Health Systems, and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights 82 views0 applications

FIELD SUPPORT SERVICES PROJECT – ETHIOPIA 8TH FLOOR, AMAGA BUILDING, RAS LULSEGED STREET, ADDIS ABABA

TERMS OF REFERENCE

Health Systems, and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

A) About FSSP Ethiopia, WUSC

The Field Support Services Project (FSSP) Ethiopia is established to provide timely and cost-effective, efficient logistical, financial and administrative support services as well as technical specialist support services to Global Affairs Canada’s (GAC) programming and policy dialogues in Ethiopia. The FSSP in Ethiopia is managed through the World University Service of Canada (WUSC).

The aim of Canada’s bilateral development program in Ethiopia is to manage Canada’s resources effectively with accountability to achieve meaningful, sustainable results that are in line with Ethiopia’s Growth and Transformation Plan. In order to facilitate Canada’s development programs and projects in Ethiopia, FSSP Ethiopia is recruiting a qualified and reliable consultant described below to contribute to specific program areas.

B) Application Instructions and Conditions

Interested Candidates should submit a Technical proposal comprised of:

• A statement of intent, CV and at least three work related referees and their contact email address.
• Candidate’s telephone # and Skype account or any other internet-based means of contact.
• Clearly stated Technical qualifications, expertise, skills and relevant experience.

Submit Proposals by email to: [email protected] Subject line: HSSRH

C) DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION: June 24, 2019

Late submitted proposals will be rejected. Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted. Other proposals of interest will be retained in FSSP Ethiopia database.

D)Eligibility criteria for applicants:

The Technical Specialists must be legally and operationally in a position to contract and provide consulting services in Ethiopia.

E) Additional:

FSSP Ethiopia – WUSC is an equal opportunity employer.

F)Time frame

The consultant will be available from August 2019 – July 31, 2020

G) Level of effort

The consultant could be required to work up to 10 days per month during the period indicated in section G above.

1. Background

For the purposes of this consultancy, the health sector is considered to encompass legal, regulatory, policy, planning, programming and service delivery related to:

i) Sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), including improving women and girl’s health and accelerating the reduction of maternal mortality; promoting and protecting women’s and adolescent access to reproductive health and family planning; and addressing the gaps in preventing and treating gender-based violence, with a focus on early marriage and FGM/C; and,

ii) Health system strengthening, including strengthening human resources for health through production, training, supervision, task shifting, motivation and retention of health workers; strengthening health information systems; health financing; service delivery and management; disease surveillance and response, supplies and logistics management; and innovations and technologies for improving the health of populations in both development and early recovery contexts.

1. Description of Activities

The following provides a range of potential activities.

a. Strategic Research, Analysis and Advice

• Provide technical Reproductive Maternal Newborn Child and Adolescent Health (RMCAH) support and advice to GAC to help guide the design and development of RMCAH projects and investments;

• Advise and update GAC on the latest development progress, trends (including donor landscape mapping) and priority challenges related to reproductive, maternal, child and adolescent health, particularly in the areas of SRHR, with a focus on family planning and sexual and gender-based violence, as well as in health system strengthening at federal and regional levels.

• Review, analyze and provide technical comments and recommendations on project documents for GAC-funded projects in Ethiopia’s RMCAH programming including Project Implementation Plans, annual work plans, progress reports, and evaluations;

• Provide, as needed, summaries, analytical papers, think pieces, recommendations and/or technical briefs on RMCAH, including in the areas of family planning, health system strengthening and immunization (e.g. strategies to improve private and public sector provision of a diverse method mix of modern contraceptives; supply chain strengthening and management; ensuring Canada-funded projects are targeting populations most in need, and, identifying best practices to increasing adolescent uptake of SRHR services and commodities), as well as related development documents (e.g. policies, strategies, legislation, action plans, budgets and expenditure plans, performance frameworks, evaluations and assessments, etc.) from a wide range of stakeholders including civil society, federal and regional governments, and other development actors.

• Advise GAC on the extent to which its RMCAH projects are i) aligned with government policy and sector priorities; ii) meeting the goals and objectives of GAC development policies; and, iii) are coordinated with the activities of other development partners, including civil society, as well as with federal and state government policy and sector priorities.

