Consultant

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USAID-Health for Life Project is seeking Consultant to Support for Analysis of HMIS Data of Priority Municipalities of Health for Life for the USAID-Health for Life (H4L) Project financed by USAID and working primarily in coordination with the Government of Nepal’s Ministry of Health (MoH). As a result, Health for Life Project has a significant national presence to support the testing and roll-out of national-level policies, guidelines and programs. In addition to the national focus, the Project covers 12 districts in the Mid-Western Development Region; 3 in the Western; one each in the Eastern, Central and Far-Western Regions; and in 10 (Dolakha, Dhading, Gorkha, Kavre, Makwanpur, Nuwakot, Ramechhap, Rasuwa, Sindhuli and Sindhupalchowk) most earthquake affected districts to strengthen district and village health systems and help identify and implement best practices. H4L collaborates with a wide range of stakeholders, including academic and research institutions, training centers, media partners and civil society.

The primary goal of Health for Life (H4L) is to strengthen the Government of Nepal’s capacity to plan, manage and deliver high-quality and equitable family planning, maternal, newborn, and child health services.  H4L activities directly address key health system constraints in the following areas: local health systems governance, data for decision making and evidence-based policy development, human resources management, quality improvement systems, and knowledge and behavior change. 

This Consultant position will be based in Kathmandu, Nepal.  

Responsibilities/Deliverables:

The consultant will work closely with the Health for Life project’s Health System and M&E Team. The consultant responsibilities/deliverables is as follows: 

a) Review existing data and prepare framework to compile and analyze HMIS data at municipal level for municipal level planning and budgeting 

b) Prepare data and carry out analysis by facilities and by municipalities 

• Spreadsheet data for past three years for priority-municipalities of H4L districts
• Analysis of the data by priority municipalities and health facilities for the fiscal year 2014/15, 2015/16 and 2016/17.

c) Interpretation of results and preparation of the report 

• Final analysis report with adequate interpretation of the agreed indicators  
• A brief manual with step-by-step instruction for preparation and interpretation of analysis 

d) Update MHSAR template and establish linkage to populate analyzed data into MHSAR of priority municipalities (20 days)  

Qualifications and Experience:

• Individual with Master degree in social science with at least 5 years of experience in developing data systems, data management and analysis, preferably in Biostatistics, Public Health, Public Health Information Systems, or Demography.  
• Proven skills of data analysis, interpretation, report writing, and guidelines/manual development in English
• Proven skills of training and facilitation 
• Understanding of health programs and indictors and data needs of HMIS in Nepal
• Proven and solid knowledge and experience in providing similar service to Government, INGO, UN organizations would be an advantage.

To Apply: Qualified applicants should submit a resume with contact information to Operations Manager, Health for Life (H4L), P. O. Box: 3172, Lalitpur, Nepal or email: marora@rti.org with “Consultant” in the subject line.  Deadline is 27 August 2017; however, applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible. Only short-listed applicants will be contacted. Telephone inquiry will not be entertained.