*The USAID Jalin Project*
*Scope of Work*
*Consultant, MNH at the Workplace Coordinator*
*Background*
The *USAID Jalin* Project (hereafter referred to as “Jalin” or the
“Project”) is a five-year initiative implemented by DAI Global, LLC and its
consortium of partners – IntraHealth, Vital Strategies, and Market Share
Associates. The overall goal of Jalin is to contribute to national goals to
accelerate maternal and newborn mortality reduction. Indonesia has these
national goals, and they have been recently reconfirmed at Presidential
level, because the maternal and neonatal mortality rates are among the
highest in the region, they are far above the Sustainable Development Goals
targets; and they have stagnated in recent years. The overarching problem
that Jalin is striving to solve is: the quality of care accessible to
mothers and newborns is uneven across the country as seen in both public
and private facilities at both primary and secondary level of care.
*Women in the Workplace:* In 2018, Central Statistics Indonesia recorded an
increase in women’s participation rate in the labor force to 55.4 percent.
There are 46 million female laborers in Indonesia, of which 35.3% work in
Garment, Textiles and Footwear. Central Java, East Java, Banten and West
Java have the highest proportion of female workers in Indonesia.
Factory jobs are a preferred option for young women from low-income
families. For working pregnant women, however, these jobs can limit their
access to health services as regular antenatal (ANC) and postnatal (PNC)
check-ups are usually offered in health centers (Puskesmas) during working
hours. Women are often dismissed from work for matters related to family
planning, and following childbirth or maternity leave. Workplace programs
can address and raise awareness of these issues and help protect women
workers’ rights which can improve worker productivity and retention rates
for the businesses. Additionally, these programs can improve access to
essential health services which can contribute to better MNH outcomes, a
finding of the CCPHI Case Study ‘Working Together to improve the health of
workers and the community in Indonesia.’
*USAID Jalin Solutions: *USAID Jalin contributes to improving MNH in the
Workplace aiming to protect women’s rights – especially with regard to
their reproductive health (menstruation, pregnancy, delivery, and
breastfeeding) and to further protect them from high-risk conditions that
might put their fertility, pregnancies and newborns at risk. As a part of
broader private sector engagement approaches, and as local solutions
derived from co-creation with stakeholders in the provinces in which USAID
Jalin works, the Project is supporting three MNH in the Workplace programs
in Central and West Java. Each of these programs aims to improve female
workers’ awareness and knowledge about MNH. However, the three USAID Jalin
pilot programs are implemented in collaboration with different partners and
leverage different approaches. Jalin also plans to collaborate with VF
Cooperations (VFC) to expand the MNH at the Workplace program into their
factories. After finalizing the rapid assessment of MNH at the Workplace,
the information needs to be gathered, compiled and ultimately tailor to
develop a program for VFC.
*Role Overview*
To support in the development of the MNH at the Workplace strategy, with a
focus on VFC, USAID Jalin will contract a consultant to support information
gathering, documentation and sharing of current MNH at workplace
activities; to plan a co-creation workshop with VFC and Jalin stakeholders;
and to coordinate between implementation sites, Jalin offices and VFC as
needed.
*Duties and Responsibilities*
The Consultant, MNH at the Workplace Coordinator will be based in Jakarta
at the USAID Jalin office. S/he works closely with all Jalin staff to
oversee and contribute to activity implementation and effectively
communicate Jalin approaches, activities, outputs, and impacts with USAID,
the Government of Indonesia, and other audiences as requested. The
consultant reports directly to the Senior Technical Advisor for day-to-day
technical supervision.
Specific responsibilities of the consultant include, but are not limited to:
· Review and technically strengthening Jalin’s documents (including
presentations, tools, SOPs, manuals etc) that are developed for MNH at the
workplace activities and develop documents in case there are gaps.
· Lead (under guidance of the Senior Technical Advisor) preparation
of the co-creation workshop with VFC and USAID Jalin (beginning of March)
through development/ revision of needed documents (agenda, invitation,
presentation, information material etc) and ensure meaningful workshop
documentation
· Support strategy development for VFC’s MNH at the workplace program
through coordination, material development/ sharing and support as required
· Coordinate between Jalin regional offices and Jakarta and ensure
smooth and direct communication and information exchange
· Ensure all final documentation including reports, presentations,
manuals etc are available and to highest quality possible in English as
well as in Indonesian
· Other supporting activities as needed by Jalin and requested by the
Senior Technical Advisor
*Timeline*
24 February - 30 April for a maximum of 30 working days (with option of
extension)
Payments on monthly bases, based on invoice
*Requirements*
· Public Health degree with solid understanding of Reproductive
Health and / or Maternal Neonatal Health; preferably experience with MNH at
the workplace
· At least 2 years of experience in national/ international
development including program coordination
· Ability to prepare and present reports, presentations and other
products in English and Bahasa Indonesia
· Computer literacy in Microsoft Office applications.
· Skilled in partnership management and working collaboratively with
multiple stakeholders
· Excellent oral and written communication skill (including reports,
presentations and other products) in Bahasa Indonesia and English.
Interested and qualified applicants could send the cover letter and CV
by *February
26, 2020 at 05.00 PM Jakarta Time to **indonesiamnh@xxxxxxx
<indonesiamnh@xxxxxxx>** with “Consultant – MNH in the Workplace"* in the
subject line and specify the availability date in the CV. Only shortlisted
candidates will be contacted directly.
