Summary
[ GHANA JOBS Consultant (Public ]Jhpiego is an international, non-profit health organization affiliated with The Johns Hopkins University. For 40 years and in over 155 countries, Jhpiego has worked to prevent the needless deaths of women and their families.
Salary range:N/A, Job type: Fixed Term, Location:Accra , Agency:Jhpiego. Application close date:Expires May 08, 2020
GHANA JOBS Consultant (Public
Jhpiego works with health experts, governments and community leaders to provide high-quality health care for their people. Jhpiego develops strategies to help countries care for themselves by training competent health care workers, strengthening health systems and improving delivery of care.
Jhpiego designs innovative, effective and low-cost health care solutions to ensure a level of care for women and their families. These practical, evidence-based interventions are breaking down barriers to high-quality health care for the world’s most vulnerable populations.
Job Description
Location: Ghana
Assignment Duration: Up to 20 days from Mid-May 2020 to August 2020
Scope of Work
MOMENTUM— or Moving Integrated, Quality Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health and Family Planning and Reproductive Health Services to Scale— is a suite of USAID projects that aims to accelerate reductions in maternal, newborn, and child mortality and morbidity in high-burden countries by increasing host country commitment and capacity to provide high-quality, integrated health care.
MOMENTUM 2A (M2A), implemented by Jhpiego and 12 partner agencies, focuses on (1) providing targeted technical and capacity development assistance to USAID missions, partner countries, and local organizations, and (2) contributing to global technical leadership and policy dialogue for improved maternal, newborn, and child health, voluntary family planning, and reproductive health outcomes.
M2A will conduct a landscape analysis to identify and describe critical needs, gaps, priorities to improve maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH), nutrition, family planning (FP), and water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH). M2A is seeking a consultant to participate in this process and contribute to analysis of existing data, support stakeholder mapping, review assessments and reports and participate in consultation and engagement of stakeholders.
Responsibilities
Literature and document review
Assist with gathering documents and cataloging them
As assigned, contribute to reviewing project documents, surveys, assessments and evaluations
Stakeholder mapping
Identify projects and stakeholders
Conduct stakeholder mapping exercise according to template
Document and share findings
Participate in stakeholder engagement
Participate in stakeholder engagement activities including interviews and other participatory discussions held in person or virtually
Site visits and synthesize findings across teams
Participate in site visits to designated districts and facilities
Work with other teams to collate and synthesize findings across teams
Present high-level findings from site visits in a PowerPoint presentation
Technical advisory group meetings
Support preparation for technical advisory group
Contribute to facilitating, take notes and distilling information
Reports, presentations and other knowledge products
As assigned, contribute to drafting reports and presentations
Required Skills or Experience
Post graduate level qualification with at least 15 years of practical experience in public health in Ghana
Strong writing skills
Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
Preferred Qualification
Familiarity and proficiency with MS Office including word, excel and PowerPoint
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How To Apply
Qualified persons are required to send their Curriculum Vitae (CV) and application letter to: work2savelives@gmail.com.
Deadline for the submission of applications: May 8, 2020.
Please note that given the likely high volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
For further information about Jhpiego, visit our website at www.jhpiego.org
NOTE: All staff members of Jhpiego, regardless of the level of their responsibilities are expected to:
Model the mission and values stated above
Participate in the business development processes
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 competing priorities and be able to prioritize in order to meet program and/or organizational objectives.
Jhpiego is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer