Background
The main purpose of the WHO Evaluation Consultancy is to conduct an evaluation of a health service delivery project in seven of the ten states in South Sudan. The consultant will be responsible for: conducting a desk review to understand the project background and context; compiling data from partners; conducting quantitative analyses on health service availability, coverage, and utilization; writing the evaluation report, and presenting findings to stakeholders. They will be based in Juba.
Deliverables
The list of consultant responsibilities includes:
- Conduct a desk review of existing data, reports, and other resources to establish an in-depth understanding of the health service delivery context in South Sudan to provide the necessary background to author a quality evaluation report. This will include discussions and meetings with colleagues and partners.
- Produce quantitative analyses based on the content outlined in the donor agreement and share and present to the internal WHO team for review and feedback.
- Produce a draft evaluation report that answers the evaluation questions and includes the content outlined in the donor agreement by 31st July 2023.
- Present and share preliminary findings to key stakeholders and solicit feedback that will inform the final report.
- Produce a final evaluation report by 31st August 2023.
- Liaise with partners to secure data and information necessary to produce a quality report.
- Meet briefly on a weekly basis with the team to discuss progress and challenges. (To be confirmed and updated based on need)
- Submit a summary report and debrief with the team at the completion of the consultancy.
- Other responsibilities that may be required as the evaluation evolves
Qualifications, experience, skills and languages
Educational Qualifications
Required
- Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in epidemiology, public health, monitoring and evaluation, global health, biostatistics, or related discipline.
Desired
- Master’s degree in epidemiology, public health, monitoring and evaluation, global health, biostatistics, or related discipline
Experience
Required
- At least 5 years of experience leading evaluations of complex health projects in humanitarian contexts and authoring evaluation reports.
- Demonstrated experience with monitoring and evaluation methods, systems, and reports.
- Demonstrated experience working with health service delivery systems in humanitarian contexts.
- Demonstrated experience liaising and working closely with government agencies.
- Demonstrated experience conducting quantitative analyses of health projects.
- Demonstrated experience translating complex data into useful information, presentations, etc..
- Demonstrated experience leading presentations to senior stakeholder groups.
- Demonstrated experience acting as organizational representative in inter-agency meetings.
Desirable
- Prior experience at field level with WHO/UN agencies, health cluster partners, or international nongovernmental organization.
- Strong knowledge of health systems, disease surveillance, and epidemiology.
- Experience of health information management and data systems in resource-constrained settings
Skills
Required
- Excellent monitoring and evaluation skills.
- Excellent project management skills.
- Excellent report authoring skills, including design, editing, and attention to detail.
- Exceptional interpersonal, coordination, and collaboration skills.
- Excellent presentation and communication skills, including oral, electronic, and written.
- Proficiency in MS Office suite.
- Proven ability to interact in a multi-disciplinarily environment involving technical, cultural and political elements.
- Ability to work in stressful environments while maintaining quality work.
Desired
- Strong command of R software and associated packages for analysis and visualization
Languages and level required
- Fluent in English.