Consultant, Policy Implementation, Tanzania, Health Policy Plus (HP+) 290 views

Consultant, Policy Implementation, Tanzania, Health Policy Plus (HP+)

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Project Overview and Role:

Health Policy Plus
(HP+) is a USAID-funded, seven-year, $222 million project awarded to Palladium
on August 28, 2015. HP+ has a mandate across global, country, and subnational
levels to strengthen and advance health policy priorities in HIV, family
planning and reproductive health (FP/RH), and maternal health. It aims to improve
the enabling environment for equitable and sustainable health services,
supplies, and delivery systems through policy development and implementation,
with an emphasis on voluntary, rights-based health programs, and by
strengthening in-country partners’ capacity to navigate complex environments
for effective policy design, implementation, and financing aligned to their
priorities.

Under predecessor
USAID and other donor-funded projects, Palladium and its partners have worked
with Tanzanian partners and stakeholders to improve the enabling environment
for FP/RH, maternal, newborn, and child health, and HIV services. In the past
decade, for example, Palladium (as Futures Group) led the USAID global Health
Policy Initiative (HPI, 2005-2010) and Health Policy Project (HPP, 2010-2015),
which were both active in Tanzania. HP+ is currently implemented by Palladium
in collaboration with Avenir Health, Futures Group Global Outreach, Plan
International USA, Population Reference Bureau, RTI International, ThinkWell,
and the White Ribbon Alliance for Safe  Motherhood.

In July 2019, the
Tanzania MOHCDGEC launched its second FP costed implementation plan, i.e., the National
Family Planning Costed Implementation Plan (NFPCIP) 2019-2023. Specifically,
the NFPCIP 2019-2023 aims to increase Tanzania’s modern Contraceptive
Prevalence Rate (mCPR) among all women from 30% in 2019 to 40% by 2023 (and
from 36% in 2019 to 47% by 2023 for married women). Disciplined execution of
the NFPCIP 2019-2023 is imperative to advancing national goals and commitments.
Since 2017, the HP+ project has been supporting the RCHS to monitor performance
of the NFPCIP, track resource mobilization and facilitate engagement and
resource mobilization for FP from local government authorities.

 Primary Duties and Responsibilities: 

Period of
Performance: November 16,
2021 to March 31, 2022

Palladium is seeking a
short-term Consultant to provide technical assistance to the Reproductive
Health and Child Health Section (RCHS) of the Ministry of Health, Community
Development, Gender, Elderly, and Children (MOHCDGEC) on executing their NFPCIP
2019-2023.

HP+ envisions the
consultant working between 10 to 60% time during the consultancy period. The
consultant will work with different stakeholders, including representatives
from the government, implementing partners, civil society, and development
partners.

Provide technical assistance to the RCHS to support CIP execution, including in the areas of performance monitoring, governance and coordination, and resource mobilization efforts.
Finalize updates to, and support use by stakeholders of, the web-based CIP Progress Monitoring Database (PMD) to serve a dual purpose to inform stakeholder joint planning and coordination, and performance monitoring of the CIP
Supports coordination and capacity building efforts for civil society organizations (CSO) in championing family planning advocacy efforts, in areas such as: policy communications and negotiations, coalition building, budget advocacy, generation of high-quality evidence to support advocacy efforts to advance goals for sustainable financing for the FP program.

Required Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree or higher in public health, public
  policy, political science, public administration, communication, or a
  related technical degree
• Demonstrated extensive experience of the Tanzania family
  planning program and stakeholders. Strong network within Tanzania’s health
  sector, family planning program, and a good understanding of key players
  and stakeholders, including in-depth knowledge of MOHCGDEC and
  professional experience with USAID programs
• Experience with performance monitoring and gap analysis for Costed Implementation Plans
  A minimum of 7 years of work experience required in
  family planning policy and advocacy, preferred.
• Extensive knowledge of family planning policy and
  advocacy issues in Tanzania. 
• Strong diplomatic, interpersonal and networking skills,
  ability to work well with government counterparts, consultants, and within
  a cross-cultural and virtual team.
• Experience managing consortia and partnerships,
  particularly involving CSOs.
• Understanding of governmental structures and processes in
  Tanzania; understanding of current family planning policies and programs
  in Tanzania.
• Demonstrated skills in capacity building, mentoring, and
  organizational development.
  for
  high-level policy audiences
• Fluency in English and Kiswahili
  required.
• Strong written and oral communication
  skills for high-level policy audiences.
• Only Tanzanian nationals will be
  considered. No international benefits will be offered.
• Ability
  and willingness to travel within Tanzania.

Evaluation
Criteria

Experience (30%)

• Demonstrated extensive experience of the Tanzania family
  planning program and stakeholders. Strong network within Tanzania’s health
  sector, family planning program, and a good understanding of key players
  and stakeholders, including in-depth knowledge of MOHCGDEC and
  professional experience with USAID programs
• Work experience interacting with host country government agencies including local governments, development partners, and civil society organizations

 Technical (50%)

• Experience with performance monitoring and gap analysis for Costed Implementation Plans
•  Experience managing consortia and partnerships, particularly
  involving CSOs.
• Extensive knowledge of family planning policy and
  advocacy issues in Tanzania. 

Cost (20%)

• Reasonable cost-quotation submitted.