JOB DETAILS:
The purpose of this consultancy is to work hand in hand with the Ministry of Health, President’s Office Regional and Local Government (PORALG), UNICEF and other stakeholders to incorporate the outputs from the HCD process to define a national package and implementation manual to be applied for outreach to adolescents, and to revise this manual based on findings from implementation research embedded with its roll out in several mainland regions.

Scope of Work and Expected Outputs:
1. Engage with the institution that leads the Human Centered Design process
To ensure effective capturing of the outputs of the HCD process, engagement with the HCD process itself will be beneficial. This engagement expects that the consultant will be familiar with all the steps taken and the format of the HCD outputs. The expected level of effort is approximately 5 days and be spent on meetings with the HCD team, attending relevant sessions and dissemination of results, and reviewing materials.

2. Conduct consultations with stakeholders not captured in the HCD process
Stakeholder consultations should be conducted with health workers, teachers, and community members as well as with relevant civil society organizations and at the national level with the Ministry of Health, PORALG and the Ministry of  Education. These consultations aim to identify adolescent health needs from these stakeholder’s perspectives to be able to bring these findings together with the HCD outputs to define an integrated package of services. The expected level of effort is around 25 days and will include stakeholder identification and scheduling of consultations, conducting consultations, collating and consolidating results from consultations and summarizing these in a report.

3. Define an integrated Package of PHC services and draft an implementation manual for PHC outreach for adolescents through school and community platforms

Based on the HCD process with adolescents and stakeholder consultations, the package and implementation strategies of PHC outreach services for adolescents through school and community platforms should be defined and validated. The package is expected to encompass a range of preventive, promotive, curative, and supportive services aimed at promoting physical, mental, and social well-being among adolescents. It should address the multifaceted needs of adolescents comprehensively, recognizing the interconnected nature of physical, mental, and social well-being. The consultant will provide technical assistance to teh government throughout this process through preparing meetings and presentations and leading the write-up. The consultant is responsible for ensuring that the content is integrated, evidence-based, accurate, age-appropriate, and culturally sensitive. The implementation manual needs to be based on realities on the ground, link with other existing guidance and provide practical guidance, tools, and resources for implementing outreach activities effectively. The expected level of effort for this work is 20 days and includes preparation and participation in two government-led workshops.

4. Revise package and implementation modalities based on findings from implementation research and produce a brief to inform the update of the National PHC outreach guidelines based on the defined service package and implementation manual.

In this activity, the package of interventions and implementation modalities will be updated based on the findings from the implementation research to be conducted by a research institution (not by the consultant). The consultant will participate in the dissemination of the implementation research findings, contribute to the interpretation and recommendations, and then incorporate these findings in the final package and implementation guidance. In addition, a brief should be formulated that can be used to inform any update of the national PHC outreach guidelines and the National Essential Health Care Intervention Package. The expected level of effort is 20 days.

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
• Advanced university degree in Public Health, Epidemiology, and other relevant fields with a background in health (MD, DDS, Nursing, Pharmacy, or other relevant health disciplines) plus a master, or higher degree in public health or related field
• Five (5) years of professional work experience in the national and/or international programming, implementation monitoring and evaluation of adolescent health.
• Proven expertise in engagement with adolescent
• Proved experience in developing guidelines and strategic documents.
• Proven work relations with national (MoH, PORALG), regional, district and sub-district structures (RHMT and CHMT level), community and CSOs
• Excellent  communication skills (both written and verbal) to be able to liaise with a wide variety of people and good attention to detail.
• Excellent writing, facilitation skills, negotiation skills, and oral and written  communication
• Fluency in written and spoken English and Swahili is required.
• Strong analytical skills