Job Description

Liaison Expert to the Field for Maternal Waiting Home (RTK)

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Project Overview and Role:

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

Background
The health sector in Indonesia is fundamentally changing through the Government’s effort towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC). Importantly, this ambitious agenda must be implemented in a cost-effective manner to manage the financial burden for the Government of Indonesia. Private Sector Engagement is one of the key strategies for the Government to achieve its Mid-term Development Plan (RPJMN) targets. By partnering with the private sector, Indonesia can more efficiently and effectively achieve the health sector’s UHC goals across prevention, promotion, and treatment. the Ministry of Health’s Centre of Health Financing and Insurance (PPJK) is currently developing a Technical Guideline for Non-Infrastructure public-private partnerships (PPP; Kemitraan Pemerintah Swasta/ KPS). This guideline outlines and clarifies several mechanisms for contracting private sector entities for the delivery of health services, summarizes the process for procurement, and lists the funding sources that can be used for these purposes all in one place.
While it finalizes the Non-Infrastructure PPP Technical Guideline, PPJK has highlighted the importance of identifying and piloting a service-oriented health PPP, which provides an opportunity to apply the Technical Guideline and showcase how PPPs can be used to achieve key RPJMN goals. While the pilot may be implemented only in one or a handful of districts, the learnings from the development and implementation of the PPP pilot is intended to galvanize support and adoption of the mechanism across the country. It is critical that the opportunity identified has potential to address issues faced across the country and identify or build capacity of private sector partners to be able to replicate/ adapt the model. Through a series of interviews, PPJK and the USAID-funded Health Policy Plus (HP+) project have identified several potential PPP opportunities.
One notable option is to partner with the private sector to manage Maternity Waiting Homes (RTK = Rumah Tunggu Kelahiran), adding discrete services that strengthen the continuum of care from the community level to the maternity waiting home and ultimately to the health facility where the pregnant women – especially those who might be at risk of complication – will be able to deliver safely. The services require further refinement and customization based on the needs of the local community. The PPP intends to support and strengthen the maternity continuum of care that is overseen and provided by the Puskesmas. Commitment and guidance by the Puskesmas on the MWH+ model is vital to the PPP’s ultimate objective of improving the health outcomes of pregnant women and newborns.
Based on government priority and local government interest, Gowa district has been proposed for this Maternity Waiting Home PPP pilot.
In line with concept development, it is critical to assess the geographic location in which a maternity waiting home PPP could be a strategic solution for the local challenge. Furthermore, HP+ and partners must assess, communicate, and align the interest and priorities of the local government, local health service, and community support for this idea. To finalize the concept, available resources in the field should also be identified, so that the implementation, governance, and financing structures for this pilot RTK in Gowa can be articulated and agreed upon.
To facilitate this critical step, HP+ is seeking a consultant to act as a Liaison Expert to the Field for this Maternity Waiting Home PPP concept and supervise the Partnerships implementation. The Consultant will work closely with HP+ team based in Jakarta to engage the District Health Office and Puskesmas to gain their input on how a PPP could assist in furthering their maternal and newborn health goals, and to better understand the community needs to refine the services to be offered through the PPP. Ultimately, she/he will complete the necessary tasks and gather information to advance this pilot preparation in earnest to, at minimum, get commitment from the Local Partners or Stakeholders to this concept.
The consultant will report to HP+ Private Sector Senior Technical Advisor in Jakarta. She/He will also support HP+ Government Relation Manager to update and respond to any requests from PPJK specific to this PPP concept.

Consultant Responsibilities:

• Maintain and develop good communication, relationships and support from District Government Offices, Local Partners (include CSO/NGOs, Corporates and Association/Foundation)
• Ensuring the realization of Partnerships between Local Government entities (DHO) with PT. Indofood Sukses Makmur, Dompet Dhuafa, CSR Forum and implemented by the Jaz Publik Organization

- Continue facilitate the preparation of Cooperative Agreement (PKS) among Partners who supporting the Pilot RTK + in Gowa. - - - Make sure that the signing PKS will be happened at 1st week of September.

