AFRO-NETS> Positions at Health Sector Support Programme in Mozambique

[Peter Esderts <Peter.Esderts@gtz.de>]

Positions at Health Sector Support Programme in Mozambique
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Dear colleagues,

for a Health Sector Support Programme in Mozambique the following po-
sitions are vacant:

* Team Leader (to coordinate and supervise the programme implementa-
  tion and to provide advice on sector policy issues, in particular 
  SWAP matters)
* Planning and Management Expert for Decentralisation 
* Health Management Information System Expert
* Human Resources Development Expert
* Public Health Expert

(see Terms of Reference below)

Knowledge of the Portuguese Language essential. 
Please apply within the next 2 - 3 weeks, submitting your CV to:

Peter Esderts
Regional Director
GTZ International Services
P.O.Box 13732, Hatfield 0028
South Africa
Tel: +27-12-342-2464
Fax: +27-12-342-0355
Cell:+27-82-901-9289
mailto:Peter.Esderts@gtz.de


Terms of Reference  ----  Technical Assistance

Programme Manager 
*       Ensures the function of the Technical Advice to the Director 
        of Planning and Cooperation (DPC) and is the Team Leader
*       Institutionally linked to the National DPC and depends 
        directly on the Director, his counterpart.
*       Areas of Intervention   
o       Institutional Development of the Ministry of Health (MoH) 
        and DPC
o       Support to mechanisms of coordination and management of the 
        SWAP process
o       Finalisation of rehabilitation works and equipment / 
        Zambezia
o       Human Resources Development
o       Support to the STD-AIDS programme
o       Technical Assistance for the financing of the ?Fundos 
        Comuns? (Communal Funds)
o       Management of the Programme

Detailed Functions
1.      Support to Institutional Development of the Ministry of Health 
        (MoH) and DPC
*       Support for implementation of the Institutional Development 
        Plan (PDI)
*       Strengthen the global leadership of PDI, developing a common 
        vision and promoting the political and strategic key areas of 
        PDI
*       Support the guarantee of global consistency between PESS and 
        PDI
*       Support global cooperation of PDI
*       Support to the development of an annual Plan of action for the 
        institutional development
*       Support to realisation of the adjustment of the PDI

2.      Support to mechanisms of coordination and management of the 
        SWAP process
*       Support the ample participation of different areas of MISAU
*       Promote horizontal collaboration and a feeling of ample 
        ownership and support in the process of decision-making
*       Support to develop institutional linkages
*       Guarantee the adequate use of international experience and 
        research on PDI

3.      Support to monitoring of the Institutional Development Plan 
        and its process
*       Development of monitoring instruments for institutional 
        development
*       Identification of need for short term experts

4.      Technical support for the DPC in the areas of
*       Strategic planning instruments
*       Information systems in health
*       Support to the elaboration of a plan for allocation and 
        financing of human resources in the area of SI and elaboration 
        of Terms of Reference for a tender for acquisition of 
        technical equipment
*       Support to DPI in coordination of the decentralisation
*       Identification of needs for the institutional development of 
        DPC and formation of human resources
*       Technical support for the installation of common financing 
        mechanisms (health sector)
*       Participation in the elaboration of criteria of attribution 
        for resources to the General Fundo Comun
*       Installation of the FCG and elaboration of a time schedule and 
        modalities for integration of the Funds FCGC, FC Drugs

5.      Policy Analysis and Advice
*       Relevance and consistency in the relation between the reform 
        of the Health Sector and the reform of the Public Sector
*       Support the consistency between the sectoral policies  PESS 
        and the national priority policies (PARPA)
*       Recommend, on the basis of the policy analysis, the needs for 
        consultancies and consultants
*       Support to ensure the consistency of donor initiatives for the 
        reform of the health sector
*       Support for the analysis of the progress of the policies of 
        decentralisation in the Health Sector
*       Support to the analysis and strengthening of policies and 
        mechanisms for external relations of the MISAU

6.      Promote Integration and wide participation
*       Support a common vision and positive approach (central level 
        and decentralised)
*       Support for conflict resolution
*       Support to motivation and attitude change
*       Support to strengthening the organisational values (corporate 
        identity)
*       Promote support relations and team work
*       Information and dissemination on the SAWP process (central 
        level and decentralised)

