NHSSP is a technical assistance programme to the MOHP, funded with UKaid. The programme is a technical component of the UK’s support to the MoHP under the Nepal Health Sector Programme-3. It is designed to support the goals of Nepal Health Sector Strategy (2015/16-2020/21) and contribute to the MoHP’s efforts to provide quality health services leaving no-one behind.
The programme has been running from April 2017 and will continue until December 2022 to cover the overarching priorities of Health System Strengthening at Subnational Level, whereby, L&G Provincial Coordinator will provide technical assistance to GoN at provincial level and oversee designated palika level activities. The programme is implemented by a consortium that is led by Options Consultancy Limited, with HERD International and Oxford Policy Management.
The L&G Provincial Coordinator will provide technical assistance (TA) under the L&G thematic area. The aim of this post is to provide effective technical inputs to the Provincial Ministry responsible for health sector management -such as Ministry of Social Development (MoSD) / Provincial Ministry of Health and Population (PMoHP) and other health sector entities (such as Provincial Health and Logistics Management Center and Provincial Health Directorate) to enable them to deliver against the objectives of NHSP 3, especially improving policy performance at the sub-national level through better formulation and implementation of new and existing policies, at the Provincial and palika level. Under the leadership of the L&G Thematic Team Lead for technical matters and Subnational Programme Coordinator for supervision and administrative matters, the L&G Provincial Coordinator will develop the framework for providing technical support under this thematic area at sub-national levels and oversee its technical delivery to ensure thematic priorities are met.
The main purpose of this role is to support government counterparts to carry out their governance functions efficiently, effectively, equitably and in a responsive manner, ensuring systems and structures are appropriate in delivering high quality and accessible health services. S/he will support NHSSP’s “politically smart and adaptive programming” objectives by understanding respective provincial ministry level organisational functions and relationships in the system and contributing to effectiveness of those related to health programming budgets and expenditure.
The L&G Provincial Coordinator will be responsible for;
Benefits
As per HERD International terms and conditions.
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