Banyan Global is a development consulting firm, founded on the principle that integrating expertise and experience from the development community and private sector will achieve a broad and lasting impact. Our unique team comprises seasoned private sector and international development professionals. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., Banyan Global maintains staff around the world. Banyan Global is a women-owned small business.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Grantee Technical Capacity Building Consultant – Pre-Service Health Training Institutions (PSHTIs)

Location: Abuja
Employment Type: Contract
Total Level of Effort (LOE): 40 days

Overview

• BG Laurel International Nigeria LTE / GTE is a fully owned subsidiary of Banyan Global, Inc, a woman-owned small business and international development consulting firm committed to improving livelihoods through market approaches for a broad and lasting impact.
• The firm is headquartered in Washington, DC and has program operations and activities in over fifteen countries around the world. Banyan Global operates within six practice areas: gender, youth, finance and investment, enterprise development, health, and evaluation and learning.
• Banyan Global is the prime recipient of the Nigeria Health Workforce Management (HWM) Activity in Nigeria. The HWM Activity is a five-year task order to support the establishment of a cost-effective, well-trained, and motivated health workforce, particularly in targeted rural and remote areas of Bauchi, Ebonyi, Kebbi, and Sokoto States and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
• By its conclusion, HWM is expected to increase the production of new health workers competent to respond to current and future population health needs in these locations by 10,000; improve the distribution and skill mix of front-line workers to meet specific local demands; and strengthen the capacity of pre-service training institutions to adopt and apply innovative education approaches.
• Targeted interventions will contribute to:
  • Improved management of maternal, child, and newborn health conditions and
  • Increased responsiveness to community health needs.
• USAID will support the Government of Nigeria’s (GON’s) commitment to plan, recruit, train, manage, and retain its primary health care (PHC) workforce.
• This activity will contribute to the achievement of USAID/Nigeria’s Country Development Cooperation Strategy (CDCS) Development Objective 2 “a healthier, more educated population in targeted states” and Intermediate Result (IR) 2.1 “Utilization of quality health services in targeted areas and population groups increased.”
• The Grantee Technical Capacity Building – Pre-Service Training Institutions consultant will be based in Abuja and operate from the HWM Office.
• The consultant will report to the HWM HRH Training Lead and will provide technical support to two HWM grantees that implementing grants to strengthen the pre-service training learning environment and in-service training program.
• The consultant will provide technical assistance to the grantees to work with PSHTIs, review and provide quality assurance support to HWM on the grantee reports and deliverables.

Activities

Deliverables / Activities
The consultant will submit the following deliverables as and when due:

• Reviewed and edited versions of milestone deliverable reports of each grantee
• Consultancy report that includes a summary of technical assistance provided to the grantees and recommendations for the scope of work of follow-on grants

Approach

• The consultant is expected to provide the technical support by working with the relevant HWM and grantee staff to produce high-quality technical deliverables.
• The consultant will ensure that all milestone deliverables are reviewed and revised to meet HWM quality standards.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s Degree in the Medical professions (Medicine, Nursing, or Midwifery) with a Master’s Degree preferable.
• Previous or current experience working to strengthen pre-service training institutions and in-service training programs for nurses, midwives, and community health workers.
• Demonstrable experience producing high-quality reports, particularly for USAID-funded programs.

Timing and Level of Effort:

• The expected period of performance for this assignment is 40 days between June and September 31, 2022.

Application Closing Date
20th May, 2022.