Background:
Solthis is part of a consortium with the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) – acting as the consortium lead organization – and I-Tech that has been shortlisted to answer the country request for proposals (RFP) for Health Facility Assessment (HFA) that the Global Fund will be issuing in the upcoming months. To this view, Solthis is looking to set up a roster of English-speaking and/or French-speaking experts in order to answer these RFPs. These experts will have to be ready to be mobilized on short notice for technical assistance, for a duration of up to 50 days depending on their profile.
The HFA are part of a monitoring & evaluation strategy that allow to monitor key quality indicators and processes regarding health services delivered in a country. The data from the HFA will be used to inform corrective actions and quality improvement approaches back into planning and implementation at national, regional/district and site levels. The HFA will be implemented in several countries by a specific team composed of a country team leader, a statistician, public health experts and health economist (NB : the exact composition of the team will vary depending on the needs in each country). The role of this team will be to build the capacities of national partners to allow them to implement an HFA in their country, and to provide overall oversight and management of the HFA.
Requirements for the position:
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Tasks :
A critical aspect of an HFA process is to ensure that the results are used. While the analysis by statistician and the interpretation by the public health experts are important, there will also be a need for a set of user-friendly products/documents to address the various stakeholders. This may range from a one-pager for press to an executive summary for policy makers to a full report, with all of the in-depth analysis for program managers. A communications expert can assist in the editing and design of these documents. Since this process should be country-led, ideally a set of templates would be designed to facilitate the process, but complemented with technical assistance to complete the products. The communications expert would also provide technical assistance around the dissemination plan, especially including working with press, releasing the report and targeted dissemination.
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Estimated number of working days for one country HFA :
From 2 to 5 days.
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Qualifications:
- Master's degree in communications, public health or other related fields
- 5 or more years of experience in international public health work
- Experience working with international teams and dealing in a culturally appropriate manner with a range of stakeholders, from high level government officials to community members.
- Excellent analytical, writing and presentation skills
- Fluency in French and/or English
If you're interested in this position, please send your resume to the following address: caroline.gallais@solthis.org
