Position Title: Consultant for Strengthening DPPM Partnership
Introduction
The U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID)Tuberculosis Private
Sector (TBPS) Activity supports the Government ofIndonesia’s (GOI’s) goal of
tuberculosis (TB) elimination by 2030. TBPSsupports a vision for fully
scalable, market-based and government-supported PPMprogramming that accelerates
private-sector diagnosis, notification, andsuccessful treatment to reduce TB
incidence and mortality. TBPS will workclosely with a wide-range of national,
provincial, and district-levelstakeholders to achieve the government’s broader
vision and support theattainment of goals outlined in the National Tuberculosis
Program ‘s(NTP)Strategic Plan to Control Tuberculosis 2016-2020.
The Ministry of Health (MOH) issued inNovember 2017 Guidelines on the
Development of District Action Plans (DAP) for Tuberculosis, which clearly
outlines a process for multi-sectoral engagement and development of the DAP.[1]
The DAP is intended to: 1) outline roles andresponsibilities for the local
government and other related parties to improvecommitment and leadership in
controlling TB, 2) strengthen TB- related planningand budgeting; 3) support
development of TB control regulations, 4) improvingcoordination of activity
planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation.The DAP guidelines
recognize that programming must be evidence-based with clearmedium-term
performance indicators and results, clear roles andresponsibilities, and
address resource and funding requirements. The DAP alsorecognizes that creating
political support at provincial and district levelsand multi-sectoral
stakeholder engagement is critical. The role of theconsultant will be to
support the initial stewardship assessment in North andSouth Jakarta districts
in collaboration with TBPS’ District TechnicalOfficers and Meridian Group
International, Inc.’s Senior Manager, Ms. CindiCisek.
DPPMStewardship Strengthening Strategy
The District Public-Private Mix (DPPM) stewardshipstrategy will be designed to
support strengthened governance and multi-sectoralengagement for the TB program
at the district-level. Each district’s stewardshipstrategy will be tailored to
the individual needs and progress of each districtbased on the results of the
capacity assessment. We assume that North and SouthJakarta districts will be
further along in the DAP process given their previoussupport from The Challenge
TB (CTB) project. The firstphase of the DPPM stewardship strengthening will
include two key steps: (1)Conduct district-level stewardship capacity
assessment for North and SouthJakarta districts; (2) Develop district-specific
stewardship strengtheningaction plan to be presented to TB Control Development
Teams.
1) Conduct district-levelstewardship capacity assessments. TPBS will
conduct district-level capacityassessments that focus on the strengths and
weaknesses of each district’s DAP. BothNorth and South Jakarta districts are
expected to have already developed theirown DAPs. The assessment will review
strengths and weaknesses of the DAP, interviewapproximately 10 key government
and approximately 10 private sector stakeholdersin each district (a list of
those to be interviewed with be developed incollaboration with TBPS), and
identify opportunities for increased privatesector engagement.
- Generating intelligence: Are DHOsand local stakeholders using an
evidence-based approach to understand andanalyze the TB program and to build
awareness around the roles of thenongovernment sector including for-profit
players? DAP guidelines specificallymention situation analysis, focus group
discussions for budget development,advocacy workshop for regulation on DAP,
stakeholder dissemination of workshop,data collection, and multi-stakeholder
workshops.
- Formulating strategic policydirection: Does district have a current,
validated TB DAP? What arethe competitive strengths and weaknesses in the TB
program and developstrategies and action plans that include the need for
increased domesticresource mobilization and a specific role for non-profit and
for-profit sectors?What is the overall budget for TB programming at the
district-level?
- Building coalitions andpartnerships: MOHs and stakeholders
establishor work through existing platforms for coordinating partnerships and
advocatingfor multi-sectoral dialogue. How often does the TB Control
Development Teammeet? Who are the non-governmentalstakeholders that participate
in the TB control development team? (e.g.universities, professional
associations, NGOs, and for-profit private sector)Does the DAP include an
activity matrix with overall roles and responsibilities?What non-governmental
resources are contributing to DAP?
- Ensuringtools for implementation: Do MOH andpartners understand
incentives and disincentives that exist and are partnersaware of existing tools
including the legal and regulatory framework to overseeTB programming in the
private sector?
- Aligningpolicy objectives and market interventions: Are there
existing initiatives that demonstrate how evidence-basedpolicies have led to
strategic coordination among public- and private-sectors,including reshaping
existing programs or introduction new market-interventionsand/or partnerships.
- Accountabilityand transparency: Are thereappropriate data systems to
provide data to track performance includingappropriate data from private
partners to understand overall TB programperformance. The key goal will be
tomove from policy dialogue to action, implementing specific
multi-sectoralinitiatives.
Theassessment willalso determine the strengths and weaknesses of the district’s
TB controldevelopment team and to what degree there is a strong
multi-sectoralrepresentation. Meridian will develop and pilot a district-level
capacityassessment tool to be used at the district-level, which will be refined
inclose collaboration with the consultant and TBPS team.
Deliverables: 1) Written comments (in English) provided on thedraft capacity
assessment tool; 2) written notes (in English) from eachinterview (1-2 pages
per interview) in district-level capacity assessment forNorth and South
Jakarta; 3) Writing of specific sections of the district-levelcapacity
assessment reports (in English) for North and South Jakarta (to bedetermined).
2) Develop district-levelstewardship strengthening action plans. Based
onthe findings of the capacity assessment, TBPS will develop several
keyrecommendations for the TB Control Development Team to consider in terms
ofconcrete actions for further strengthening implementation of the DAP
andmulti-sector coordination. The consultant will develop a
PowerPointpresentation (in Indonesian and English) that summarizes the
district-levelcapacity assessment report findings and strategic recommendations
to the TBControl Development Teams. The consultant will facilitate discussion
with keystakeholders to determine any agreed upon action points to be included
in theDAP.
Deliverables: 1)PowerPoint presentation (in Indonesian and English) developed
to include keyfindings and recommendations on concrete actions for further
strengthening DAPand multi-sector coordination; 2) Presentation delivered to
key stakeholdersfrom the TB Control Development Teams for both North and South
Jakarta.
ConsultantRequirements
§ At least 10 years’ professional experience in medical/healthrelated fields.
Preferred (not mandatory) Master’s degree in a public health,
medicine/pharmacology,or other related discipline.
§ Some private sector experience in Indonesia, either inservice-delivery
setting, working through NGOs, or pharmaceutical companies.
§ Familiarity with MOH’s National TB strategy through previous workexperience
related to the MOH.
§ Experience developing interview questionnaires, and conductinginterviews
with senior level professional health officials
§ Fluency in English and Indonesian and strong writing,communication, and
reporting skills
§ Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
§ Ability to work within tight deadlines
§ Flexibility, adaptability, and resourcefulness
Interested candidate please send your CV with the position title as subject
e-mail by the latest March 6, 2020 to hr.indonesia@xxxxxxxxxx
[1] Guidelines on theDevelopment of District Action Plan for Tuberculosis,
Ministry of Health of theRepublic of Indonesia, 2017.