Responsibilities
As the consultant, you will be responsible for reviewing Ghana's existing NTD Master Plan (2021–2025), assess its implementation progress, achievements, and challenges, incorporating stakeholder consultations to align national priorities, best practices, and lessons learned. Based on this assessment, a five-year strategic Master Plan will be developed, outlining a clear intervention strategy, budget allocations, and implementation frameworks. Additionally, the plan will identify funding gaps and propose sustainable financing mechanisms to strengthen NTD elimination efforts while enhancing monitoring and evaluation frameworks to effectively track program impact and effectiveness.
Scope of work
- Desk review of national policies, NTD reports, previous Master Plans, and relevant global health strategies.
- Stakeholder engagement with key actors, including government officials and Agencies, healthcare professionals, donors, CSOs, NGOs, research institutions, persons affected with NTDS, affected Communities etc.
- Situation analysis of the current NTD burden, intervention effectiveness, and financing trends in Ghana vis-à-vis other sector programmes.
- Drafting and validation of the newly costed NTD Master Plan, incorporating feedback from stakeholders.
- Review the current NTDs Master plan against the Health system strengthening (HSS) framework and identify gaps needed for inclusion in the new plan.
- Development of a comprehensive integrated monitoring evaluation and control plan to assess NTDs activities implementation in Ghana.
- Development of policy recommendations to enhance NTD program coordination and funding sustainability.
- Facilitation of validation workshops to ensure consensus on the final Master Plan.
Deliverables
- Situational Analysis Report detailing the progress, challenges, and gaps in previous NTD strategies.
- Stakeholder Consultation Summary capturing insights and recommendations from key actors.
- Draft NTD Master Plan (2025–2030) for review, validation, and refinement.
- Finalized Master Plan Document outlining strategic priorities, intervention approaches, and financial projections.
- Executive Summary & Policy Brief for high-level decision-makers and funding agencies.
- Dissemination of findings through stakeholder engagement workshop.
- Submission of Finalized report to Ghana Health Service NTDs Program and Sightsavers.
Skills and Experience
As the successful candidate you will have equivalent experience or a degree in Public Health, Epidemiology, Health Policy, or related fields. Have extensive experience in strategic Plan development and must have completed a similar assignment within the NTDs sector.
Further requirements include:
- Proven experience in NTD program development, policy analysis, and health systems strengthening.
- Strong expertise in disease surveillance, strategic planning, and stakeholder engagement.
- Familiarity with WHO guidelines, global NTD frameworks, and health financing mechanisms.
- Excellent analytical, report-writing, and facilitation skills to support the development of a comprehensive Master Plan.
- Must be based in Ghana with vast experience in the context of Ghana health Service systems.
Salary
Competitive
Monthly based
Location
Accra, Greater Accra Region, Ghana
Accra, Greater Accra Region, Ghana