Job Description/Requirements
Background
Kenya, like the rest of the world, recognizes the serious threat that the on-going COVID-19 outbreak poses. The continued spread of the virus poses a burden to an already weakened health system in Kenya, characterized by inadequate health personnel, inequity in the distribution of health facilities, inadequate budgetary allocation, inadequate equipment & commodities and a high burden of disease.
The country has now recorded COVID-19 cases in all 47 Counties. Readiness to respond to COVID-19 pandemic requires health facilities to not only have adequate health infrastructure including critical care beds with functional ventilators and oxygen, but also adequate supply of medical commodities including personal protective equipment (PPE), Infection prevention materials and appropriate drugs. Availability and implementation of COVID sensitive screening and referral systems is critical, as is human resource who are trained, knowledgeable and motivated to respond to COVID-19.
It is therefore imperative to understand the level of readiness of health facilities in terms of actual availability of medical supplies, infrastructure and equipment, support systems as well as availability of health workers in adequate numbers and skills. This will aid in adequate planning to ensure that health facilities have the necessary resources to respond to the pandemic at any one time.
WHO has developed international technical guidance available for countries to support them to conduct health systems preparedness and performance monitoring during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Ministry of Health is currently using this suite of tools to regularly collect selected information from high level facilities and facilities designated as COVID-19 isolation centres as well as selected primary care facilities. The information collected will supplement the routine data on COVID-19 and related services to help in assessing overall preparedness in response and mitigation during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The data for this assessment will be collected electronically using KOBO Collect platform into which the research assistants will enter data as they interview the respondents by telephone.
Roles and responsibilities of the Consultancy
The consultant will work closely with the MoH-Kenya and WHO to customize Covid-19 facility assessment tools on the KoboCollect platform and support data collection during this assessment. More specifically, the consultant will be responsible for:
Questionnaire customization and programming in KOBOCollect including skip logic, validation, data pre-loading etc.
Creation of personalized user accounts for security and accountability.
Data storage, security, backups and disaster recovery.
Training for both enumerators and Supervisors.
Real-time reports to facilitate remote supervision and monitoring.
Regular data cleaning and CSV data download.
Full-time dedicated data management and technical support during data collection.
Key Deliverables
Customized Assessment tools in KoboCollect.
Training Manual developed.
Technical documentation of the KoboCollect data collection tools.
Duration
This consultancy is for a total of 40 working days.
Activity
Consultancy Days
**Inception Report
1
Questionnaire customization and programming in KOBOCollect
10
Testing and validation of the data collection platform
5
Training for both enumerators and Supervisors
5
Full-time dedicated data management and technical support during data collection
14
Development of technical documentation and training manual
5
Total
40
Qualifications and Experience
Bachelors, Masters or Higher degree in computer science, information systems, public health preferred, with specialized skills in programming/software development;
Experience working with KoboCollect Toolbox or ODK.
Minimum seven (7) years’ experience in health information systems and demonstrated problem-solving capability in undertaking similar tasks.
Minimum two (2) years’ experience in developing electronic data collection tool using KoboCollect or ODK.
Understanding of the health information systems at Ministry of Health;
Experience working with the Ministries of health, WHO or any other international organization in similar or higher capacity will be an added advantage
Skills and Competencies
The expected skills and competencies for this assignment include:
Demonstrated knowledge and skills in KoboCollect, or ODK.
Strong interpersonal skills, presentation skills, and ability to collaborate with multiple diverse groups across teams;
Innovativeness, creativity, passion and willingness to adopt and share new ideas;
This assignment may also require additional competencies that include:
Ability to work with minimal supervision,
Ability to work under tight deadlines,
Fluent written and spoken English.
Contracting Terms
The Consultant will be engaged by WHO on an Agreement of Performance of Work (APW) between April and June 2021.
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Qualified Kenyan Nationals should submit a cover letter with updated Curriculum Vitae based on the TORs by 05 May 2021 using the email address: afkenhr@who.intApplications are required from individuals who meet the criteria.
Apply via :
afkenhr@who.int
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