Rwanda Integrated Health Services Activity (RIHSA): Twinning Activity
Scope of Work
Proposed Consultant Position
Organizational Learning Specialist
Proposed Dates
August 1, 2022 – September 30, 2022 (renewable annually for one year, funding and performance dependent)
Country
Rwanda
LOE
20 days
Technical Monitor
Capacity Development Advisor, RTI
RIHSA Project Manager
Taylor Williamson, Health Systems Manager, RTI
Background
RTI International is part of a consortium, led by the Palladium Group, that works with the Government of Rwanda (GOR) to implement the Rwanda Integrated Health Systems Activity (RIHSA) with funding from USAID. GOR is currently seeking to secure financial protection and ensure equity in access to health services. RIHSA will support GOR with other stakeholders to achieve two objectives: 1) Increase financial protection by addressing barriers to domestic resource mobilization and health care financing and 2) Increase quality of essential health services at national and community levels.
RTI International seeks to fill a consulting position – Organizational Learning Specialist. The position is based in Kigali. The consultant’s work will interface with the project team in Kigali, the Ministry of Health (MoH), and remotely with the RTI project team based in the United States and Canada.
Support to District-level Twinning Activity
Improving the governance and stewardship capabilities of Rwanda’s District Health Management Teams (DHMTs) includes strengthening how government manage data to make high quality service and investment decisions. Rwanda’s Health Sector Strategic Plan (HSSP) IV highlights the need to make HMIS data available at the district level to address quality concerns (8.6) and improve data demand and information use via “stimulating dialogue and actions based on evidence” (10.3). Current USAID efforts to strengthen data use for quality and governance focus on district oversight of health facilities, facility level planning, coordination, and peer learning between facilities.
RIHSA is currently building upon these efforts and GOR strategies by twinning DHMTs that are performing well in priority areas with those DHMTs that are encountering challenges in those same arenas by supporting peer-to-peer learning around the effective use health data to address priority challenge areas and support quality health service delivery in locally identified technical priorities. Through this Twinning Partners Network, DHMTs can share 1) learning across DHMTs and select hospitals; 2) experiences with instituting new mechanisms for using data in decision-making processes; and 3) novel data analysis or applications.
RTI International, a sub-contractor to Palladium on RIHSA, is seeking a well-qualified consultant to support RIHSA’s twinning activities. The consultant will work in collaboration with the larger RIHSA team and RTI home office staff to coordinate district-level twinning activities and provide technical guidance and support to ensure successful twinning relationships and district-level results.
During the period of performance, the consultant will:
Consultant Qualifications:
This vacancy is archived.