7.      Human Resources training
*       Support to the strengthening and training in management and 
        administration in health
*       Support to elaboration of a continuous plan for training in 
        priority areas and elaboration of Terms of Reference for 
        contracts for the responsible training institutes

8.      Support to the institutional development in Zambezia 
        province
        Support to the finalisation of rehabilitation works and 
        equipment
*       Participation in the elaboration of a final plan for 
        rehabilitation works and a plan for equipment 
*       Participation in the elaboration of building plans
*       Support the management of international tenders  via 
        activities such as preparation of competition dossiers, in 
        strict collaboration with the national authorities and the 
        Delegation, follow-up on proposals, participation in the 
        analysis of proposals and allocation of lots, preparation 
        and pursuance of markets, participation in the operations 
        of provisional and final reception (Abnahme)
*       Formulate coordination mechanisms for rehabilitation 
        activities and equipment in between DPS Zambezia and GACOPI 
        engineers
*       Institutional support to DPS Zambezia in specific areas 
        (see TOR Expert Public Health , Zambezia)

9.      STDs  AIDS
*       Support to the strengthening of the management of the 
        programme and services in the area of STS and HIV/AIDS 
        (MISAU) and supervision of the national consultant
*       Integration of the activities in the area of STD into the 
        annual work plans
*       Participation in the final evaluation of Terms for studies 
        and consultancies
*       Support in the elaboration of needs for drugs and 
        consumables (via the Common Fund for Drugs)
*       Establishment of coordination mechanisms with the 
        directorate in the area of STD  AIDS

10.     Support to the financing of the Common Funds
*       Support the EC Delegation in the elaboration of protocols 
        in the ambit of application of eligible disbursements and 
        management processes, financial modalities and revisions 
        and auditors
*       Participation and support to the Delegation in the area of 
        financing of the Common Funds for the National Council for 
        the fight against HIV/AIDS
*       Assist the EU Delegation always when solicited, in the 
        frame of his/her competencies

11.     Project Management
*       Organise a functional frame and establish rules for 
        functioning for the central team responsible for the 
        Programme
*       Preparation of annual all-embracing and detailed work plans 
        for the programme
*       Ensure the financial management and enable and control the 
        utilisation of the funds and disposition of divers services 
        supported by the Programme
*       Prepare the annual budget programmes and control the 
        execution of activities, according to the plans and time 
        schedule
*       Ensure and control all activities developed by the 
        programme, including the technical areas involved in the 
        programme
*       Guarantee that the programme conforms with the objectives 
        of developments and see to the coherence and coordination 
        of the activities of the programme with the national policy 
        (PESS)
*       Support the coordination and coherence of the programme 
        with the interventions of other donors
*       Collaborate in the preparation of progress reports for the 
        meetings of the Monitoring Committee of the programme
*       Ensure the functioning of the Monitoring Committee and 
        prepare meetings of the Steering Committee and elaborate 
        reports
*       Ensure the elaboration of regular progress reports, the 
        which should include a declaration on expenses, including 
        the expenses made in Brussels
*       Support the long-term TAs and monitor their performance
*       Organise the continuous monitoring and elaborate and submit 
        the indicators for monitoring for validation to the 
        Steering Committee
*       Identify the needs for technical assistance and establish 
        Terms of Reference and mobilise international technical 
        assistance for short-term assessments
*       Participate in all coordination meetings of external 
        partners of the MoH, when the presence is needed.
*       Support the introduction of gender aspects into the 
        programme
*       Availability, willingness to travel in the country, as 
        required by the work

Coordination
*       In all questions related to the elaboration and execution of 
        the annual programmes procure a direct coordination with the 
        Director of DPC
*       In questions related to the general strategy of the programme 
        and on problems of coordination of financing mechanisms the 
        Programme Manager coordinates with the Director of PDC and the 
        EC Delegation in Maputo. Especially, it will be necessary to 
        direct coordination support to the EC Delegation in the 
        utilisation and adaptation of financial support for the Common 
        Funds and the elaboration of financial contribution contracts
*       In questions related to the rehabilitation of infrastructure 
        and equipment for Zambezia, the Programme Manager coordinates 
        with the Director of DPC in Zambezia and when necessary, the 
        EC Delegation in Maputo. In administrative questions, the 
        Programme Manager coordinated with the GON
*       The Programme Manager has to make briefing and debriefing 
        meetings with the EC in Brussels, before beginning to work in 
        Mozambique and after the end of the contract.

