Objective:
The Objective of this consultancy assignment is to provide technical assistance to HP+ 3 supported States and FCT Primary Health Care Board SPHCB to produce documents and tools that will foster PHCB ability to plan, develop and manage human resources towards improvement in quality of care at the PHC level. HP+ will hire a total of four consultants, one for each supported state.
Scope of Work:
The consultant will work with the Senior Governance Advisor and State PHC Advisors to support the SPHCDAs in Abia, Osun, Ebonyi states and FCT to develop staff nominal roll, Human Resource for Health policy and strategy documents aligning with the guidelines of the NPHCDA to develop a policy/strategy which contains clear mechanisms for recruitment forecasting, redistribution, production, succession planning, capacity building, performance management including rewards and recognition and conseque nce management.
The specific tasks of the selected consultant will include:
* Desk review of relevant documents
* Stakeholder engagements to obtain relevant information for developing policy documents
* Hold a workshop/meeting for the development of human resource policy
* Hold a workshop/meeting for the development of human resource strategic plan
* Engage stakeholders to obtain relevant information for developing PHC staff nominal roll
* Facilitate a validation meeting and finalize documents
Key Deliverables:
Separately for FCT, Osun, Abia and Ebonyi each of the following 3 documents:
* Human Resource for Health Policy
* Human Resource for Health Strategy /plan
* PHC Staff nominal roll
* Validated HRH policy and strategy
Overall for the consultancy:
* Final consultancy report containing a synthesis of lessons learned across the states, including but not limited to common challenges across the states, solutions found during the process, adaptations across states and lessons learned for other states in Nigeria.
Duration:
The expected period of performance for this assignment is 30 days per consultant per state between the period of April and May 2019. A total of four consultants will be hired with one consultant working per State including FCT.
Required Experience
* At least 5 years’ experience in providing technical guidance in human resource for health planning and development in Nigeria preferred.
* Experience in supporting PHC strengthening reforms related toon Human Resources for Health analysis, policy and plans
* Understanding of the Nigerian Health system, national and state level policies and guidelines related to HRH, and the PHC system, including the challenges and barriers facing the country around HRH planning and implementation.
* Understanding of the nature and functioning of public sector organizations especially the health sector
* Knowledgeable on HR information and database management systems and processes
* Excellent report writing skills and good computer skills.
Desired or preferred qualifications
A university degree or equivalent in public health administration, HR, Medical education, project/program management or other relevant disciplines, with specialized training in areas such as HRH, health financing, data management.
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