Job Vacancies: Chief Technical Advisor for Reproductive Health. NEPAL

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KIT (Koninklijk Instituut voor de Tropen - Royal Tropical Institute)

is a knowledge institute specialized in international cooperation and

multicultural exchange. Internationally, KIT is engaged in

multidisciplinary projects.

KIT Health provides technical support and advise in a variety of

health and health-related fields through short- and long- term

consultancy. This support covers the entire range of health programme

development, implementation and evaluation, including support to

reform processes in the health sector (HSR/SWAp's). Training and

operational research are important aspects of the institutional

support that KIT Health provides. Apart from Disease Control and

Health Systems experts carry out their work within the context of a

number of other themes: reproductive health; HIV/AIDS, nutrition;

human resource development and biomedical research.

In the national Reproductive Health (RH) programme in Nepal the CTA

will work as a member of the UNFPA programme team and will assist the

Dept. of Health Services and UNFPA with the successful implementation

of the 5th Country Programme.

KIT Health is seeking a

Chief Technical Advisor (CTA) for Reproductive Health ? NEPAL

Function description

* Assist UNFPA and His Majesty Government, of Nepal (HMG) with the

planning, monitoring and evaluation of the national RH programme

particularly in the context of decentralization and health reform

* Assist HMG with the review of the national RH strategy in line

international and national developments and consistent with the health

and population policy of HMG, define further critical strategic areas

for research and further development

* Assist HMG, when and where appropriate, with the further

development of policy/operational guidelines and clinical protocols;

updating the RH research bibliography, provide technical oversight of

the operations research and assist HMG with the further development of

the HMIS and Quality Assurance mechanisms

* Monitoring of technical aspects of RH programmes in UNFPA

supported selected Districts

* Facilitate coordination and collaboration with other

stakeholders active in the RH programme in order to enhance synergy

and complementarity of EDP support for the national RH programme;

assist with identification of RH resource requirements, and assist

with preparation of requests for multi-bilateral assistance

* Represent the UNFPA in different working groups and committees

concerning RH particularly in the context of health sector reform and

decentralization.

* Ensure quality, consistency and synchronicity of UNFPA's RH

component project planning and implementation

Qualifications

* Medical Graduate with minimally a Post-graduate degree in Public

Health, Social Science or other relevant field

* Minimum 10 years of experience in management of comprehensive

Primary Health Care/Reproductive Health Services, Reproductive Health

policy formulation and programme planning, monitoring and evaluation

at National and sub national level.

* Excellent communication skills and ability to work in a

multi-cultural working environment

Remuneration

Salary will be in accordance with the KIT salary rates, based on age,

qualifications and experience. Additional 8% holiday allowance.

Information

For information please contact Mrs. K.de Koning at KIT Health,

Amsterdam. Telephone 31-20-5688239 or by e-mail at Health@.... or

www.kit.nl.

Applications

Written applications explaining specific ability and interest for this

job,including a curriculum vitae, reference persons and a list of

publications, should be submitted to Royal Tropical Institute(KIT),

department of Personnel, Organization and Information, Mr A. Blees,

P.O.Box 95001, 1090 HA Amsterdam. Fax 020-5688205 or e-mail

a.blees@.... The closing date for this application is 1 October, 2002.

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