Qualifications and competence
*       Academic education in the area of public health (Master or 
        PhD), ideally education in the areas of planning, economics or 
        administration of health
*       15 years experience, of which 10 years in developing 
        countries, with experience in project management, health 
        policies and SWAp and financing in the health sector
*       Experience in the coordination of integrated projects, the 
        organisation and coordination of a multi-discipline team, the 
        control and development of different technical activities and 
        dynamic decision-making processes (preferably on the African 
        continent)
*       Knowledge on general administrative and financial procedures 
        of the FED, including management of work programmes.
*       Knowledge of the language (fluent in written and spoken 
        Portuguese)
*       Experience in the area of communication, organisation and 
        conflict resolution
*       Experience in the area of planning instruments and 
        methodologies, management and ?project cycle management?

Duration: 42 months

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Specialist/Expert in Human Resources Development

Ensures the functions of the Technical Consultant to the Manager 
of the Department of Continuous Education, in the Directorate of 
Human Resources (DRH)

Place of work: Directorate of Human Resources, Ministry of 
Health, Maputo.
The expert for human resource development is institutionally 
linked to the DRH and depends on the Manager of the Department of 
Continuous Education, who is his counterpart

Tasks in the following areas:
1.      Technical Assistance of for the DRH, DF in the systematisation 
of realised experiences before today and that sustain the 
definition of a Policy and a system for Continuous Education. 
This system has to be a component in the Human resource 
Management, promoting in every worker the necessity for 
his/her professional and personal development and organising 
actions to overcome any gaps of initial formation and 
upgrading and for the professional and institutional 
development
2.      Reinforce the institutional capacity at all levels of 
realisation of activities in this area, not only promoting 
periodical and regular activities, but also establishing a 
system of accompanying and supervision of activities at 
various levels.
3.      Organise with the DRH training in management for the 
administrators of DDS (district level) (and managers of 
priority programmes), and support the elaboration of a 
continuous training plan in priority areas.

The methodology has to ensure the implementation of actions of 
training priorities at the district level (I) (DDS) and the local 
level (Health Programmes)

Detailed Tasks:

1.   Continuous Education (CE)
*       Plan and organise the CE for the different organs of 
        provincial management, from a personal, professional and 
        institutional perspective in the ambit of PESS / SWAP
*       Bring dynamics into the creation of a group of trainers at 
        provincial level, organising their training and development in 
        models, methods and techniques of training. 
*       Enhance the functioning of provincial structures of the FC, 
        promoting the elaboration of a half-year provincial plan, 
        monitor its implementation and revision / renewal.
*       See to it that the CE activities are based in the priority 
        areas of the PESS and the needs of the DPS for the 
        implementation and management of the SWAP process.
*       Propose a CE System that values the actions for CE in such a 
        way that it turns them into instruments for career promotion
*       Organise together with the DRH management training for the 
        administrators of the DPS, DDS (and others considered to be 
        priority programmes) and support the elaboration of a CE plan 
        in priority areas
*       Support the assessment of the training institutes with a view 
        to determine the institutional capacities for the training 
        courses
*       The Technical Assistant has to facilitate the elaboration of 
        provincial plans, and subsequently support the elaboration of 
        ToR and procurement contracts for the implementation of 
        training courses financed through the EC programme. (see 
        section D.I)
*       Support to determine the number of people to be trained, 
        identify the training institution, determine the selection 
        criteria of candidates, organise competitions, select 
        candidates etc. The training should, preferably, be 
        administered by locally contracted academic institutions which 
        are integrated into the Health System;
*       Accompany the adequate implementation of the CE programme
*       Support the emerging needs for human resource qualification 
        related to rehabilitation of infrastructure and equipment of 
        the SNS in the province of Zambezia.
*       Propose criteria for the participation of health professionals 
        in actions of CE inside and outside the country.  
*       Promote the formation of Resource Centres, with relevant 
        information, which are study and research centres functional 
        in critical areas, centres of debate on general topics and as 
        reference centres for every province, and as introduction 
        areas for research results that require changes in the 
        professional behaviour
*       Support the selection/elaboration of teaching/learning manuals 
        for the different levels and careers

