Building a resilient Civil Registration and Vital Statistics system through innovation, integration and decentralization of services to ensure that all vital events are registered. a) Continuously updated ECA on monthly and weekly progress of improving civil registration process b) Prepare final report on the assessment of the opportunities, entry points and success factors for the mentorship programme in the country and submit report to ECA

Work Location

Ghana, Lesotho, Burkina Faso and Ethiopia

Expected duration

10 Months

Duties and Responsibilities A recent review of the CRVS systems in four countries (Ghana has identified the need to streamline key CRVS processes to facilitate changes in process accountability and resourcing using tools such as the CRVS Systems Improvement Framework. The consultants will be required to spearhead the CRVS country mentorship programme through which they will work with the key government agencies, major institutional stakeholders, clients and CRVS professionals to strengthen CRVS initiatives, assess, analyze and redesign CRVS business processes by using business process maps and other tools and aligning with the international standards, concepts, and best practices. The consultancy/ assignment will aim to strengthen CRVS improvement in-country. The consultants will: • Support and provide in-country technical assistance on CRVS systems strengthening. • Raise awareness and promote the use of the CRVS systems improvement framework as a guide for the country to use a multi-sectoral and participatory approach to continuously assess and improve the performance of CRVS processes; • Through south-south cooperation and peer learning, align CRVS processes with international standards, concepts and best practices; • Provide technical advice and input into governance, resource mobilization, rationalization and pooling, and advocacy for sustainable improvement of CRVS; • Document and share best practices in the countries selected for sustainable CRVS improvements.

Qualifications/special skills

Masters or bachelor’s degree or higher in demography, population studies, public health, social sciences or related quantitative subject. • Experience in civil registration and vital statistics systems and its functions in the country or experience in health information systems and functions in the country • Experience facilitating information systems planning, design and implementation projects • Experience facilitating business process improvement, process re-engineering, process redesign projects • Experience with a standardized modeling notation to ensure consistent representation of business processes – preferably Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) (optional) • Experience using a modeling tool (i.e. Bizagi, Visio, etc.) that support standardized modeling notation to ensure consistent representation of business processes (optional)

Languages

Excellent writing capabilities in either English or French

Additional Information

Not available.

No Fee

THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING). THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS’ BANK ACCOUNTS.