REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST
(CONSULTING SERVICES – INDIVIDUAL SELECTION)
Country – Trinidad and Tobago
Name of Project – OECS Regional Health Project (P168539)
Loan No./Credit No./ Grant No.: IDA-D5120
Assignment Title: Individual Consultancy for an Epidemiologist to support public health surveillance activities of the for the World Bank funded Organisation of the Eastern Caribbean States Regional Health Project.
Reference No.: TT-CARPHA-475267-CS-INDV
The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the OECS Regional Health Project and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services for an Epidemiologist.
OBJECTIVE OF THE ASSIGNMENT
The objective of the Assignment is to support the activities under Component 2, Strengthening Public Health Surveillance, with a focus on improving preparedness capacities of health systems for public health emergencies in the OECS region and more specifically in Dominica, Grenada, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines and in CARPHA.
The purpose of this assignment is to provide technical expertise and support in strengthening public health surveillance systems under Component 2 of the project. The focus is on enhancing the preparedness capacities of health systems in the OECS region to effectively respond to public health emergencies. The primary beneficiaries of the services to be delivered by the consultant will be Dominica, Grenada, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines and CARPHA.
The consultant is responsible for ensuring the thorough and timely development and submission of all required deliverables, which are essential to achieving the project’s goals and improving regional health security.
BRIEF SCOPE OF WORK
To provide technical assistance for the following:
- Support the capacity building initiatives and implementation of recommendations emanating from Communicable Disease (CD) surveillance assessments.
- Support countries with development of relevant integrated surveillance reports for timely detection, response and monitoring of new, emerging and re-emerging diseases and other public health threats.
- Support the development of hospital based (clinical infections) surveillance reports and its implementation at country and regional level.
- Assist in the implementation of the regional-level activities related to the Joint External Evaluation (JEE) self-assessment.
- Develop relevant terms of reference for consultancies under the World Bank OECS grant
- Support the development of action plans for health security in the region.
- Support preparedness, investigations and response to outbreaks or emergencies in the region.
The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment are attached with this REOI.
The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) now invites eligible consulting individuals (“Consultants”) to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services.
The shortlisting criteria is as follows:
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
The candidate must possess the following qualifications and experience:
Academic Qualifications
- Essential: A Master’s Degree or equivalent in Epidemiology or Public Health or related field
- Desirable: Relevant specialist knowledge or expertise acquired through experiential learning or postgraduate /professional qualifications in public health, communicable diseases and epidemiology and/or outbreak investigation.
Specific Experience
- Ability to successfully apply the Agency’s communication policies and strategies in interactions with key stakeholders in Member States and international partners.
- Sound experience with at least one analytical tool for analysis and reporting of epidemiological data.
- Excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication and negotiation skills.
- Ability to work on own or with members of a team
- Ability to comfortably multi-task.
- Ability to adjust to changing priorities within demanding timeframes.
General Experience
- At least 5 years including field experience. Experience in communicable disease surveillance
- Experience in capacity building, developing and promoting collaborative partnerships.
- Knowledge of quantitative and qualitative methods
Languages
- Excellent knowledge of English – written and spoken
Other Requirements
- Display Integrity
- Respect Diversity
- Have strong communication and interpersonal skills
(The consultant must be independent and free from conflicts of interest in the responsibilities they take on).
Duration of the assignment: The contract will be for a period of 12 months.
The attention of interested individual Consultants is drawn to Section III, paragraphs, 3.14, 3.16, and 3.17 of the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” dated July 2016, revised November 2017, and August 2018, setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest. Please refer to paragraph 3.17 of the Procurement Regulations on conflict of interest related to this assignment which is available on the Bank’s website at http://pubdocs.worldbank.org/en/178331533065871195/Procurement-Regulations.pdf
A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Open Competitive Selection of Individual Consultants set out in the Procurement Regulations.
Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours 8:00 am to 4:00 pm on Monday to Friday.
Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form to the address below by e-mail by 21 March 2025.
Caribbean Public Health Agency
Anthony Seunarine / Procurement Manager
16-18 Jamaica Boulevard, Federation Park
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Tel: 1-868-622-4261. Ext - 40216
E-mail: seunaran@carpha.org