2.   Support to Project Management 
*       Prepare the annual work plans for you work area and support 
        the Team Leader in the elaboration of the global work plan for 
        the programme
*       Prepare the budgeting for annual programmes for your 
        intervention area and control the execution of all activities 
        according to the planned time schedule
*       Ensure the control of all activities developed by the 
        programme in your intervention area, together with the 
        Programme Manager
*       Coordination and coherence of the technical assistance with 
        the interventions of other donors
*       Ensure regular progress reports for your area of intervention 
        and collaborate in the preparation of progress reports of the 
        programme
*       Organise and monitor the activities in your area of 
        intervention, elaborate and submit the indicators for 
        monitoring (Process indicators) for validation to the Steering 
        Committee 
*       Identify the needs for technical assistance, establish the ToR 
        and mobilise international technical assistance for short-term 
        assessments
*       Participate in all coordination meetings of external partners 
        of the MoH, when presence is needed
*       Support the introduction of gender aspects into the training 
        activities

Coordination
The expert for the area of Human Resources is hierarchically 
subordinated to the Programme Manager. In all questions linked to 
the elaboration and execution of programme activities, the expert 
has to maintain direct coordination with the Programme Manager.

Qualifications and Competence
*       A strong history in HR Development and wide experience with 
        programmes of formal and continuous education of great 
        dimensions in the health sector. Preferably, the expert should 
        be specialised in public health and administration of HR.
*       Extensive education in education sciences and or health 
        sciences
*       Informatics knowledge
*       10 years experience, of which 5 years in developing countries, 
        with proven experience in programmes of continuous education, 
        particularly in the area of health.
*       Good knowledge of the Portuguese language
*       Experience of working in developing countries (preferably on 
        the African Continent)
*       Capacity to work in a team and to contribute to institutional 
        development
*       Availability to travel into the interior of the country, as 
        required by work

Duration: 31.5 months



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Health Management Information System (SIS)

Ensures the function of the Technical Advisor to the Head of the 
Department of Health Information, within DPC

Place of Work: Directorate of Planning and Cooperation (DPC)  
Ministry of Health
The expert in the area of SIS is institutionally linked to the 
DPC and refers to the Head of Department of SIS who is his 
counterpart
The objective of the Technical Assistance is to contribute to the 
unification, decentralisation and qualitative strengthening of 
the SIS in the ambit of SWAP/PESS, as well as for the development 
and maintenance of an integrated health information system, 
conducive to a process of informed decision making at all levels.
The expert will integrate a work group at the central level with 
interventions in the areas referred to below:

1.      Diagnosis of the actual situation of the SIS at MISAU
*       Existing databases and their technological and functional 
compatibility of programming and budgeting in use
*       Mechanisms of budgeting
*       Mechanisms for control and monitoring of execution
*       Mechanism for evaluation
*       Mechanisms for documentation and reporting
*       Mechanisms for coordination between the subsystems

2.      Support to making the SIS compatible and adapt it as an 
instrument for monitoring and evaluation
*       Construction of a unified database and a standardised platform
*       Update of the database system
*       Wide technological compatibility between the sub-systems

3.      Support to the formulation and adaptation of essential 
indicators

*       Adaptation of indicators for a unified and decentralised SIS, 
including indicators on health care, quality of service, 
morbidity and mortality (that follow the international rules 
and principles)
*       Selection and prioritising of indicators 

4.      Support to the integration of sub-systems and conceptual 
compatibility
*       Implementation of a development policy that allows the 
harmonisation and integration of existing systems and for 
development and improvement of coordination
*       Integration of data from sub-systems of vertical programmes
*       Conceptual Compatibility of programme indicators and 
indicators of the Single Systems of Information and Strategies 
and indicators of PESS

*       Determine the adaptation/adequacy and relevance of the SIS at 
all levels of the health care system, in terms of support to 
the fundamental activities of the health system
*       Accompany the running pilot projects with the objective to 
increase changes