• Build appropriate relationship, preliminary introduction and advocacy of the concept and get support, then organize and execute a meeting with HP+ Jakarta, Local Entity, and any other relevant public and private sector entity. This includes Bupati, Bapeda, Provincial Health Office, relevant Puskesmas and Hospital, and relevant local entity/ community leadership to get endorsement and support to ther RTK+ pilot.
• Assist the DHO and Partners to be ready present the concept and plan of implementation the RTIK+ pilot to MOH (PPJK and Kesga) with coordination with HP+ team in Jakarta.
• Provide supervision and technical assistant to the DHO and Partners on effective implementation program as well as capacity building in running the RTK+ so it will become a good pilot model that can be replicated and adopted by another region and event national model.
• Monitoring and reporting the progress based on the finding in the field, as well as making recommendation for improvement

Deliverables
This is a deliverable-based contract. The Consultant will work closely with HP+ Private Sector Senior Technical Advisor in Jakarta to ensure accuracy and completeness of deliverables as outlined below.

Task and Deliverable

Due Date

Estimated Level of Effort

Task: Handover work and get introduce by previous consultant to all stakeholders in Gowa that involve in RTK+ pilot

Deliverable: Report of handover and schedule of consultant work

30 of August

2 days

Task: Continue facilitate the preparation of Cooperative Agreement (PKS) among Partners who supporting the Pilot RTK + in Gowa. Make sure that the signing PKS will be happened at 1st week of September.

Paralel with the preparation of signing PKS, build appropriate relationship, preliminary introduction and advocacy of the concept and get support, then organize and execute a meeting with HP+ Jakarta, Local Entity, and any other relevant public and private sector entity. This includes Bupati, Bapeda, Provincial Health Office, relevant Puskesmas and Hospital, and relevant local entity/ community leadershipto get endorsement and support to ther RTK+ pilot

Deliverable: PKS signed by all parties with witness from Related other Local Government entities, USAID and MOH

1st week of September

7 days

Task: Assist the DHO and Partners to be ready present the concept and plan of implementation the RTIK+ pilot to MOH (PPJK and Kesga) with coordination with HP+ team in Jakarta.

Deliverable: DHO and partners present the RTK+ concept to MOH

2nd week of September

3 days

Task: Provide supervision and technical assistant to the DHO and Partners on effective implementation program as well as capacity building in running the RTK+ so it will become a good pilot model that can be replicated and adopted by another region and event national model

Deliverable: The RTK+ ready and continue running the program in house and outreach

start from 3rd week of September up to December

5 days each month

Task: Monitoring and Reporting the progress based on the finding in the field, as well as making recommendation for improvement

Deliverable: progress report

Two weekly updates from September up to December 2021

5 days

Required Qualifications:

Requirements and Qualifications:

Experience (50%)

• Have minimum 5 years experiences working in the MNH field with local and national government of Indonesia. Also, several health topics related to MNH such as immunization, stunting, TB and wellbeing.
• Have an adequate background in health science and health program management in the field. Including USAID funded programs minimum 5 years experiences.
• Have an adequate experience working with Local NGO and Community program related with health.
• Able to develop of coordination mechanisms multi sectors to foster collaboration and alignment across health system levels as well as community engagement especially for Maternal Waiting Home concept.
• Have access and familiar with the location of program implementation area
• Understanding of health systems challenges in developing country contexts, Indonesia contexts, especially South Sulawesi contexts

Technical (30%)

• Education and clinical training e.g. physician, nurse, or public health systems/policy expert

- Ability to provide guidance and direction on the strategic approach to addressing the Maternal Waiting Home function and role - Ability to do technical assistance for Local Partners (DHO and NGO) on program and financial management, capacity building in outreaching community, engagement with private sector .

• Ability to work based in South Sulawesi, especially for Gowa District. As well as intensive coordination with Jakarta Office
• Advanced in provide electronic report, skilled in presentation, and communicating with multi stakeholders.
• English proficiency is preferred

Cost (20%)

• Proposed daily rate.