Consultant: Frontier Health Markets Engage

The consultant will provide strategic advice, technical leadership, coaching and mentoring. They will also apply the common market description methodology and develop a health markets description for Guatemala. This contract will be valid for work conducted between July – December 2024. The expected level of effort for this agreement is 10 days. Pre-approved and qualifying travel expenses will be reimbursed upon receipt.

The following activities will be carried out in the duration of this consultancy, with the possibility of more responsibilities to be added as needed:

Updating Market Development Approach Materials

·       Provide technical direction and oversight on lessons-learned process document on how to conduct a market description/diagnosis

·       Collect and curate tools and worksheets to analyze market data and formats to visualize data

·       Develop and finalize draft report on how to conduct a market description/diagnosis

·       Deliverable: Finalized Diagnostic guide and associated suite of tools

Guatemala

Pre-Assessment Preparation and Desk Review

·       Review FHM Engage market development approach (MDA) and rapid assessment tools.

·       Conduct desk review of health indicators, market performance, relevant  policies, and on-going interventions.

·       Set up meetings for key informant interviews with relevant market stakeholders.

·       Deliverable: Pre-assessment brief

Rapid Assessment Trip

·       With FHM-Engage consultant, travel to Guatemala to conduct a rapid market assessment in Guatemala in consultation with USAID/Guatemala

·       Conduct key informant interviews (KIIs), visits to relevant health clinics and supply chain locations and actors with a focus on FP product and services provision in the private sector in urban and rural areas

·       Collect data available in-country.

·       Deliverables: Rapid health market assessment findings and trip report.

Develop a Market Description and Recommendations

·       Compile, organize, and analyze information/findings gathered during the first two activities.

·       Using FHM Engage’s MDA tools to create a detailed slide deck that provides a market description of FP in Guatemala.

·       Provide a ‘diagnosis’ of market failures leading to restricted access to FP product and services and recommendations for interventions that will improve health market performance.

·       Deliverable: Final Guatemala Market Description on FP (detailed PowerPoint) 

Desired Qualifications and Experience

The ideal candidates for this position will possess the following qualifications:

·       Advanced degree (Master’s/similar or above) in health economics, health policy and management, or public health with a financing focus.

·       Extensive (20+years) of experience directly engaging national level government actors to assess strengths and weaknesses of private health sectors, analyzing health markets for private sector opportunities, designing desirable private sector policies, and related activities.

·       Extensive (20+years) of experience in strategic markets, advocacy and strategic communications related to policy environments for health issues, and strategic planning advocacy and implementation of health policies as national and regional levels.

·       Extensive (20+years) of experience working with federally funded contracts, particularly those funded by USAID.

To apply, please submit your application using the button below. Please include a resume listing relevant competencies and cover letter including the following:

–        Contact details and geographical location

–        Brief description of your relevant experience aligned to the scope of work and qualifications

–        Proposed rate of pay

–        List of countries and/or regions where you have relevant work experience

Results for Development (R4D) is a leading non-profit global development partner. We collaborate with change agents around the world — government officials, civil society leaders and social innovators — to create strong systems that support healthy, educated people. We help our partners move from knowing their goal to knowing how to reach it. We combine global expertise in health, education and nutrition with analytic rigor, practical support for decision-making and implementation and access to peer problem-solving networks. Together with our partners, we build self-sustaining systems that serve everyone and deliver lasting results. Then we share what we learn so others can achieve results for development, too.

We have a unique and vibrant culture at R4D. Diversity, equity and inclusion are at the heart of our work environment and help advance our mission. Diversity—of ideas, identities, perspectives and backgrounds—is vital to who we are and what we do. We seek people who embrace these values and will help reinforce them. Our work culture is collaborative, creative and entrepreneurial. We operate based on trust and respect. Teams across the organization frequently collaborate on programmatic work and support each other in continuously building a better R4D.

Project Background 

Frontier Health Markets Engage (FHM Engage) is a global cooperative agreement to provide technical assistance (TA) supporting local actors to improve the ability of health markets to meet supply-side capacity gaps and consumer preferences, contributing to equitable provision of and access to high-quality family planning (FP) and other health services and products in mixed health systems. Led by Chemonics with Results for Development (R4D) as co-technical lead, alongside Pathfinder International and Zenysis Technologies, FHM Engage will work through 16 local, regional, and specialized network implementation partners (NIPs) to deliver lasting results. Building on over 30 years of USAID investment, FHM Engage focuses on strengthening local health markets by addressing the root causes of market failures in the core market functions to create the necessary behavior change that catalyzes supply and demand and supports sustainable change.

Results for Development is an EOE/M/F/Vet/Disabled/Affirmative Action Employer committed to fostering

and nurturing an energetic, collaborative and diverse workforce. R4D provides market-competitive salaries and comprehensive employee benefits.