5.      Support to the improvement of mechanisms for data collection
*       Review and update the rules and mechanisms of collection: 
elaborate mechanisms for procedures (rules for collection, 
formats, etc)
*       Production and distribution of manuals, of rules of 
completion, banners for printings and register books of the 
SIS at the intermediate and peripheral levels and elaboration 
of fundamental records

6.      Support the coordination mechanism and internal and external 
interlinkages
*       Utilisation and exchange of data with other sectors of the 
State, the private sector and the sector of traditional and/or 
community medicine 
*       Utilisation of data of basic investigations that are already 
existing
*       Exchange of data with the National Institute of Statistics 
(INE) and collaboration with INE in the elaboration of 
investigations
*       Collaborate on the improvement of quality and the 
institutional development (central and provincial)

7.      Support to the institutional and technological strengthening 
of the DPS
*       Support the DPS / DPCC in the area of information
*       Increase the quality of information and introduce support 
mechanisms for decision making in the sanitary units and 
Provincial Directorates and Health Districts
*       Contribute to the development of objectives and annual work 
plans (coming from PESS)
*       Elaborate proposals to revise and update of definitions of 
functions, tasks and the distribution of competence in the 
responsible units for the implementation and management of the 
SIS

8.      Support the collection, analysis, interpretation, 
dissemination and use of data
*       Promote and systemise the data quality control mechanisms, 
thus strengthening the analysis and presentation, use and 
discussion on them together with the intermediate and 
peripheral levels
*       Information-sharing on the volume of activities and resources
*       Submit reports on retro-information
*       Production of publications and monthly summaries

9.      Discussion of the minimum professional profile and the tasks 
of professionals in the area of SIS
*       Support to an efficient policy of local framework development 
*       Support the process of continuous and accompanying education 
of existing personnel in the SIS
*       Orientate and support supervision actions and support to the 
functioning of existing lower levels and systems
*       Contribute to the improvement of attitudes and positions of 
employees in the area of determination/will to exchange of 
consumer / manager information and to an open and transparent 
work style 

10.     Support to the acquisition of information technology 
equipment
*       Support the management of tenders and the preparation of 
tender dossiers in strict collaboration with the national 
authorities and the Delegation
*       Contribute to reinforce the capacity for choosing the adequate 
technology
*       Support the management of the tender for rehabilitation and  - 
through the following activities- preparation of tender 
dossiers in strict collaboration with the provincial and 
national authorities and the Delegation
*       Ensure that the needs for equipment are evaluated having in 
mind the adequate technology and financial capacity, the 
running costs, the maintenance and the standardisation in the 
whole country
*       Follow up on proposals, participation in the analysis of 
proposals and attribution of lots, preparation and follow-up 
of the markets, participation of operations of provisional and 
final acceptance (Abnahme)

11.     Support to Project Management 
*       Prepare the annual work plans for your work area and support 
the Programme Manager in the elaboration of the global work 
plan for the programme
*       Prepare the budget / annual programmes for your intervention 
area and control the execution of all activities according to 
the planned time schedule
*       Ensure the control of all activities developed by the 
programme in your intervention area, together with the 
Programme Manager
*       Coordination and coherence of the technical assistance with 
the interventions of other donors
*       Ensure regular progress reports for your area of intervention 
and collaborate in the preparation of progress reports of the 
programme
*       Organise the monitoring of the activities in your area of 
intervention, elaborate and submit the indicators for 
monitoring (Process indicators) for validation to the Steering 
Committee 
*       Identify the needs for technical assistance, establish the ToR 
and mobilise international technical assistance for short-term 
assessments
*       Participate in all coordination meetings of external partners 
of the MoH, when the presence is needed.
*       Support the introduction of gender aspects into the training 
activities

Coordination
The expert for the area SIS is hierarchically subordinated to the 
Programme Manager. In all questions linked to the elaboration and 
execution of programme activities, the expert has to maintain 
direct coordination with the Programme Manager.

