Consultant to Domesticate the Reviewed Task Shifting / Task Sharing Policy for Addressing Human Resource For Health (HRH) Shortages Especially at the PHC Level, and Use the Information to Revise Job Descriptions at Palladium Group

Description

• Palladium invites applications from suitably qualified individual consultants to provide technical support for the domestication of the reviewed Task Shifting / Task Sharing policy for addressing Human Resource for Health (HRH) shortages, especially at the PHC level, and use the information to revise job descriptions.
• In this Request for Proposal, Palladium expects offerors to develop a custom solution and proposal to Palladium for consideration.
• Bidders are required to provide justification for the work proposed or methodology to be adopted. This will be a Best Value procurement.
• This consultancy aims to domesticate the reviewed Task shifting / task Sharing policy for addressing Human Resource for Health (HRH) shortages, especially at the PHC level and use the information to revise job descriptions
• IHP aim, is to work with state governments to strengthen the key elements of the health system and primary healthcare (PHC) service delivery at state, local government area (LGA), ward, and facility levels.
• IHP works closely with the government to support rapid scale-up of proven high-impact interventions in health systems strengthening; maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health; reproductive health; family planning; and nutrition.
• The State health worker ratio to the population continues to show a decline with increasing vacancy levels, attrition, pressure on fiscal space for Human Resources for Health (HRH) and challenges based on embargo on recruitment of health workers with a resultant HRH shortages at most levels and maldistribution of the available HRH in favour of urban areas.
• This has affected the availability, accessibility and quality of care delivered at various service delivery points especially essential services.

Type of Contract

• This is a firm fixed price deliverable-based contract. The consultant is expected to satisfactorily accomplish the deliverables before he/she gets paid for that deliverable
• The IHP Chief of Party reserves the right to confirm if a deliverable is delivered adequately or otherwise.
• NO price change is expected after contract is signed.
• IHP will not pay for cost of any deliverable that is not complete, of quality or on time.