Company Overview :

Palladium is a global leader in the design, development and delivery of Positive Impact – the intentional creation of enduring social and economic value. We work with foundations, investors, governments, corporations, communities and civil society to formulate strategies and implement solutions that generate lasting social, environmental and financial benefits.

For the past 50 years, we have been making Positive Impact possible. With a team of more than 2,500 employees operating in 90 plus countries and a global network of more than 35,000 technical experts, Palladium has improved – and is committed to continuing to improve – economies, societies and most importantly, people’s lives.

Palladium is a child-safe organisation, and screens applicants for suitability to work with children. We also provide equal employment to all participants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran or marital status.

Project Overview and Role :

Health Policy Plus (HP+) is a USAID-funded five-year $185 million project awarded to Palladium (formerly Futures Group) on August 28, 2015. HP+ has a mandate across global, country, and subnational levels to strengthen and advance health policy priorities in family planning and reproductive health (FP/RH), HIV, and maternal health. It aims to improve the enabling environment for equitable and sustainable health services, supplies, and delivery systems through policy development and implementation, with an emphasis on voluntary, rights-based health programs, and by strengthening in-country partners’ capacity to navigate complex environments for effective policy design, implementation, and financing aligned to their priorities. We carry forward proven approaches to preserve achievements. These approaches inform how we manage programs and engage with stakeholders, and tools and techniques improve decision making and the achievement of predetermined goals.

HP+ is supporting governments to attain national commitments they made at the London Summit through strengthening national capacity to develop and execute country-owned, broad-based, national FP costed implementation plans (CIPs) aligned to FP2020 pledges. In September 2015, the Ghana’s Ministry of Health (MOH) launched the Ghana Family Planning Costed Implementation Plan, 2016-2020 (GFPCIP) to guide efforts to increasing the modern contraceptive prevalence rate (CPR) to 30 per cent amongst married and 40 per cent amongst unmarried, sexually active women by 2020. With technical assistance form HP+, Ghana has set up a performance monitoring process to track implementation of the CIP. Ghana intends to collect and review performance data from 2016 to 2018 to inform on progress on plan execution and on future focus of activities.

HP+ is looking for consultant to work closely with the Ministry of Health M&E officer to support the collection and validation of performance data for monitoring progress of the plan.

Responsibilities :

Working with Palladium staff, the Ghana Health Service, and respective Monitoring and Evaluation focal points to :

• Support data collection and validation for the family planning program from all sources, including routine health information systems and from partners ;
• Inputting data into the CIP Performance Dashboard for analysis and review.

Requirements :

• Background in Monitoring & Evaluation of family planning programs ;
• Demonstrated knowledge of the Ghana family planning program and stakeholders ;
• Experience and familiarity with DHIS-2 and other routine health information system relevant for the FP program ;
• Ability to work independently and solve day-to-day problems, with good judgment for escalating issues ;
• Experience interacting with host country government agencies including local governments, development partners, and civil society organizations ;
• Attention to detail and ability to effectively and efficiently perform multiple tasks and balance competing priorities while meeting deadlines ;
• Based in Accra, Ghana ;
• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree or higher in public health, political science, social sciences, economics or health economics, or a related advanced degree (coursework in Family Planning/ Reproductive Health/ Population Studies is preferred) ;
• Strong skills in Microsoft Excel ;
• Strong interpersonal, writing, and oral communication skills in English.

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