Qualifications and Competence
Academic qualification in the area of public health or 
informatics, ideally with education in the area of public health 
information systems.
*       10 years experience, of which 5 years in developing countries, 
with proven experience in development of information systems 
in the health sector
*       Excellent knowledge of Information technologies (hardware and 
software), design and maintenance of databases, networks and 
knowledge in the new technologies related to the internet
*       Good knowledge of the Portuguese language (written and spoken) 
and English

*       Experience of working in developing countries (preferably on 
the African Continent)
*       Capacity to work in a team and to contribute to institutional 
development
*       Availability to travel into the interior of the country, as 
required by work

Duration: 31.5 months


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Decentralised Planning and Management

Ensures the function of the Technical Advisor to the Head of the 
Department of Planning within DPC

Place of Work: Directorate of Planning and Cooperation (DPC)  
Ministry of Health
The expert is institutionally linked to the Department for 
Planning and Sanitary Economics??
The objective of the Technical Assistance is the institutional 
development, and improvement and use of standardised planning 
instruments at a central level and parallel to this, support to 
the DPS/DDS in the institutionalisation of new technologies for 
unified and simplified planning and integrated programming.
The expert will integrate a work group at the central level with 
interventions in the areas referred to below:

Priority Tasks are:
*       Support to the development of unified planning instruments and 
budgeting at the central and provincial levels (DPS)
*       Support to the DPS in the application of new technologies for 
unified and simplified planning and integrated programming
*       Strengthening of the coordination between the budgeting 
processes and planning / programming
*       Support to introduction of control measures for budgeting 
execution (monitoring)

The implementation will ensure activities at the central (I) 
level and, especially at the provincial (II) level (DPS). It will 
especially give technical assistance in the following areas:

A. Activities at central level

1.      Diagnosis of the actual situation at MISAU
*       Programming and budgeting procedures 
*       Financing mechanisms
*       Control and monitoring of execution
*       Current evaluation mechanisms 
*       Documentation and reporting mechanisms
*       Coordination mechanisms

2.      Technical Support in the area of programming
*       Design, confirm/validate and implement mechanisms of 
standardised integrated planning
*       Technical Assistance in every area of MISAU to ensure global 
programming
*       Make vertical programmes compatible, and integrate programmes 
and projects in the elaboration of annual budgeting plans
*       Definition of priorities and their indicators
*       Procedures to ?feed? (give input to) the SIS 

3.      Technical support to the budgeting area
*       Make programming compatible with budgeting mechanisms 
(internal and external)
*       Participate in the elaboration of medium term 
cost/expense/disbursement scenarios (MTEF)
*       Congruency between planning (planned activities) and available 
resources
*       Make scenarios of MISAU compatible with the State budget

4.      Support to the reform of common financing mechanisms (Common 
Funds)
*       Management cycle and disbursement of funds
*       Realisation of programmed activities and authorisation of 
expenses and their compatibility with the operational and 
budgeting plans
*       Elaboration of adequate use of the operational and budgeting 
plans
*       Coordination with the conjoint annual evaluation

5.      Support to the institutional capacity building and development
*       Capacitate the human resources of MISAU  DPC in the area of 
planning
*       Participate in coordination mechanisms and technical 
committees for the implementation of the Institutional 
Development Plan

6.      Monitoring and Evaluation
*       Facilitate a culture of routinely monitoring the programming 
and execution
*       Simplify the instruments and formulate indicators
*       Support the creation of a database
*       Institutionalise the instruments and capacitate the human 
resources
*       Define methodologies for punctual evaluation cycles
*       Ensure ample participation and identification with the 
evaluation processes
*       Reports and information: distribution of results and 
establishment of mechanisms for retro-information

B. Decentralised activities (DPS / DDS)

1.      Diagnose of the situation and analysis for procedures at the 
DPS / DDS level

2.      Support to strengthen procedures, instruments and timetables 
of integrated programming cycles
*       Introduction of planning instruments and simplified 
methodologies 
*       Introduction of concepts and procedures for the ?project cycle 
management?
*       Introduction of simplified and adapted programming cycles for 
PESS in the provinces and support to elaborate annual plans 
*       Definition of essential activities in agreement with PESS and 
the real needs of the provinces
*       Make the programming compatible with provincial budgeting 
mechanisms (internal and external)
*       Support to the elaboration of a inventory of available 
financial resources (OE, resources of external cooperation, 
private sector)
*       Support to the elaboration of medium-term cost scenarios 
(MTEF) for the provinces
*       Ensure the congruency between planning (planned activities) 
and available resources (budgeting)

3.      Mechanisms for the pursuance of programming and execution
*       Define modalities and monitoring instruments, adapt and 
simplify the instruments and formulate indicators
*       Generalise the monitoring mythology for the programming at all 
levels
*       Create a database compatible with the central level
*       Support the collection, analysis, interpretation and 
dissemination of data
*       Capacitate the human resources and establish a routinely 
monitoring culture for the programming and execution
*       Give incentives for attitudes for monitoring and execution of 
plans and programmes

4.      Organisation of documentation of reports
*       Quality control for the data, thus strengthening the analyses, 
presentation, use and collective discussion at the 
intermediate and peripheral level
*       Production of publications and 4monthly summaries (ex. Summary 
Statistics) and retro-inform??
*       Support the electronic organisation of the documentation
*       Simplify reports in quantity and quality

5.      General aspect
*       Facilitate the dialogue regarding accounts with the external 
cooperation
*       Support the mechanisms of broad participation, dialogue and 
dissemination of the SWAP process (donors and national 
stakeholders)
*       Support the introduction of common financing mechanisms
*       Improve the mechanisms of interaction at the peripheral and 
the central level (information and retro-information)
*       Organisation and supervision/follow-up of consultancies

C.  Support to Programme Management

*       Prepare the annual work plans for your work area and support 
the Team Leader in the elaboration of the global work plan for 
the programme
*       Prepare the budgeting for annual programmes for your 
intervention area and control the execution of all activities 
according to the planned time schedule
*       Ensure the control of all activities developed by the 
programme in your intervention area, together with the 
Programme Manager
*       Manage the coordination and coherence of the technical 
assistance with the interventions of other donors
*       Ensure regular progress reports for your area of intervention 
and collaborate in the preparation of progress reports of the 
programme
*       Organise the monitoring of the activities in your area of 
intervention, elaborate and submit the indicators for 
monitoring (Process indicators) for validation to the Steering 
Committee 
*       Identify the needs for technical assistance, establish the ToR 
and mobilise international technical assistance for short-term 
assessments
*       Participate in all coordination meetings of external partners 
of the MoH, when  presence is needed.
*       Support the introduction of gender aspects into the training 
activities

Coordination
The expert is hierarchically subordinated to the Programme 
Manager. In all questions linked to the elaboration and execution 
of programme activities, the expert has to maintain direct 
coordination with the Programme Manager.

Qualifications and Competence
*       Academic qualification in the area of public health, ideally 
with education in the area of planning or health 
administration (health economics) or public administration.
*       10-12 years experience, of which 5 years in developing 
countries, with experience in project management, health 
policies, SWAP and health sector financing (preferably on the 
African Continent)
*       Experience in communication, organisation and conflict 
resolution

*       Experience with planning instruments and methodologies, 
management and project cycle management

Duration: 31.5 months



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Institutional Support to the Provincial Directorate of Health 
(DPS) in Zambezia - Public Health Expert

The Expert for Public Health entails the function of an advisor 
to the Provincial Director for Health in the Zambezia Province in 
the area of planning.

Place of Work: Provincial Directorate for Health in the Zambezia 
Province - Quelimane

The expert will be institutionally linked to the Provincial 
Directorate for Health in the Zambezia Province (DPPC) and 
depends on the Provincial Director for Health in the Zambezia 
Province

The focus of his/her technical assistance is on:

*       Diagnosis of the actual situation and analysis of the 
procedures at the DPS-DDS level
*       Diagnosis of the actual situation of the procedures in 
programming, budgeting, financing mechanisms, control and 
monitoring, evaluation mechanisms, documentation and reporting 
mechanisms, and coordination mechanisms

1.      Support to integrated planning at DPS
*       Introduction to the concepts and procedures of project cycle 
management
*       Introduction to simplified programming cycles adapted to PESS 
in the province and support to the elaboration of annual plans
*       Definition of essential activities in accordance with PESS and 
the real needs in the province
*       Make compatible the programming with budgeting mechanisms of 
the Province (internal and external)
*       Participation in the elaboration of medium-term expenses/cost 
scenarios (MTEF) for the province
*       Ensure the congruency between planning (planned activities) 
and available resources (budgeting)
*       Support to ensuring the adequate use of budget lines and their 
compatibility with operational plans and budgets

