The FCDO ‘Delivering Accelerated Family Planning in Pakistan (DAFPAK): Lot 2 Public Sector Service
Delivery’ is a part of the DAFPAK programme funded by The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
(FCDO). 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.
Overall Scope of Assignment:
The Provincial LHW Outreach STTA will oversee and support the effective implementation of LHW component of the DAFPAK-PSSD programme in target districts in PUNJAB, Sindh and KPK. The role of the Provincial LHW STTA will be to engage communities and gather citizen feedback to be used for informed decision making by duty bearers for improved FP service delivery in Public health facilities
SPECIFIC TASKS
- Provide input into the development of training packages, protocols, manuals and quality assurance systems for LHW outreach related interventions
- Coordinate with the LHW program at Provincial and district level and facilitate LHWs in implementing quality women support group meetings
- Support the training and capacity building of LHWs in collaboration with the Provincial LHWP
- Regularly checks, validates and analyse the collated data from field.
- Develop monthly and quarterly reports for onward submission to LHW Outreach Manager
- Performing any other tasks as agreed with the LHW Outreach Manager and Senior Leaderhsip
- The STTA LHW Outreach is also expected to work very closely with the Community Engagement. Integrated Service delivery, Quality of Care and Research Monitoring and Evaluation Teams at the Provincial and district level and provide support the as and when required
Deliverables:
- District roll out plan of LHW Outreach activities
- Provide support to LHWs to conduct WSG
- Women Support Group monthly meetings, data compilation, documentation & reporting
- Monthly refresher sessions of LHWs at respective health facilities
- LHS monthly reports compilation, data entry & reporting
- Submit monthly budgets timely & documentation & reporting of means of verification of monthly meetings
- Monthly & quarterly reporting
Reports to: LHW Outreach Manager
Duration: 21 days/month for 9 months
KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE:
- Master’s Degree in Public Health/ Social Sciences or a related field.
- At least 08 years of professional experience in Public Health particularly RMNCH, FP and community mobilization/engagement
- Demonstrated experience of engaging communities for accountability and improved Health service delivery
- Ability to develop training packages, tools and manuals and facilitate trainings on technical areas for staff and general communities
- Experience of working with LHW Program, civil society and community-based organizations, INGOs as well as with governmental organizations
- Demonstrated attention to detail, ability to follow procedures, meet deadlines and work independently and cooperatively with team members.
- Ability to work to deadlines and under significant professional and environmental pressure;
- Computer competency with spreadsheets, databases and word processing suites;
- Strong interpersonal skills, flexibility and patience