Options Consultancy Services Limited is a leading global health consultancy established in 1992 as a wholly owned subsidiary of Marie Stopes International. We manage health programmes that ensure vulnerable women and children can access the high quality health services they need. We work with partners to co-create and implement locally informed solutions to complex health problems. This includes governments, development partners, NGOs, civil society and health workers. Our programming is flexible, evidence-based and politically informed. This means we adapt to changing contexts, use data to inform our decisions and ensure our approach is appropriate. Our focus is always on building local skills and systems that last.
Options is seeking to recruit a consultant to work with the Kenya Ministry of Health (MOH) to to revise and consolidate the Kenya Family Planning Quality Improvement Standards. The candidate should have a proven background in developing Quality Improvement Standards on Reproductive and Maternal Health.
The role objective is to revise the FP standards (2012) to include the current and emerging evidence-based practices in offering quality FP services in line with current global and National Standards and guidelines.
The consultant will conduct a literature review to identify existing FP Standards and quality improvement tools in use Globally and in the Kenya health sector, present an inception report to stakeholders and the Head - DRMH/MOH which includes a detailed work plan outlining timeline, methodology, key definitions, preliminary list of key resources and source materials, and draft 0 FP standards, provide technical support, and facilitate revision of the National FP Standards 2012 and design and plan for the 2 writing workshops for revision of the document among other tasks.
The deliverables of the role are:
To succeed in this role, you will have: