Lead Consultant to support the Federal Ministry of Health in revising the NSHDP II Framework. at UNICEF

Scope of Work:

In line with international health planning standards, the revision of the NSHDP II Framework would adopt a multi-step approach to be led and/or supported by the lead consultant and these steps include the following:

• A situation analysis that covers progress towards the nation’s demographic, health status, and health system performance goals; a revision of priorities, goals and objectives to reflect changes in the population’s health and its determinants; and a revision of broad activity areas, considering subnational factors at Zone, State, and LGA levels. This would include an appraisal of recommendations from NSHDP Annual and Mid-term reviews, and inter- and intra-sectoral strategies and plans analyses.
• Setting up a Steering Committee (multi-sectoral and multi-disciplinary group of stakeholders, under the leadership of FMoH), a Core Team responsible for organization of NSHDP II revision, and a Technical Working Group that will actually carry out the revision of the plan. A Lead Consultant and two other National Consultants are to be hired to support the technical work involved in revising the plan.
• Stakeholder consultations at various points of the revision processes
• The Lead Consultant will also support the onboarding and supervision of Federal and States Consultants involved in the revision of the Federal and State strategic plans.
• He/she is expected to also carry out other expert duties that may be assigned by the Technical Coordination Group.

Key assignments for the Lead Consultant include:

• Submit a detailed proposal outlining the details of the methodology for the revision of the NSHDP II, including a multi-sectoral stakeholder mapping to be used for consultations;
• Work with other consultants to conduct a situation analysis that includes the desk review of the following:
  • all NSHDP II review reports (2018/2019 JAR, MTR, 2021 JAR);
  • Nigeria SDG3 Evaluation report
  • key health policies updated after the launch of NSHDP II, e.g. NDP 2021-2025, AU Roadmap for Harnessing Demographic Dividend, NHIA Act 2022, National Health Research Policy and Priorities 2022, National HRH Strategic Plan 2021-2025, etc.;
  • GPW13 outcome and output/SDG3 indicators
  • COVID-19 and other recent health emergency intervention reports;
  • frecent health and demographic survey reports;all other relevant reports that provide data on the current health situation in Nigeria;
• Work with other National Consultants to produce the zero draft of the Revised NSHDP II Framework (including the M&E plan) document based on the situation analysis.
• Work with other National Consultants to facilitate the review of the zero draft of the Revised NSHDP II Framework (including the M&E Plan) document by the Technical Working Group (TWG), the resulting draft of which will be finalized by the Core Team or Technical Coordination Group (TCG);
• Work in collaboration with FMOH and other National Consultants to engage stakeholders on the revision of the NSHDP II Framework (including the M&E Framework);
• Work with other National Consultants to supervise the Federal/State Consultants’ technical support of the revision of F/SSHDPs (including the M&E Plans);
• Work with other National Consultants to consolidate the F/SSHDPs into the final Revised NSHDP II.

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have… 

• An advanced degree/fellowship in Public Health, Health Policy, or Health Systems Management Knowledge/Expertise/Skills required 
• A minimum of 10 years of international experience working in the health sector in government or international non-governmental organizations with evidence of support in developing Health Sector Strategic Plans in the last 5 years.

Functional Skills and Knowledge

• Evidence of expertise in health policy, strategy, and plan development, including policy analysis skills.
• Evidence of health policy, strategy and plan development support at the national level in a number of countries.
• Proven ability to lead multi-stakeholder initiatives and collaborations.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including policy writing skills.
• Scientific stature in peer-review publications and service to expert health professional organizations.
• Must have an excellent knowledge of the Nigeria health system.