Data Collection Consultant for RMNCH at Management Sciences for Health (MSH)

Management Sciences for Health (MSH) saves lives and improves health by helping public and private organizations throughout the world to effectively manage people, medicines, money, and information. Working from more than 30 country offices and our Arlington, Virginia and Medford, Massachusetts US headquarters, our staff from 65 nations is highly regarded for its technical expertise, integrity, and commitment to making a lasting difference in health. We live our mission to save lives and improve the health of the world's poorest and most vulnerable people by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health.

We are recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: Data collection Consultant for RMNCH

Job ID: 13-8441
Location: Akwa Ibom
Group/Office: HP
Dept/Unit: GEN (General)
Project/Program: Proposal

Overall Responsibilities

• MSH is seeking a local consultant to help in the preparation of a proposal to USAID for an anticipated 8-year, $225 million, USAID-funded project in selected States of Nigeria that will deliver an integrated high-impact interventions in the areas of Family Planning; Maternal, Newborn and Child Health; Maternal and Child Nutrition.
• The project will also focus on strengthening of health leadership and management capacities of the State Governments and LGAs, and of the private sector.

Specific Responsibilities

• Under the direction of the MSH's Technical Strategy Lead (TSL) for this proposal, the consultant will collect background information on the organization and delivery of RMNCH services by government, private and community health providers in Akwa Ibom State.
• Prior to the signature of the consulting services, MSH will provide a document with the questions that need to be answered, i.e. the data collection tool.

Deliverables

• Written responses to the questions and information requested in the data collection tool.

Effective Time Period for the Consultancy

• Seven (7) working days, beginning from the time of contract signature. Includes preparation and report writing time.

Qualifications
This consultant has to meet two important characteristics:

• Be of senior level and have existing relationships with the officials having this information either from the government, international development agencies or local organizations.
• Be thorough and diligent enough to timely find and report to us accurate results of his/her search.

Application Closing Date
3rd August, 2015

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online