Outcomes and Timeline
Activities Deliverables TimelineMap and identify projects which UNICEF’s country offices have already funded, and consult with countries on suggested innovations that would contribute to the eradication effort. Carry out an risk analysis/assessment on potential projects
Advise the Innovation Unit and Polio Section on recommended polio projects for investing in. 1) Mapping of potential projects for initiation/scaling up and a Risk analysis done
2) Packaging and presentation to advisory board (short deck with recommendations End of Month 1Following assessment methodology of the fund, conduct in-field assessments of projects and begin supporting implementation (travel) 1) Initial 5 projects vetted and funded End month 2
Continuing with assessment and validation protocols explore the second 10 projects (travel) 1) 2nd set of 5 projects assessed for funding (15 total assessed, some percent funded) End month 3Manage ongoing projects, connect them to technical support as necessary
Fund final set of 5 projects 1) Country guidance issued for necessary FAQs and questions2) 3rd set of 5 projects (15 total assessed, some percent funded) assessed for funding End of month 4Reassessment of funded projects based on innovation board input 1) Presentation and documentation of reassessment of funded projects through monitoring and evaluation2) Adjustments to innovation fund model based on learning End of month 5
Documentation of failures and successes in scaling up polio projects through the investment fund.
Support to Country offices
Brownbag presentation 1) Documentation of failures and successes on projects, which have been funded through the investment fund.2) Adjustments to innovation fund3) Captured presentation (30 minutes) on progress to date End of month 6
Continued management of portfolio
Assessment of possibility to expand
Document final report capturing and mapping investment processes and criteria and how the investment model for selection of projects for further investment was selected, recommendations and way forward. 1) Ongoing support to country offices and projects2) Regular blog posts (2ce per month)3) Presentations to partners on successes and failures4) Adjustments of fund model5) Documentation of potential for further investment6) Revised Investment fund Strategy7) Handover notes Month 7-11 Ongoing deliverables
Duty Station/Location at Duty Station: UNICEF New York with up to 40% travel
Supervisor and frequency of performance reviews: The consultant will report to the Innovation HQ Innovation unit jointly with UNICEF Polio section
Performance indicators for evaluation of results:
- Delivery of products on dates as specified with supervisor
- Routine communication with supervisor and team about work
- Quality of products (do they fit the needs as defined)
Qualifications or specialized knowledge/experience required: It is required that the Coordinator has at least 5 years experience with demonstrated results in the majority of the following areas:• Innovative uses of technology for development, particularly in the areas of data, mobiles, open source and health.• Has advanced degree in in management, communications, and ideally experience either with startups• Entrepreneurship background and or demonstrated experience in working with social innovation. • Programme communication / Communication for Development experience• Needs identification, and measuring improvements in project coverage and uptake, geographic expansion, etc.• Understanding of issues around vaccine promotion, social change, and disease eradication,
It is required that the Coordinator has:• Demonstrated communication and relationship building skills• Good oral and written presentation skills• Experience in creating spaces and environments that are conducive to team participation and effective coordination• Proven capacity to work with and lead collaborative teams across different locations and with different technical skills• Experience in budgeting and coordinating large scale projects• Clear upward communication and management skills• Languages: Fluent written and spoken English.
Contract Duration –11 months
Payment Plan - Monthly payment based on outputs to deliverables, certified upon monthly review and report with supervisor.
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How to apply:
HOW TO APPLY
Qualified candidates are requested to submit a cover letter, CV , and P11 (the P11 template can be downloaded from http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/index_53129.html) to pdconsultants@unicef.org with subject line “Consultant, Innovation Coordinator” by 12 September 2013. Please indicate your ability, availability and daily rate to undertake the terms of reference above.Candidates are also required to provide at least 3 references.
Joint applications from two or more individuals are not accepted.
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