Country-Level Consultant, Global Child Health Task Force (CH TF) at John Snow Inc - JSI

Scope of Work and Deliverables

Title or Reference for SOW:

Country-Level Consultant, Global Child Health Task Force (CH TF)

Name of Provider:

TBD

Period of Performance:

September 2018- September  2019

Place of Performance:

Nigeria

Activity Manager:

Project Director

The consultant’s key tasks include

• Conduct a rapid review and synthesis of strategic documents to identify priorities, progress made and gaps to achieve child health targets based on the 2030 vision
• Contribute to developing assessment tool(s) to collect information from key child health stakeholders about issues with technical assistance for planning and implementing child health programs
• Support the HCD consultants to identify, make appointments and conduct interviews with key informants about technical assistance
• Support and co-facilitate, with human centered design experts, four workshop(s) with members of the national Child Health technical working group (CH TWG) and selected stakeholders (e.g. major donors in CH at national and state level)
• Facilitate the MOH, national CH TWG, and CH TF to implement the new technical assistance model and document the approach(es)
• Facilitate the CH TWG to plan joint process appraisal to review progress, identify bottlenecks and problem solve. It is anticipated that this will be incorporated into scheduled meetings of the CHTWGs.
• Support and contribute to the documentation of all activities and outcomes related to TA re-design in Nigeria.
• Coordinate with the local team responsible for FMOH/stakeholder workshop logistics and support.

Deliverables: (Timelines for specific activities to be determined)

TBD

Inception report and draft timeline (developed in coordination with, HCD team and CH TF project advisory committee)

TBD

Develop assessment tools in collaboration with HCD consultants

TBD

Final synthesis report of Nigeria national 2030 Vision

TBD

First workshop report with clearly articulated next steps

TBD

Workshop reports with clear milestones and next steps

TBD

New Technical Assistance model

TBD

Final process documentation

September 2019

Evaluation report

Required skills, Level of Effort (LOE) and Rate:

Education, Experience and Skills

• Master’s degree in public health or equivalent
• Ability to communicate effectively and to facilitate group processes
• Track record of using participatory methods in public health
• Capacity building of multi-stakeholder partnerships and engagement
• Experience in child health programming  and knowledge of Nigeria health system and partners
• Excellent writing and oral presentation skills

Language: English

Consultancy days: 80

The consultant will not work full time, but will engage with the CH TWGs at strategic points of the design and implementation process.

Rate: TBD