NGO JOBS

Company Profile: Management Systems International (MSI) is a global international development firm based in Washington, D.C. providing specialized short- and long-term technical assistance. MSI is part of Coffey International Development, a global international development consulting firm. Together with Coffey ID, MSI now has more than 1,500 development professionals worldwide, a corporate presence in 11 countries and manages more than 200 projects worldwide. It currently manages more than 20 long-term projects in countries, including Iraq, Sudan, Colombia and Russia. Broadly, MSI implements a range of analytical and field projects in its core technical areas, including democracy and governance, strategic management and performance improvement, organizational capacity building, human development and natural resource management. For more information on MSI, please visit our website at www.msiworldwide.com.

Project/Proposal Summary:
The Iraqi Ministry of Health (MOH) is currently undergoing a process of health reform and moving forward with reorganizing and stabilizing its health services. Ensuring access to routine, high quality and equitable healthcare has emerged as a critical need and the Government of Iraq is committed to improving the quality of primary healthcare (PHC) services. The USAID-funded Primary Health Care Project in Iraq (PHCPI) is working to strengthen health sector capacity to provide essential PHC services and expand availability of such services throughout the country, with increasing coverage for vulnerable and at-risk populations, such as children under five, women, and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). The objectives of the PHCPI are to strengthen management systems, improve quality and use of clinical services, and increase community involvement in health service delivery leading to increased demand for and use of PHC services. The project covers over 360 clinics and 18 governorates.

Position Summary:
The Health Human Resources Advisor will be a short term position lasting an initial six weeks with the possibility for extension or additional assignments. The primary focus of the position is to launch human resources trainings and standard practices for primary health care workers. However, responsibilities will vary depending on the strengths of the consultant and the project needs at the time as determined by the Chief of Party.

Responsibilities:• Train staff at participating clinics in clinical standards and protocols for five or more key clinical services; • Develop training materials;• Train local trainers to ensure the availability of on-going training activities;• Disseminate National Statement of Patients' Rights in Primary Health Care; • Design and implement a process/system to receive, evaluate and take action in response to client/community input regarding health in accordance with the Community Partnership Handbook.

Qualifications:• Master’s degree in public health, medicine, health administration, community medicine, or human resources;• Experience in human resources in the Middle East;• Previous experience in advising at the ministry level for health programs in Iraq or other countries in the Middle East;• Arabic skills are a plus.

Only candidates who have been selected for an interview will be contacted. No phone calls, please.

Pharmaceutical Management Advisor (Short-term), Primary Health Care Project, Baghdad

Company Profile: Management Systems International (MSI) is a global international development firm based in Washington, D.C. providing specialized short- and long-term technical assistance. MSI is part of Coffey International Development, a global international development consulting firm. Together with Coffey ID, MSI now has more than 1,500 development professionals worldwide, a corporate presence in 11 countries and manages more than 200 projects worldwide. It currently manages more than 20 long-term projects in countries, including Iraq, Sudan, Colombia and Russia. Broadly, MSI implements a range of analytical and field projects in its core technical areas, including democracy and governance, strategic management and performance improvement, organizational capacity building, human development and natural resource management. For more information on MSI, please visit our website at www.msiworldwide.com.

Project/Proposal Summary:
The Iraqi Ministry of Health is currently engaged to move forward with stabilizing and reorganizing its health services. Ensuring access to routine, high quality and equitable healthcare has emerged as a critical need and the Government of Iraq is committed to improving the quality of primary healthcare (PHC) services. To assist with these efforts, USAID’s Primary Health Care Project Iraq (PHCPI) has been designed to support the Iraqi Ministry of Health (MoH) to achieve its strategic goal through putting in place key building blocks to support the delivery of quality PHC services at the community and facility levels. Within this framework, PHCPI includes three components: 1) Strengthening Supportive Management Systems and Processes, 2) Strengthening Quality Clinical Care, and 3) Building Community Partnerships for PHC. The PHCPI will last for 4 years.

Position Summary:
The Pharmaceutical Management Advisor position is short term assignment based in Baghdad. The consultancy will take place over two six-week periods, the first of which is to begin as soon as possible.

Responsibilities during initial 6 week assignment:• Develop and submit standardized medication/pharmaceutical list in accordance with the Essential Medicines `List for MoH PHC’s of varied types/levels.• Develop and submit verification protocols that all PHC’s have access to aforementioned medications as previously described.• Develop and submit pharmacy supply chain algorithm to be posted in all PHC’s containing pharmacies. • Develop and submit educational curriculum to train pharmacy staff on supply chain management, if necessary.• Develop and submit Standard Operating Procedures in accordance with MoH guidelines as they apply to the delivery of pharmaceuticals in PHC’s.

