PRC0080974_IC_”Communications Consultant”

Country:                           Home-based.

Duration of assignment:  Maximum of 70 days within a period of 6 months.

Estimated Start Date:      August 2024.

Description/background of Assignment:

UNDP is a founding cosponsor of the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), a partner of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria (Global Fund), a signatory of the WHO-led SDG3 Global Action Plan for Healthy Lives and Well-Being for All, and a co-sponsor of several other international health partnerships. UNDP’s work on HIV, health and development leverages UNDP’s core strengths and mandates in sustainable development, governance, poverty reduction and climate. UNDP delivers support to countries in three areas of HIV and health: reducing the inequalities that drive disease, promoting effective and inclusive governance for health and building resilient and sustainable systems for health. UNDP helps countries to mainstream attention to HIV and health into action on gender, poverty, governance, financing, and the broader effort to achieve and sustain the Sustainable Development Goals. UNDP works with partners to address the interactions between governance, human rights, and health responses, especially for those left behind. UNDP also supports countries in effective implementation of complex, multilateral and multisectoral health projects, while simultaneously investing in capacity development so that national and local partners can assume these responsibilities over time. The UNDP/Global Fund partnership is an important part of this work, facilitating access to resources for action on SDG 3 by countries that face constraints in directly receiving and managing such funding. UNDP partners with countries, WHO and other partners in responding to health emergencies and HIV and health dimensions of crisis/post-crisis situations.

The Being LGBTI in the Caribbean (BLIC) project is currently implementing its Third Phase focused on the socio-economic inclusion of transgender and gender diverse persons. The emphasis of this consultancy will be to provide Communications support to this phase of the project both at the regional and country level.

This specific tender is managed via the new supplier portal system, QUANTUM. Proposal should be submitted directly in the portal no later than indicated deadline. 

Any request for clarification must be sent in writing via messaging functionality in the postal. UNDP will respond in writing including an explanation of the query without identifying the source of inquiry.

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Should you be interested and decide to submit an offer for this assignment, kindly submit this directly in the online supplier portal no later than the deadline indicated in the system. 

Monday, July 15th, 2024 – at 11:00 hrs. – Eastern Standard Time. 

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