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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 and 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. 

Assignment Background:

The DAFPAK Public Sector Service Delivery project requires a short-term consultant to facilitate the project NOC with relevant provincial government departments primarily in Punjab and Sindh. The consultant will also support PSSD’s case with provincial home departments to help obtain Non-Objection Certificate (NOCs).

Specific Tasks and Deliverables:

-        Facilitation in the process of securing No-Objection Certificates (NOCs) for Palladium’s DAFPAK project from relevant provincial government departments (Home Department and Special Branch) in Punjab, Sindh, and KP.

-        Preparation of paperwork for the above in consultation with Palladium staff.

-        Facilitation of submission of documents to relevant government departments in the project districts and at the provincial level.

-        Any other support as and when needed for government contacts, etc.


Reporting:

The STTA will report to the Team Leader and work in close coordination with the Security Manager and Advisors and other members of the team, where needed.

Duration:

The assignment is for 20 workdays from 25th January to 15th March, 2021.