• Identify opportunities for synergies among investments across GAC delivery channels (bilateral, partnership, regional and multilateral).

b. Support for External Coordination and Engagement

• Support GAC’s role in policy dialogue fora, such as donor-government coordination groups;

• Participate in, and/or provide technical support to GAC staff participating in, Technical Working Groups within the coordination structure, contributing substantively to discussions and exercises with a view to ensuring that GAC positions are well reflected.

• Participate in and provide technical support to joint initiatives with other development partners and stakeholders (e.g. reviews, joint field visits, joint monitoring and evaluation exercises, multi-stakeholder consultations or events).

• Help ensure and increase the visibility of Canada’s development activities and policy positions in the RMCAH sector, particularly those related to SRHR, as well as in health system strengthening through technical advice and assisting to identify new entry points for policy dialogue.

• Support Canada’s advocacy and outreach activities and initiatives.

c. Monitoring

• Become familiarized with key documents relating to the project/program (e.g. approval documentation, Country Programming Frameworks or Strategies, contractual agreements with project/program partners, the Project Implementation Plan, Baseline reports, Annual Work Plans, Project Financial and Narrative Reports, etc.) of GAC-funded projects in RMCAH;

• Through project monitoring missions, discussions with stakeholders and desk reviews, monitor project performance against the Logic Model and Performance Management Framework, including the indicators (and their targets), identify problems and constraints hampering effectiveness of implementation and monitor against project risk registers to provide advice and recommendations for improvement (including adjustments and corrective action), as needed;

• Assess the enabling environment, political/social/cultural/environmental context within which the project/program works, identifying trends and keeping Canada as a donor abreast of actual and potential changes in context;

• Identify lessons learned for Canada as donor and other stakeholders and recommend ways to improve, where relevant;

• Provide other services related to the monitoring of the project (such as analysis, document preparation, reviews, etc.) as requested by GAC.

d. Other

• Support preparations for visits of key stakeholders to project and meeting sites in Ethiopia;

• Attend meetings or events and represent GAC’s interests upon request and report back to GAC;

• Provide input for the preparation of internal GAC work plans, reviews and progress reports;

• Participate in and contribute to discussions during GAC team meetings;

• Perform other duties and activities from time to time as requested.

1. Required Competencies and Experience

Candidates for this role are required to demonstrate how their combination of education, training and work experience is suited to the provision of expertise to Global Affairs Canada’s Development Program.

In applying for this consultancy, candidates must meet the following requirements:

3.1 Education

Post-graduate degree from an accredited, recognized institution in a relevant discipline such as public health, global health, women’s health, sociology, international development or another related field.

3.2 Experience

1. A minimum of 10 years of relevant experience working on international development projects focussing on RMCAH, with a focus on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), health system strengthening, and reducing the burden of key diseases and harmful practices affecting women and children.
2. Demonstrated experience of 5 years or more providing advice, including drafting briefing notes, sectoral analyses, and monitoring and assessment reports for senior decision makers in donor agencies, government or civil society organizations or private sector. Samples of work to be supplied upon request.
3. Demonstrated experience in performing monitoring and/or external evaluation.
4. Prior experience with donor funding and donor approaches to RMCAH and SRHR, health system strengthening, reducing the burden of key diseases and harmful practices.
5. Significant experience in the following thematic/sectoral subject matters: Public Health, RMCAH, particularly SRHR, health equity/social determinants of health (especially gender), and health system strengthening (particularly health financing and human resources for health).

3.3 Knowledge

1. Knowledge of Global Affairs Canada policies, programs and initiatives, particularly as they relate to gender equality and reproductive, maternal, child and adolescent health.
2. Knowledge of Ethiopia’s health system at federal, regional and local government level including knowledge of Ethiopia’s health strategies, plans and flagship programs.
3. Knowledge of results-based management (RBM) including the function of the logic model (LM) and performance measurement frameworks (PMF), and theories of change.
4. Knowledge of development implementation issues and challenges to achieving project results
5. Knowledge and application of epidemiology and public health
6. Knowledge and understanding of the global health context including international health architecture
7. Knowledge and application of the wider determinants of health, particularly gender

3.4 Skills and Abilities

1. Excellent written and verbal communication skills
2. Excellent presentation and facilitation skills
3. Demonstrated skill in time management and delivery of finalized reports/deliverables by the deadline
4. Ability to arrange and undertake travel to various areas of Ethiopia in potentially security-compromised contexts