VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT - CONSULTANT
WHO Rwanda in Collaboration with Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC) is inviting applicants from suitable qualified candidates to fill the following Consultancy:
TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES (SOPS) TO STRENGTHEN THE CIVIL REGISTRATION AND VITAL STATISTICS (CRVS) SYSTEM
Project title: Development of SOPs to Strengthen the Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) system
Reporting: To WHO/ M&E Officer
Duty Station: Kigali
Date issue: 25/05/2023
Deadline: 04/06/2023
Duration of Assignment: 2 months
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Civil registration is the continuous, permanent, compulsory, and universal recording of the occurrence and characteristics of vital events (births, deaths, marriages, divorces, adoption, recognition, guardianship) and other civil status events pertaining to the population as provided by decree, law or regulation, in accordance with the legal requirements in each country.
A well-functioning civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) system is essential for achieving and measuring the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Universal Health Coverage (UHC), as well as regional and national targets. By providing a timely and continuous source of data, at national and sub-national levels, disaggregated by age and sex, the CRVS system provides reliable population data and forecasts, alerting governments to health emergencies and their impact and supporting health policy decisions to improve overall health and well-being.
Moreover, 17 indicators of SDG 3 require cause-specific mortality and population data. The goal of UHC, itself an SDG target, relies on counting all deaths by age and sex and on the cause of death information on which to base health services delivery. Additionally, the cross-cutting nature of CRVS implies that it is essential for measuring most of the non-health-related SDGs.
Rwanda is among the countries that committed to establishing a well-functioning CRVS system through the National Identification Agency (NIDA), the agency responsible for the CRVS in Rwanda. The World Health Organization (WHO) has provided technical and financial assistance to the Government of Rwanda to strengthen the CRVS system in the country since 2016.
Recent achievements include a CRVS assessment, a five-year costed strategic plan, a strong coordination mechanism, and a legal review process that allowed the timely registration of vital events at the places of occurrence using the one-stop centre principle. The National Centralized and Integrated Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (NCI-CRVS) system is now fully functional. Civil registration points of services are now 3,260 and include sector offices, embassies, but also health facilities, and cell offices to register births and deaths, including those occurring in the community.
The NCI-CRVS systems incorporate multiple business processes and a variety of actors and institutions.
In this regard, the WHO is recruiting one firm or a consultant to develop detailed Standard Operating Procedures (SoPs) and user manuals for the registration of each of the nine vital events to provide standardized guidance on the registration, correction access, and sharing of data for a period of two months.
The Consultant will perform the following duties:
Deliverables
The Firm / Consultant will be expected to deliver on the following:
Qualifications, experience, skills, and languages
Education
Essential:
A university degree in either of the following areas: Civil Law, Public health; Statistics (Demography and Social Statistics); Public Administration, Management, Economics, or other related disciplines.
Experience
Languages and levels required
Working proficiency in English is required.
Interested candidates shall submit their CVs by email in one (1) PDF file to afwcorw@who.int
The selection of a successful proposal will be based on the Quality and Cost Based Selection QCBS methodology. Only qualified candidates shall be contacted by WHO.
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