[CivilSoc] Positions in Early Childhood Development Project, Azerbaijan

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Early Childhood Development Project, Azerbaijan
Asian Development Bank
The project is expected to commence September 1st 2003 and the period ofexecution of the contract will be 6 months from this date.
The location is Azerbaijan.
PLS RAMBOLL is looking for international and domestic consultants.
Curriculum Vitas should be sent before 3rd August 2003 to Sine Frederiksen, PLS RAMBOLL Management, International Division at xsfr at pls-ramboll.com. For more extensive descriptions of any of the positions listed below, send an e-mail Mr. Oleh Kiriyenko, PLS RAMBOLL Management, at qoky at pls-ramboll.com
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Purpose and Output:
The goal of the TA is to prepare a project within the overall ECD strategic framework to improve the development status of young children (0-8) with focus on promoting psychosocial development and mitigating micronutrient malnutrition and mortality due to common childhood illnesses. The specific objective of the TA is to assist the Government in: (i) reviewing needs and policies for ECD; (ii) developing strategies for improving ECD; and (iii) preparing a loan project suitable for ADS financing. 
Expected outputs of the TA are: (i) an ECD subsector assessment and analysis, (ii) an ECD policy and strategic framework with estimated costs and time line, and (iii) a draft project suitable for ADS financing.
Personnel Requirements:
1. Team Leader and Institutional and Management Specialist (International - 6 person months; Local - 6 months). The team leader will be an institutional or project management specialist with extensive experience in managing social sector/human development projects financed by international development banks. A local institutional and management specialist will support and advise the team leader on local political and institutional matters. The local specialist should have an extensive experience and knowledge of local institutions, especially the government's operations, and political economy of Azerbaijan. 
2. Early Childhood Education Specialists (International - 3 person-months, Local - 4 person months). The team of international and local ECE consultants on will work closely with the Ministry of Education, education departments of raion governments, preschool teachers, and UNICEF. The international specialist should have an advanced degree in the relevant filed, and extensive international experiences in ECE projects, and international knowledge of innovative ECE activities. 
3. Maternal and Child Nutrition Specialist (International - 3 person-months, Local - 4 person months). The maternal and child nutrition (MCN) specialist will work closely with the Ministry of Health, especially the JFPR Country Project Office, nutrition institutions, UNICEF and WHO. The international specialist should have an advanced degree in the relevant field and extensive international experiences in child nutrition interventions and knowledge of child nutrition interventions. 
4. Maternal and Child Health Specialist (International - 1.5 person-month; Local - 3 person months). The maternal and child health (MCH) specialist will work closely with MOH, the World Bank's primary health care reform project team, UNICEF and WHO. Both the international and local specialists should have an advanced degree in the relevant field and extensive international experiences in MCH interventions and knowledge of latest MCH programs, including the integrated management of childhood illnesses. 
5. Economist/Financial Analyst (International -3 person-months). The economist should have an advanced degree in economics, and extensive experience in the economic analysis of projects, especially in the social sector, and public expenditure. The financial analyst should have an advanced degree in a relevant field and extensive experience in accounting and financial analysis. 
6. Social Scientists (International - 2 person-months; Local - 3 person months). The social scientists should have an advanced degree in a relevant field. The international specialist should have an extensive international experience in needs assessment and designing and conducting social survey. The social scientist teams will be provided a separate budget for hiring field studies and survey. 
7. Regional Project Coordinators (Local - 25 person-months). The consultant team will appoint a local project coordinator to each raion or a cluster of raions to work closely with the governor's office and facilitate the TA work in the districts, and development of district work plans. The local regional project coordinators should be from the locality and have knowledge of ECD.
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