Technical Advisor to Multi-Country Situation Analysis of Inpatient Care of Newborns and Young Infants (NYI)

and strengthen the
capacity of the Ministry of Health (MOH) to manage and scale up high-impact
RMNCH interventions.

• The
  national enabling environment for service implementation and quality of
  inpatient care for newborns and young infants;
• Facility
  level availability and readiness to provide inpatient services for NYI;
• Indicators
  of quality of services (readiness, recording of monitoring information);
• Opinions
  and suggestions from managers, service providers, and parents/caregivers
  present in the facility on the day of the assessment about service
  conditions, service provision, and ways to improve these.

• Coordinate
  the adaptation of the protocol and tools to the Rwandan context.
• He/she
  will be responsible for the RNEC submission
• Manage
  and contribute to a two-day orientation session of the data collectors on
  the assessment, methods, and tools for data collection.
• Lead
  planning for the field activity to collect data and conduct interviews.
• Conduct
  a desk review to complete tools 1-3 (national profile, statistics and
  services; national plans and guidelines profile) and incorporate inputs
  from PI, national and international experts.
• Conduct
  structured interviews with key stakeholders at central, provincial and
  district hospitals.
• Lead
  a team of interviewers at the mentioned levels in collaboration with MCSP.
• Lead
  the analysis and interpretation of assessment findings and present draft
  key findings and recommendations for inputs from PI, national and
  international experts.
• Coordinate
  the write up of results based on inputs received.
• Lead
  the development of report and finalize with inputs from reviewers.
• Participate
  in validation and dissemination of the study findings.
• Will
  report to the PI of the study

• Masters
  of medicine in pediatrics.
• Sub
  specialist in neonatology or pediatrician with interest and experience in
  neonatology.
• Strong
  knowledge of operational research with proven experience coordinating and
  conducting data collection activities.
• Familiarity
  with tools and methods to assess availability and readiness of service
  provision, systems to support quality services, and quality of services
  provided, e.g. the Service Provision Assessment (SPA), the Service
  Availability and Readiness Assessment (SARA), Comprehensive Emergency
  Obstetric Care survey tools, and the Every Mother Every Newborn (EMEN)
  facility assessment (UNICEF). Strong analytical and summarizing skills.
• An
  understanding of advanced survey design and methods.
• Strong
  writing skills in English with a clear, simple writing style.
• Strong
  IT/computer skills.
• Extensive
  knowledge of the Rwanda health sector.
• Strong
  communication skills.
• Availability
  to travel within the country.
• Fluency
  in English, and Kinyarwanda (oral and written).
• Period
  of Performance:
  This activity will require approximately 50 working days in the period of
  7 months (ideally from January to July 2018).

1. Motivation
   letter and updated CV
2. At
   least 3 certificates of successful job completion in the same domain
   issued by three recent clients to whom consultancy services were provided
3. 3
   Professional references with full names, phone number and email address
4. Technical
   proposal (3 pages maximum) including the consultant’s understanding of
   ToRs.
5. Financial
   proposal – calculated based on daily rate fees.
6. Copies
   of operating licence/authorization from RRA & RDB and any other
   relevant document if any.