Health Systems Specialist, USAID/Malawi SSD-I Programme Performance Evaluation

Health Systems Specialist, USAID/Malawi SSD-I Program PE, Washington DC & Malawi

Background:

Social Impact (SI) is a Washington, DC-area international development management consulting firm.  We provide a full range of innovative program evaluation, management consulting, technical assistance, and training services to strengthen international development programs, organizations and policies.  Our global services are in the areas of democracy and governance, health and education, agriculture, the environment, and economic growth. 

Objective:

USAID/Malawi is looking to conduct a Performance Evaluation of the Support for Service Delivery Project (SSDI) in Malawi to determine the effectiveness of the SSDI approach. The Support for Service Delivery Integration (SSD-I) is USAID Malawi's flagship health project. This project consists of three inter-related sector activities, namely SSD-I Services, SSD-I Communications and SSD-I Systems. In close collaboration with the Ministry of Health, SSD-I activities support the increased availability and quality of the Essential Health Package (EHP) services; reinforce health promotion and disease prevention among households; and strengthen elements of the health system to sustain effective EHP delivery. SSD-I's activities align with USAID/Malawi's Country Development Cooperation Strategy (CDCS) Development Objective (DO) 1 (Social Development Improved) and with cross-cutting Sub-Intermediate Results (SIR) 1 (Capacity of institutions improved) and SIR 2 (Positive behaviors adopted). SSD-I activities contribute directly to the Malawi Health Sector Strategic Plan (HSSP) 2011-2016. The estimated Period of Performance is 2.5 months.

The main objectives of this performance evaluation are to measure, document and determine the extent to which SSDI activities have contributed to:

1. Increased availability and utilization of EHP services (sector 1); 

2. Improved health promotion and adoption of normative health behaviors (sector 2); and

3. Improved functionality of the health system to support delivery of integrated health services (sector 3).

Qualifications:

The Health Systems Specialist must have:

• Postgraduate degree
• At least 8 years of experience in management of health systems in developing countries; specifically activities aimed at implementing solutions to address constraints to human resources issues; planning and management in decentralized systems; and health financing
• Experience in policy analysis, adapting and guiding the use of tools and approaches that facilitate health systems operations, developing and delivering targeting training and technical assistance to improve management and problem-solving and other skills of health systems leaders and manager
• Experience conducting public health evaluations.

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