Palladium is a global leader in the design, development and delivery of Positive Impact – the intentional creation of enduring social and economic value. We work with foundations, investors, governments, corporations, communities and civil society to formulate strategies and implement solutions that generate lasting social, environmental and financial benefits.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Organizational Capacity Assessment (OCA) Consultant
Ref: req19929
Location: Kano
Reports to: Federal Team Lead
Project Overview and Role
- The UK Support to Health transformation in Nigeria through the Lafiya Programme is a flexible, demand-led strategic partnership with the Nigerian Federal and targeted State governments designed to address equity, improve, and sustain health outcomes for the most vulnerable States with the worst health statistics.
- The desired objectives of the programme included fostering an enabling environment for UHC policy reform and implementation, institutional management capacity building and health system strengthening.
- This required the full engagement and participation communities with a view to contributing to ending preventable maternal and new-born deaths.
- The programme operated at the Federal level; and geographically in five states of – Borno, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano and Yobe. Following the ODA cuts, from 0.7% to 0.5% and the spend review handrails, the FCDO reprioritisation and business planning exercise beginning in the last quarter of 2020 and first quarter of 2021 the programme had to scale down some key interventions and consider reviewing the geographic scope going into the next financial years.
- The programme now focuses on contributing to two outcomes (1) Morbidity amongst women, newborns, children, and adolescents significantly reduced in targeted states; and (2) Covid-19 transmission and vaccine hesitancy reduced including improved plans and capacity for emergency preparedness and response in the targeted States:
- Output 1: Advocacy & Accountability – Leadership and Governance of primary health care services structures or planning and delivery teams are functional in targeted states (through partnership).
- Output 2: Adequate health workforce for primary health care including RMNCAH service delivery and BHCPF available and sustained in targeted states.
- Output 3: Health information management systems capacity to support decision-making for primary health care including RMNCAH and BHCPF service delivery in targeted states increased.
- Output 4: Health financing and public financial management to strengthen and sustain access to high quality and affordable primary health care in targeted states increased.
- Output 5: Health security and epidemic preparedness and response (EPR) plans developed and operationalized within the targeted states (by addressing social norms/behaviour change).
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
- Under output 4, Palladium seeks the short-term technical services from the expert that supported the establishment of the EHF committees in the 42 LGAs and initiated the use of ethical and endowment funds as alternative financing sources to improve health, and social services to deliver on this TOR which will positively contribute to the programme outcomes.
Purpose of Assignment
- Lafiya programme being a catalytic technical assistance programme supports the LGAs Primary Health Care (PHC) Departments to better coordinate the delivery of PHC services in the LGAs.
- To facilitate an efficient coordination, a number of structures that include Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, Adolescent and Elderly Health Plus Nutrition (RMNCAEH+N), Logistics Management Coordination Unit (LMCU), LERRIC, LGA PHC Advisory Committee, LGA Emergency Preparedness & response (EPR) committees among others are aligned to the Primary Health Care Under One Roof (PHCUOR) initiative, National Action Plan for Health Security and other national health reforms initiatives.
- With the successful establishment of these structures, it’s important to enable their functionality and coordination role amongst others through an annual conduct of self-assessing their capacities using an organizational capacity assessment tool (OCAT).
- To achieve this, an STTA consultant will be engaged to deploy expertise and deliver the following areas of support towards the successful roll-out of Organizational Capacity Assessment (OCA) for Local Government Authorities (LGAs) health departments in Lafiya Programme States of Borno, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano & Yobe. The OCA will help the LGAs to identify their weaknesses and develop capacity development plans (CDPs) that address their shortcomings.
Specific Tasks
- Work with Lafiya team, SMOH and SPHCDAs TO develop or review OCAT to be used in assessing RMNCAH & EPR in LGAs.
- Develop a capacity development plan (CDP) for the LGA teams.
- Strengthen capacity of focal persons from State SPHCDAs on conduct of OCA
- Submit STTA consultancy report.
Deliverables:
- Desk review of various OCATs.
- Virtual Engagement Meetings with State & Lafiya Teams.
- Facilitate 3 -day OCAT and capacity development plan template.
- Field test OCAT in 2 LGAs in Kano.
- Revise OCAT based & capacity development plan (CPD) template based on field testing.
- Virtual OCAT/CDP validation meeting.
- Facilitate OCA Stakeholders Orientation Workshop.
- STTA consultancy final report.
Expected results:
- Different versions of OCAT reviewed, and a single version developed with recommendations for discussion with States and Lafiya teams.
- Report of meeting with Lafiya and State teams to discuss OCAT version adoption, scope of deliverables and develop roadmap.
- Draft OCAT Framework with domains standardised, agreed, and developed.
- Report of a central workshop conducted with Lafiya and State representatives attending.
- Report of field testing of OCAT submitted.
- Draft OCAT shared with States.
- OCAT validated and finalized.
- OCA orientation workshop report.
- STTA final report, Final OCAT + User guide and CDP template and submitted to STL.
Required Qualifications
- Master’s Degree or higher in Public Health, Policy and Governance, Health Economics, or another relevant field required.
- Previous experience of providing support for the design, capacity strengthening and roll-out of Organizational Capacity Assessment (OCA).
- Must be an experienced professional in the field of health systems strengthening.
- Demonstrable capacity to facilitate, network and negotiate with key stakeholders across different sectors in support of health.
- Experience with technical assistance for programs funded by FCDO and/or other donor programs in developing countries, with significant Northern Nigeria experience.
- Experience in coordination and collaboration of stakeholders including Government agencies, host country governments and counterparts, and international donor agencies.
- Strong interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills in English required.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills in English.
Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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