Responsibilities during second 6 week assignment:• Develop and submit policies/protocols for addressing proper storage, refrigeration, temperature, stock inventory, labeling, and environment for pharmaceuticals.• Develop and submit drug classification identification system by drug class, label, color and type.• Develop and submit a policy/protocol on First In-First Out to avoid drug expirations.• Develop and submit a pharmaceutical record, if not already existent, compatible with MoH regulations which track and identify medication usage, dispensing individual, and reorder.• Develop and submit verification record or training curriculum (if necessary) to insure pharmacists are supplying patients with all pertinent information.• Develop guidelines for the pharmacy supply chain management and confirm guidelines are present and followed by trained staff through education.

Qualifications:• Master’s degree in pharmacy or public health.• At least 10 years of relevant experience.• Middle East working experience.• Arabic fluency required.

Only candidates who have been selected for an interview will be contacted. No phone calls, please.

Project/Proposal Summary:

MSI is implementing the Iraq Administrative Reform Project - Tarabot. The Tarabot project works to improve the functions of the Government of Iraq’s public institutions in order to improve services delivery processes through better governance and resource management approaches. It is scheduled to run through 2015.

The National Policy Management (NPM) component is responsible for building policy design, implementation and analysis capacity in the highest national executive offices and in key ministries and in all provinces. A critical element is the establishment of an inclusive national policy development process that systematically consults with stakeholders representing business, academia, and civil society.

The NPM component works to strengthen and develop the administration and management of the new Office of Policy Development (OPD) of the Prime Minister. This includes training OPD staff in the policy making process as well as providing technical assistance on policy issues to OPD advisors who are working on social, political and economic problems. The project also provides technical training in policy development to advisors of the President, the ministries and provincial councils and works to educate the private sector, NGOs, universities, think tanks and media outlets about their role in the policy development process.

Position Summary:

MSI seeks to build a cadre of Senior Advisors in public policy who will deploy to Baghdad for short term assignments to provide technical expertise to the project and to the Government of Iraq (GoI). Individual advisors will be well versed in a particular policy sub field with considerable experience working in a governing entity designing and implementing public policy. Public policy subfields may include working with legislative bodies, federal government agencies, economic advisors, environmental regulators, or health and agricultural departments. The Senior Advisor will deliver workshops and trainings to Iraqi public policy practitioners in the Office of Policy Development as well as to public policy advisors to the offices of the President, the ministries and provincial councils. He/she or she will liaise with counterparts in GoI and will provide council and assistance in all stages of the public policy development process.

MSI anticipates that individual advisors might make multiple short trips (3+ weeks) over a span of months. The Senior Advisor will report to the Deputy Chief of Party of National Policy Management, her/his supervisor.

This is a short term consultancy based in Baghdad, Iraq.

Responsibilities:

•· Deliver workshops on all aspects of the public policy development process to selected advisors of the President, Prime Minister, ministries, Parliament, and provincial councils;•· Provide technical assistance on drafting policy papers on policy issues developed by the offices of the President, Prime Minister, ministries, and provincial councils;•· Assist in setting up new policy offices in provinces, and in the Parliament;•· Provide capacity building in policy development to the staff of the new policy offices in Parliament, provincial councils, and selected ministries;•· Assist in developing Strategic Plans for new policy offices in provinces, Parliament and in central ministries;•· Develop SOPs for new policy offices in provinces, Parliament and selected ministries;•· Review and update the SOPs and Strategic Plan of the offices of the President and Prime Minister;•· Liaise with the advisor of policy communication and outreach;•· Liaise with the advisor for policy implementation, monitoring and evaluation;•· Liaise with the advisors working on regulatory reform;•· Liaise with the other components of the Tarabot project;•· Provide guidance and assistance on the websites of the Prime Minister’s Office of Policy Development, the President’s Bureau of Public Policy, and the policy units in ministries;•· Deliver written reports, study guides, technical materials, etc on all work conducted while on assignment to the Tarabot project in accordance with project style guides;•· Any other tasks requested by the Deputy Chief of Party of National Policy Management.

Qualifications: •· Must hold a post-graduate degree; a doctoral degree in public policy, public administration, political science, social sciences, government affairs, economics or a law degree is preferred;•· Must have expertise in at least one area of public policy – economic, social, legislative, environmental, health, energy, agricultural, or other;•· Experience as a policy practitioner at the state or federal level is highly preferred;•· Prior experience consulting with policy makers is very helpful;•· Knowledge of Arabic language is helpful.

Only candidates who have been selected for an interview will be contacted. No phone calls, please.