Career Opportunities at Jhpiego

Purpose of consultancy

The goal of the investment case is to generate evidence on the potential benefits and returns on investment for providing improved essential newborn care and comprehensive newborn care for small and sick newborns in Kenya.

Objectives:

• To estimate the unit costs and the total cost of providing essential newborn care package for level one newborn units at level 2 and level 3 facilities.
• To estimate unit costs and the total cost of providing comprehensive newborn care for sick and small newborns for all level 2 newborn units at level 4 to 6 facilities.
• Conduct impact modelling to project the benefits (lives saved and deaths averted that would result from providing an improved newborn care package.
• To perform a return-on-investment analysis based on the cost and projected benefits of an investment newborn care.
• Provide potential financing windows and pathway to implementation of the investment case.
• Produce advocacy material based on the investment case

Responsibilities

Methodology of the investment case process

• The consultant will elaborate on a detailed methodology as part of their inception report. The methodology will involve conducting desk review of relevant documents on newborn service delivery including policies, strategies, guidelines and standards to understand the high impact interventions to be costed and the inputs necessary
• Methodology to cost high impact interventions shall be determined, and modelling approach to estimate the estimated number of lives saved at optimal and suboptimal service delivery coverage states.
• The consultant shall also estimate potential cost benefit ratios which will outline the economic benefits vs the investment costs and used to predict the returns that would accrue from each dollar invested.
• The consultant will also assess the financing and resource gaps to identify the possible sources of funding to implement the optimal scale up of newborn care. In addition, a phased implementation approach may be used to guide the implementation of the investment case.
• The consultant will develop the Investment case for newborn care and develop advocacy material based on the investment case developed.

Scope of Work:

• Define the scope of the investment case, including the geographical focus (type of hospital), target population, and types of interventions to be considered as per the norms and standards for newborn care
• Identify the key stakeholders and their roles in the development and implementation of the investment case
• Compile and analyse relevant data on newborn health indicators, including mortality rates, and access to care
• Conduct a situational analysis to identify gaps and bottlenecks in small and sick newborn care services (Review existing government reports or UN reports on SSNC)
• Explore various investment options for improving small and sick newborn care, including infrastructure development (increasing floor space/ new buildings), capacity building, HR and policy reforms
• Assess the potential tools to use for benefits modelling
• Assess potential costing methods to use
• Identify potential sources of funding for the proposed investments, including government budgets, donor contributions, and innovative financing mechanisms
• Facilitate consultations with key stakeholders, including government agencies, healthcare providers, civil society organizations, and donors
• Create a policy document to foster collaboration and consensus-building among stakeholders to support the implementation of the investment case
• Create advocacy material targeting key decision makers based on the investment case
• Develop a monitoring and evaluation framework to track progress towards the goals and objectives of the investment case
• Define key performance indicators and data collection methods to assess the impact of investments in small and sick newborn care
• The scope of work may be expanded to include investment case for intrapartum maternal care as a continuum

Consultancy Team

• Senior Consultant Economist
• Senior Consultant Service Delivery
• Support Consultant

Required Qualifications

Essential:

A firm/company with the following team members:

• A consultant with an advanced university degree in Health Economics, Health Financing, Health Planning, Health Systems Management, Demography or related fields
• A second consultant with public health or clinical health in newborn/paediatric care degree/masters in paediatrics or medicine
• A Public Health Practitioner with Health Systems Strengthening Experience

Experience

• Each consultant with at least 7years- of progressive professional experience related thematic areas
• Demonstrated successful experience in developing evidence-based publications, investment cases, financial sustainability plans, policy briefs, strategies, guidelines, reports in the health sector and preferably in newborn and child health
• Evidence of publication of research study articles in refereed journals
• Experience working with different multidisciplinary stakeholders/counterparts at national and global levels
• Demonstrated experience with writing and editing project plans, policy briefs and policy reports
• Evidence of publication of research study articles in high impact journals is an added advantage
• Experience in monitoring and evaluation is an added advantage

