OneHealth Tool Data Collector (Ebonyi State) at Avenir Health

Avenir Health, formerly Futures Institute, was founded in 2006 as a global health organization that works to enhance social and economic development by providing tools and technical assistance in policy, planning, resource allocation and evaluation. In particular, we focus on developing and implementing demographic, epidemiological and costing models for long-range planning to assist with setting goals, strategies, and objectives. We assist in both developing and implementing programs in HIV / AIDS, reproductive health, maternal health and other programming areas. We work with government agencies, foundations, corporations, and nongovernmental organizations around the world.

Areas of program concentration include family planning and reproductive health, maternal and child health, the prevention and treatment of HIV / AIDS, and infectious diseases. With staff based in the United States and Africa, we work collaboratively with our in-country counterparts to improve policies and programs that address population issues, reproductive health, HIV / AIDS, infectious diseases, and maternal and child health.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: OneHealth Tool Data Collector

Location: Ebonyi
Employment Type: Contract

Project Overview and Role

• Avenir Health’s contract under the USAID Integrated Health Program (IHP) Task Order Contract (TO 06) is to support IHP’s work to sustainably support quality primary health care (PHC) services in Ebonyi State. As part of this work, Avenir Health is building capacity in Ebonyi to support strategic health planning and costing using the OneHealth Tool (OHT). This includes training a cadre of IHP project and government staff in Ebonyi to use the OHT, and supporting implementation of the OHT in Ebonyi, including data collection required for the OHT.
• The OHT Data Collector in Ebonyi State will work under the supervision of a national OHT Expert and work in coordination with the OHT focal team in Ebonyi State, to gather the necessary data needed for the OHT application in the State. This includes proper documentation of data sources, assumptions, and missing data.

Responsibilities

• Participate in a 5-day training workshop of IHP OHT focal points in Ebonyi State on the application of the OHT:
  • Review data collection methodology and template for Ebonyi State
  • Determine process and next steps for data collection in the state
• Use OHT template to gather data in Ebonyi State for OHT modules: health services, health systems (human resources, logistics, infrastructure)
• Coordinate with Ebonyi OHT focal teams to review state data collected for baseline OHT projection. As necessary, participate (virtually or in person) in state data review and validation meetings
• Participate (virtually or in person) in state OHT results dissemination meetings

Timeframe:

• May – July 2021

Criteria to Apply (Mandatory)

• Candidates should possess Bachelor’s degree
• Practical experience with the OneHealth Tool (OHT), including participation in a training workshop and experience collecting data required for the OneHealth Tool (OHT) (national or state-level)
• At least 10 years of demonstrated experience in Nigeria with costing and budgeting in two or more technical areas of reproductive health / family planning, maternal and newborn health, child health, nutrition and malaria programs, and working with development agencies and organizations, government officials, civil society leaders, community leaders, project beneficiaries and project staff
• Experience with costing, budgeting and related topics and data sources in Nigeria
• Possess excellent organizational, analytical, oral and written communications skills in English

Deliverables

• Final OHT data collected for Ebonyi State:
  • Health Services module
  • Human Resources module
  • Infrastructure module
  • Logistics module
• Summary of OHT data collection data collection (sources, interviews conducted, missing data, assumptions, etc.)

Application Closing Date
26th March, 2021.