Consultant Capacity Strengthening Advisor
Management Sciences for Health
- New Delhi
- Permanent
- Part-time
- Enhance the Contract Management Training Program, expand the program’s offerings, develop a complete facilitator’s training manual and revision of existing training materials (i.e., PPTs, training exercises).
- Design a capacity strengthening strategy for expanded delivery of the contract management training program and contract management tools within and beyond the project
- Coordinate implementation and facilitate delivery of capacity strengthening strategy and specific learning activities within it
- Create a sustainability plan for transitioning the training program to the GoI for ongoing cascade training, training of trainers, and onboarding of new government contract management employees
- Familiarize yourself with training curriculum elements and toolkit together with current project results and evaluation
- Meet with project leadership and GoI counterparts to assess capacity strengthening needs
- Based on needs assessment, design and develop further learning program components, including e-learning options/virtual modules for blended learning, refresher training, and coaching component
- Enhance existing materials with additional participatory content application exercises, checks for learning.
- Draft complete outline of training manual
- Clarify agenda and curriculum elements needed for manual
- Gather materials used alongside curriculum
- Develop facilitator’s guide/training manual using existing materials and supplement with appropriate methodological instruction and detail
- Include learning evaluation methodology to assess behavior change and outcomes
- Work with HS4TB team to conduct full review and validation with appropriate stakeholders
- Assess contract management capacity strengthening needs at this time, strengths and gaps in the program, and range of target audiences
- Based on identified needs and objectives, and in collaboration with the HS4TB and MSH global team, draft a full capacity strengthening strategy that addresses the project’s approach to build the capacity of additional GoI counterparts through the end of the project
- Multi-step training and refresher program
- Coaching and mentoring of GoI employees
- Capacity strengthening for institutionalization of program
- Draft a sustainability plan for the transition of the contract management training program to the GoI to include:
- Training of trainers
- Cascade/expansion training
- Onboarding of new staff
- Options for continuous updates and upgrades
- Transition of responsibilities over 6 months
- Coordinate and facilitate HS4TB training program implementation, including elements such as training of trainers, complete training and/or blended learning program, refresher training, coaching program, and transition to GoI
- Enhanced training program (new activities/material)
- Facilitator’s Guide/Training Manual
- Capacity Strengthening Strategy
- Capacity Strengthening Sustainability Plan
- Master's degree in public health, health administration, education, instructional design, or related field.
- Five or more years of relevant professional experience required in technical assistance on the design and implementation of capacity strengthening/training activities, including adult learning programs, interactive learning design and facilitation, and learning evaluation.
- Ability to provide technical leadership and support for designing, implementing, and/or evaluating learning programs and collaborating with subject matter experts.
- Ability to develop and implement institutional development strategies, plans, and activities, including assessment, design, implementation, and evaluation.
- Ability to build and maintain relationships with senior-level colleagues, particularly interacting productively and professionally with government agencies, NGOs, private sector groups, USAID, and international organizations.
- Ability to align diverse, multi-level teams with project goals, objectives, and result areas.
- Diplomacy, written and oral communication, and negotiation skills.