Delivering Accelerated Family Planning in Pakistan (DAFPAK):
Public Sector Service Delivery
Terms of Reference-STTA for Sindhi Translation, typing and designing
Project Background and Objectives
The DFID ‘Delivering Accelerated Family Planning in Pakistan (DAFPAK): Lot 2 Public Sector Service
Delivery’ is a part of the DAFPAK programme funded by the Department of International Development
(DFID). The 3.5-year programme aims to increase access to family planning services; and improve quality of
client-centred services such that more women, including adolescents are able to safely plan their
pregnancies and improve their sexual reproductive health. The expected outcome for the programme is 11.9
million CYPs generated by expanded access to FP services; 55,000 additional users of family planning and
an increase in modern CPR from 26.1 at the baseline to 33.9.
Palladium and its consortium partners, Pathfinder, the Family Planning Association of Pakistan (FPAP), IPAS
and Aahung will strengthen the quality of service provision in the public sector (across 30+ districts in three
provinces Punjab, Sindh and KPK) by:
Increasing access to FP services:
- Building capacities of government health/FP facility staff on integration of services, improving clinical quality and expanding the range of contraceptives offered.
- Training community workers (LHWs) to expand the FP services that they offer.
- Establishing new procedures in health facilities to better integrate services.
Improved quality of client-centered FP services:
- Building capacities of the government health/FP facility staff on client-centered/unbiased counselling.
- Building capacities of community workers on better, client-centered/unbiased counselling.
- Building capacities of government health/FP facility staff on improving clinical quality.
- Improving quality assurance systems involving district health management teams, including clinical waste management.
Beyond building capacities of district health teams, health facility staff and community-based workers. The
project will focus on sustainably changing behaviours of providers, systemic changes and commitments
through engagement with and TA to district and provincial level governments, health management teams,
providers and communities.
Assignment Background
DAFPAK will revive/strengthen Village Health Committees in the target districts. The VHC will serve as bridge between the service providers and the communities and will also collect community feedback to be used for informed decision making for provision of improved quality of FP services:
The specific task may include the following
- Translate, type, and format the Community Operational Guidelines in Sindhi
- Translate the lesson plan handouts and other training materials for Community engagement training modules in Sindhi
- Type in the translated modules into in page
- Incorporate the feedback given by the CE team working on developing modules
- Edit and format the final document
Reporting
The STTA will report to the CE advisor and will work in close coordination with the Provincial ISD and Advisor
Duration of assignment
20 days
Qualifications and Experience
- Bachelor’s Degree in public health, social sciences or a related field.
- Experience of working on in page
- Previous experience of translation of similar technical materials
- Strong interpersonal skills, flexibility and patience