Skills/Knowledge

• Fluency in English with excellent writing, analytical and communication skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent skills in using Microsoft Office
• Proven strong writing, communication and presentation skills
• Sound technical knowledge of public health and/or health economics
• Ability to work under pressure, be flexible, meet short deadlines and maintain diplomacy
• Ability to work harmoniously as a member of a team, adapt to diverse educational and cultural backgrounds

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Responsibilities

• Assist in identifying and documenting MNH appointment diaries for ANC follow-up
• Enter Family Planning (FP) Quality of Care (QOC) data into the study database
• Support in monthly reporting through data enter in USAID JPHES and program DHIS system
• Support the collection and analysis of FP compliance and EmONC assessment data
• Enter data related to FP compliance and EmONC assessments
• Assist with monthly updates to the Performance Monitoring Tracker (PMT)
• Document and archive program assets
• Support desk validation for KHIS data through data quality checks and follow up with MOH to correct any errors or inconsistencies

The Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Intern will report to the MCGL MEL Manager.

Required Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree in public health, Anthropology/Sociology, Statistics or a related public health field
• Demonstrated experience in leading and conducting qualitative studies in the social sciences or health sector, including training and supervision of data collectors

 Skills:

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and knowledge management tools.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritize effectively.
• Strong time management skills to meet deadlines and handle tasks efficiently.

NOTE:  All staff members of Jhpiego, regardless of the level of their responsibilities are expected to:

• Model the mission and values of Jhpiego
• Participate in the business development process
• Contribute to the knowledge-sharing and transfer process
• Make responsible decisions that result in time and cost containment and clear accountability
• Participate in multiple teams, adopt team spirit, take responsibility for action items assigned, and provide feedback as needed
• Multitask, be able to manage and prioritize competing priorities to meet program and organizational objectives

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Purpose and objectives of the consultancy

The purpose of this consultancy is to provide technical assistance during the development of the national family planning policy.

The consultant will provide technical expertise to the DRMH and guide the process to optimize consultations, quality and contents of the policy to be proposed. 

Supervision and Support:

The day to day management of this consultancy will be done by the FP Program manager from MOH, in close consultation with USAID MCGL. The FP TWG under MOH will provide oversight and technical support during the review of the draft policy, validation and finalization of the FP policy. Other key Government of Kenya agencies and supporting partners will also provide technical inputs during the policy development process in line with the policy development manual procedures before finalization.

Responsibilities

The consultant will perform the following specific tasks:

• Provide technical knowhow to the FP policy core team to adapt the policy development to the current policy development efforts. The consultant, through an elaborate criterion, will support the core team to map a broader technical consultative group.
• Review previous reports of consultations, carry out additional desk review and gather information that informs, articulates and proposes the policy agenda and scope. This action will be summarized in a technical presentation to the core group and broader technical group to be used for agenda setting and consensus policy interventions to be proposed.
• Facilitate consultative dialogue in workshops organized by the core group from DRMH. The consultant will be expected to participate in all core group retreats to capture discussions that will crystallize into policy proposals.
• Document, synthesize and consolidate stakeholder feedback and inputs during the writing workshops.
• Write workshop reports and share with the MOH/DRMH Team
• Prepare the first draft of the national family planning policy.
• Present the draft policy to DRMH key stakeholders FP TWG for validation and approval after necessary revisions.
• Plan and facilitate the validation meeting with relevant stakeholders on the draft Policy
• Present finalized draft to MOH in soft copy word, PDF and slides summary for dissemination
• The consultant is bound by confidentially i.e. is not allowed to share any of the data, tools and reports with a third party, and cannot claim rights to the documents thereof.
• Should the quality of the work be determined as inadequate as per standards set by MOH, the consultant will be required to address quality gaps at his/her own costs.

Required Qualifications

• Advanced university degree in medicine, nursing, health economics, health financing, public health and/or related field
• At least 5 -10 years- of progressive professional experience in development, design of health policies, strategies and related documents in developing countries
• Demonstrated successful experience in developing of evidence-based publications, investment case, Reproductive health policies and strategies, policy briefs, guidelines, reports, Costed Implementation Plans
• Experience of working in Kenya especially with Governments or UN systems will be an asset
• Strong analytical orientation and sound judgment; initiative, culturally sensitive and, resourceful
• Fluency in English with excellent writing, analytical and communication skills