Contraceptive Security Indicators Data Collection Specialist at CHEMONICS

Chemonics seeks a short-term consultant to serve as Contraceptive Security Indicators Data Collection Specialist for the USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program – Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) project. GHSC-PSM is the primary vehicle through which USAID 1) procures and provides health commodities, 2) provides technical assistance to improve partner countries’ management of the supply chain, and 3) collaborates with key international stakeholders to support global health initiatives.

The consultant will support contraceptive security activities under the GHSC-PSM Population and Reproductive Health (PRH) TO (TO3). The globally recognized concept of contraceptive security (CS) is the condition where everyone is able to choose, obtain, and use a wide range of high-quality and affordable contraceptive methods, when they need them, for family planning and the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases. Multiple factors across several sectors contribute to the availability and accessibility of contraceptives within countries, including political commitment, financial capital, partner coordination, capacity, client demand and utilization, product quality, and commodity availability. This year, we are also interested in learning about how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected access to family planning and have added a short section on that subject.

GHSC-PSM continues to conduct the Contraceptive Security Indicators Survey every other year, following on USAID’s collection of this data since 2010. GHSC-PSM last conducted the survey in 2019 and received surveys from 43 countries, as well as an additional 7 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2020 through our partner, ForoLAC, a working group of the Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition (RHSC). This year, GHSC-PSM is disseminating the survey to approximately 50 countries, including both GHSC-PSM presence and non-presence countries. Once collected, data will be analyzed and disseminated to various audiences and stakeholders to support program management and advocacy efforts in each country and globally.

The consultant will lead the data collection of the 2021 Contraceptive Security Indicators Survey in Honduras. The survey is comprised of qualitative and quantitative questions divided into the following eight sections:

Leadership and Coordination
Finance and Procurement
Commodities
Policies
Supply Chain
Quality
Private Sector
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

Each section and its accompanying indicators, their purpose, and data collection methodology are explained in the Data Collection and Usage Manual (which will be provided to the consultant). Respondents are requested to answer the questions through a combination of drop-down menus and free text spaces in the Excel questionnaire, as well as selecting the most accurate description of the data source used in the columns on the right. The data should come primarily from key informant interviews, including key personnel from the health ministry, members of the national committee that works on contraceptive security, donors such as UNFPA and USAID, private sector representatives such as pharmacists, distributors, or nurse/midwives’ associations, and others. A detailed list of key informants and other data sources can be found in Annex A of the Data Collection and Usage Manual. Sample key informant questionnaires can be found in Annex B.

Tasks:

In support of contraceptive security, the specific tasks of the consultant include the following (approximately ten days of level of effort (LOE)):

Review the survey tool and accompanying manual.
_Schedule meetings (virtual or in-person) with key informants, requesting that they prepare documents in advance to help answer the questions (see manual for a list of common documents for each indicator).
Collect and review any publicly available documents.
Conduct interviews.
Complete the questionnaire and follow up with key informants as needed to clarify responses.
Compile key informant interview notes and documentation of other data sources.
Upon submission of survey to GHSC-PSM/Washington, remain available for follow-up questions to clarify survey responses.

Deliverables:

Completed Contraceptive Security Indicators survey tool in Excel

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree or higher in public health, public administration, public policy, public finance, international development, monitoring and evaluation, or a related field.
A minimum of 2 years of experience with quantitative or qualitative research, data collection, or analysis.
In-country experience with USAID-funded programs in Latin America preferred.
Experience with the public and/or private sector health commodity supply chain in the region preferred.
Familiarity with public health policy (particularly family planning) strongly preferred.
Strong written and oral communication skills
Experience working with the Ministry of Health preferred
Fluency in Spanish required

Duration of Assignment: The duration of the assignment will be from on/about June 21, 2021 through on/about August 31, 2021 for approximately 10 days LOE.

Location of Assignment: The contraceptive security work shall be completed in Honduras.

Supervision of Consultant: The consultant will report to GHSC-PSM Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist or her designee.