Vacancy - Management Sciences for Health Is Currently Accepting CVs

Employer: Management Sciences for Health

Our Company, Management Sciences for Health (MSH) is a nonprofit international health organization with nearly 2,500 people from over 74 nationalities working in over 40 countries.

We are recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: ASH Consultant

Job ID: 13-8249

Location: Abuja

Reports To: Country Representative/ASH Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (MNCH) Advisor based in Arlington, VA

Project Background

The African Strategies for Health (ASH) project is a five-year (2011-2016) contract funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

ASH works to improve the health status of populations across Africa through identification of and advocacy for best practices, enhancing technical capacity, and engaging African regional institutions to address health issues in a sustainable manner.

ASH provides information on trends and developments in the continent to USAID and other development partners to enhance decision making regarding investments in health

Overall Responsibilities

The purpose of this consultant is to Review the National Level Policies for Community-Based Distribution of Misoprostol for Prevention of Postpartum Hemorrhage and Subsequent Status of Implementation and Scale-Up.

Specific Responsibilities

Specific Activities
The consultant is responsible for the following tasks:

Hold in-briefing meeting with USAID/Mission and Ministry of Health if requested;

Coordinate submission of study protocol to appropriate in-country ethical review board if required;

Collect relevant documents for a desk-review including but not limited to national policies, strategies, guidelines, etc (with support from MSH Country Office);

Conduct desk-review of documents;

Identify key informants (with support from MSH Country Office);

Contact key informants, introducing the study, and scheduling interviews (with support from MSH Country Office);

Conduct key informant interviews using study interview guides;

Conduct site visits for additional data collection as needed;

Translate (as needed) and transcribe recorded oral interviews into written form;

Conduct any follow-up interviews as necessary;

Organize data and conduct preliminary analysis of findings;

Organize and lead Findings Validation Workshop with key stakeholders (with support from MSH Country Office);

Hold out-briefing with USAID/Mission and Ministry of Health if requested;

Conduct final data analysis and synthesis of findings.

Draft five-ten page case study report on findings which can be adapted into a technical brief and the final consolidated cross-country findings report. A report template and outline will be provided.

Qualifications

Experience conducting qualitative public health research;

Relationships/contacts with relevant maternal health stakeholders in-country (MOH, donor representatives, implementing partners);

Familiarity with maternal health issues including postpartum hemorrhage preferred;

MD, MPH, or PhD preferred;

Excellent communication skills and flexibility in responding to comments and requests;

Excellent verbal and written English skills.

Outputs and Deliverables

Electronic copies of desk review documents submitted to ASH MNCH Advisor by the end of the first week following engagement.

Lists of key stakeholders and key informants submitted to ASH MNCH Advisor by end of first week.

Written brief outlining key findings from document review submitted to ASH MNCH Advisor by end of second week.

Transcriptions of at least 10 key informant interviews sent electronically to ASH MNCH Advsior by third week.

Five-ten page case study report synthesizing findings submitted to ASH MNCH Advisor by end of 4th week.

Application Closing Date
24th May, 2015.

How to Apply

Interested and qualified candidates should:

Click here to apply online

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