United States of America: Training Design Contractor

Organization: Management Sciences for Health
Country: United States of America
Closing date: 20 Sep 2014

Statement of Work

****BACKGROUND****

Management Sciences for Health (MSH) has more than 40 years of experience working in establishing, managing, and evaluating pharmaceutical sector activities in developing countries. MSH’s Center for Pharmaceutical Management (CPM) is committed to providing technical assistance and training in pharmaceutical and commodity management worldwide and helping counterparts to strengthen pharmaceutical systems that are sustainable and locally owned.

The Systems for Improved Access to Pharmaceuticals and Services (SIAPS) Program funded by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) builds on the achievements of the its predecessor, the Strengthening Pharmaceutical Systems (SPS) Program, by working to ensure the availability of quality pharmaceutical products and effective pharmaceutical services to achieve desired health outcomes.

The program promotes and uses a systems-strengthening approach consistent with the Global Health Initiative (GHI) principles that will result in an improved and sustainable health impact. SIAPS’ approach emphasizes GHI principles, especially improving metrics, monitoring, and evaluation; empowering local governments and organizations; and increasing country ownership.

Toward this end, the SIAPS framework and result areas reflect the dynamic relationships among five health systems building blocks, with a pharmaceutical product overlay that guides technical content. The specific SIAPS results areas include:

· Strengthening pharmaceutical sector governance

· Building individual, organizational, and institutional capacity for pharmaceutical supply management and services

· Addressing the information for decision-making challenge in the pharmaceutical sector

· Strengthening financing strategies and mechanisms to improve access to medicines

· Improving pharmaceutical services to achieve desired health outcomes

The Improving Health Outcomes through Strengthening Pharmaceutical Management Systemsworkshop (SIAPS training workshop) is a highly participatory event designed to facilitate the understanding of the principles of pharmaceutical systems strengthening and how the application of a systems approach can lead to sustainable improvements in access to medicines. The target workshop audience includes but is not limited to high level policy makers, high level managers of national pharmacy departments, medicine regulatory agencies and heads of government institutions.

Its overall goal is to:

(1) Introduce the pharmaceutical system strengthening framework to participants

(2) Use the principles of the pharmaceutical system strengthening framework to address challenges with access to medicines

(3) Share the Systems for Improved Access to Pharmaceuticals and Services (SIAPS) experiences in applying this approach to bring about sustainable changes in policies and management arrangements within pharmaceutical management systems

Specific aspects of the workshop content will highlight how the framework can be used to strengthen technical areas such as supply chain management, pharmaceutical services, pharmaceutical systems and health elements (malaria, TB, HIV/AIDS, MNCH). SIAPS technical experts will share their insights about recent developments and best practices in pharmaceutical management, and will involve participants in a lively dialogue about their own knowledge and experience. Participants will leave the workshop with in-depth knowledge of this approach, its application and a clear understanding of how using this approach will ensure increased access to pharmaceutical products and services

****ACTIVITIES****

We are seeking an ****independent experienced training design contractor**** who will lead and implement the design and delivery of theImproving Health Outcomes through Strengthening Pharmaceutical Management Systemsworkshop (SIAPS training workshop). Based on the initial assessment of training design needs, the contractor shall:

1. Develop subject matter into appropriate foundational instructional materials including exercises, power point slides, trainer’s guide etc.
2. Collaborate with an MSH staff member who has experience in applying the pharmaceutical systems strengthening framework in real-life situations to design scenarios for teams to apply to the pharmaceutical systems strengthening framework under the guidance of facilitators.
3. Develop a facilitation model to accompany the scenarios and prepare the facilitators to use that model
4. Enhance facilitation skills of SIAPS subject matter experts and provide hands on guidance on effective forms of content delivery. (This will involve one in-person session with the SIAPS subject matter experts prior to workshop)
5. Support the development of tailored training modules in pharmaceutical systems strengthening for both live and virtual use, as requested
6. Provide suggestions (via email, phone or in person) on which components are foundational information that must be provided to the groups before they attempt to address the assigned problems and which components are to be learned experientially with guidance of group’s facilitators
7. Oversee pre-pilot session(s) during which workshop content, materials and scenarios will be reviewed by mock participants
8. Attend the 5-day workshop in Arlington, Virginia to observe, provide feedback and to facilitate separate feedback discussion with the participants and facilitators
9. Review/evaluate training techniques during subsequent pilot session (i.e. the first delivery with actual participants which is anticipated to provide valuable feedback that can be used to improve the rest of the workshop)
10. Develop workshop evaluation tool/plan that can yield results with scientific rigor appropriate for dissemination via international presentations and publications
11. Provide guidance on feedback evaluation and analysis as needed

Deliveries or Performance

Reports and Deliverables or Outputs

The Contractor will submit the following to the Project Office:

****Deliverable 1: First draft of proposed training workshop including agreed upon work plan, foundational instructional materials, exercises, power point slides etc.****

Due Date: September 29, 2014

****Deliverable 2: Second draft of proposed training workshop incorporating feedback from first draft and including scenarios****

Due Date: October 6, 2014

****Deliverable 3: Training notes and facilitation model for workshop facilitators****

Due Date: October 13, 2014

****Deliverable 4: One-on-one session (s) with workshop facilitators****

Due Date: October 20-24, 2014

****Deliverable 5: Pre-pilot session (s) with mock participants****

Due Date: October 28, 2014

****Deliverable 6: Pre-pilot feedback session with workshop facilitators****

Due Date: October 29, 2014

****Deliverable 7: Pilot session with trainer feedback and refinement****

Due Date: November 10, 2014

****Deliverable 8: Post-workshop evaluation materials****

Due Date: May 10, 2015

How to apply:

https://jobs-msh.icims.com/jobs/7737/training-design-contractor/job