Background

As part of its commitment to ensuring universal health coverage, Ethiopia aspires to provide the full spectrum of essential and equitable high-quality health services by strengthening the primary health care system (PHC). This investment, which will be implemented through a partnership between JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc. (JSI) and local implementing partners, referred to as Improve Primary Health Care Service Delivery (IPHCSD) from here on, aims to strengthen the functionality of and bidirectional linkage across Ethiopia's PHC delivery platforms—health post (HP) to the health center (HC) to the primary hospital (PH)—for improved reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, adolescent health, and nutrition (RMNCAH-N) outcomes. This project will strengthen the health system capacity to implement the HEP roadmap, pressure-testing PHC service delivery approaches and modalities, and provide the evidence base to inform improved national PHC policies, leverage larger financing mechanisms, and transform PHC service delivery for improved health outcomes.

Scope of work for individual Gender consultant for primary health care

Duration: 60 days

As such, this investment, over five years, will focus on approaches that contribute to three objectives at the PHC level: 1) ensure equitable access to and use of essential health services; 2) improve the quality of essential health services, and 3) strengthen technical oversight and accountability. The project will be implemented in five regions of Ethiopia: Amhara; Oromia; Sidama; Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People’s (SNNP); and Southwest Ethiopia Peoples.

This investment will integrate gender into all the project cycles by conducting gender analysis, developing gender-responsive strategy and building project staff capacity on gender-responsive health programming, implementation, and monitoring.

As such, JSI seeks to hire individual gender consultant who will provide technical assistance and guidance in the process of gender barrier analysis across PHC. In addition, the consultant will provide technical support in the development of gender-responsive strategy, which will be informed by the findings of the gender analysis, design gender intentional and transformative RMNCH interventions, and inform the Ministry to design a gender-responsive PHC system.   

Scope of the consultancy work

The gender consultant will provide technical assistance and guidance in the gender analysis for RMNCH services, development of gender-responsive strategy, and design of gender intentional and transformative interventions for purposively selected woredas of five regions (Amhara; Oromia; Sidama; Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People’s (SNNP); Southwest Ethiopia Peoples), primary health care facilities, and communities.

Objectives: The consultant will provide technical assistance and guidance for JSI to:

·       Conduct gender barrier analysis across PHC i.e. from the demand and supply side using human-centered design technique and socio-ecological model for improved access and use of quality RMNCH+N services

·       Identify opportunities for the integration of gender in the PHC system

·       Informed by the gender barrier and opportunity analysis, develop gender responsive and integration strategy for IPHCSD project

Key activities and tasks

The individual gender consultant will provide technical guidance for JSI to achieve the following key activities and tasks.

·       Desk review of existing evidence: conduct desk review of existing evidence, literatures, national documents, etc. to identify and understand gender barriers and opportunities across PHC for improved access and use of quality RMNCH+N services. This will also help us to identify evidence gaps on gender barriers which might require primary data collection.

·       Qualitative study using human center design approach: conduct a qualitative study using human centered design approach to explore, understand, and analyze gender barriers and opportunities across PHC.

·       Consultative workshop using the evidence generated from desk review and qualitative study: The evidence generated from the desk review and qualitative study will be used as input to synthesize and formulate recommendations to develop gender responsive and integration guide.

·       Develop gender responsive and integration guide: develop a gender responsive and integration guide which will provide guidance to the integration of gender across all the project cycles, viz. intervention design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation.   

·       Support design and implementation of gender intentional and transformative RMNCH interventions        

Key Deliverables /outcomes: The gender consultant will provide technical guidance to enable JSI achieve the following key deliverables. Therefore, the gender consultant will be accountable to these deliverables.

·       Desk review report produced

·       Qualitative study report produced

·       Gender responsive and integration strategy prepared

·       Gender-intentional and transformative RMNCH interventions developed

Job Requirements

Required Experience

·       Advanced degree in gender, social science, and other related degree with practical gender-specific experience.

·       Have at least 10 years of experience

·       Working experience and have a good understanding of the Ethiopian community health system and primary health care

·       Experience in conducting qualitative study, community dialogue and problem diagnosis

·       Proven experience in conducting gender analysis and developing gender integration strategy/guide

·       Previous experience of applying human-centered design technique to design health interventions is an additional asset 

·       Experience of working in the gender space including gender analysis

·       Published work on gender

·       Ability to effectively coordinate with government, NGO, and local stakeholders’ essential, an understanding of sectors coordination mechanisms an asset.

·       Analytical and conceptual ability, demonstrated understanding of qualitative study design and social research methods

·       High quality English report writing and strategy development.

How to Apply

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This is an opportunity for an experienced and highly motivated professional Consultant and if you meet the required skill, competencies and experience, please submit your application and CV in English detailing your experience and skills that are relevant to the post. Please do not attach copies of your transcripts, academic degrees or recommendation letters with the application. You will provide them upon request.

 Women are highly encouraged to apply.

NB. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

Application Deadline:  December 23,2022