2.      Strengthen mechanisms to supervise programming and execution 
at DPS and DDS
*       Define modalities and instruments for monitoring, simplify the 
instruments and introduce the indicators formulated by MISAU 
(PESS)
*       Support the collection, interpretation, dissemination of data
*       Data quality control, strengthening thus the analysis, 
presentation, use and discussion together with the 
intermediate and the peripheral level
*       Establish a culture of routinely monitoring the programming 
and execution
*       Promote the human resources to establish a culture of 
routinely monitoring the programming and execution
*       Promote timely evaluation cycles and ensure the wide 
participation and identification with the evaluation process
*       Simplify the reports in quality and quantity
*       Support the production of publications and trimestral 
summaries, their distribution and and retro-information
*       Organisation of the documentation

3.      Support the institutional strengthening and technologies of 
DPS and DDS in the area of SIS
*       Review and update the rules and mechanisms of collection and 
information and, if necessary, elaborate mechanisms for 
procedures (rules for collection, formats, etc)
*       Distribution of manuals, rules of completion, banners for 
printing and register books of the SIS at the intermediate and 
peripheral levels, and elaboration of important records
*       Create a database compatible with the one at central level
*       Increase the information quality and introduce support 
mechanisms for decision-making in the sanitary units and 
Provincial Directorates and Health Districts
*       Support the use and availability of information technologies 
in the departments (adequate technologies) 
*       Promote and systemise the mechanisms for data quality control 
strengthening thus the analysis, presentation, use and 
collective discussion on the intermediate and the peripheral 
level
*       Support an open and transparent work style 
*       Strengthen the coordination mechanisms and the information 
system in the provincial SNS 

4.      Rehabilitation of infrastructure and equipment of the sanitary 
units
*       Support the DPS and DDS in the elaboration of sanitary network 
maps (and make them adequate) and the provincial investment 
plan
*       Support the needs evaluation and selection of equipment, 
taking into account the adequate technology and the financial 
capacity, the current expenses and the maintenance and 
rehabilitation
*       Your technical assistance activities in the Zambezia Province 
have to have in mind the investment recommendations made in an 
earlier evaluation for support of the EU in the Zambezia 
Province

5.      STDAIDS 
*       Support to DPS in the planning and introduction of STD and 
AIDS services in the rehabilitated and equipped institutions, 
including the services directed specifically towards the risk 
groups
*       Support qualitative aspects of services in the reproductive 
health sector
*       Support DPS and DDS in ensuring the equal access and the 
participation of the whole population, especially of the 
vulnerable groups like women, youth, people affected by 
HIV/AIDS)
*       Support the prevention and the access to ATV and to necessary 
drugs against opportunistic infections by people affected by 
AIDS
*       Support the multi-sectoral coordination between MISAU and NGOs 
(in collaboration with the National Council for the Fight 
against HIV/AIDS)

Support in Programme Management

*       Prepare the annual work plans for your work area and support 
the Team Leader in the elaboration of the global work plan for 
the programme
*       Prepare the budgeting for annual programmes for your 
intervention area and control the execution of all activities 
according to the planned time schedule
*       Ensure the control of all activities developed by the 
programme in your intervention area, together with the 
Programme Manager
*       Manage the coordination and coherence of the technical 
assistance with the interventions of other donors
*       Ensure regular progress reports for your area of intervention 
and collaborate in the preparation of progress reports of the 
programme
*       Organise the monitoring of the activities in your area of 
intervention, elaborate and submit the indicators for 
monitoring (process indicators) for validation to the Steering 
Committee 
*       Identify the needs for technical assistance, establish the ToR 
and mobilise international technical assistance for short-term 
assessments
*       Participate in all coordination meetings of external partners 
of the MoH, when  presence is needed.
*       Organise and accompany consultancies
*       Support the introduction of gender aspects into the training 
activities

Coordination
In all questions linked to the elaboration and execution of 
programme activities, the Public Health Expert has to maintain 
direct coordination with the Programme Manager.

Qualifications and Competence
*       Academic qualification in the area of public health, ideally 
with education in the area of planning or health 
administration
*       10 years experience, of which 5 years in developing countries, 
with experience in project management and support to 
institutional development for district health systems
*       Good knowledge of Portuguese (spoken and written) and English
*       Experience with planning instruments and methodologies, 
management and project cycle management

Duration: 21 months
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