Job Information
Project/Activity
USAID/PIMMELA
Industry
USAID
City
Manila
State/Province
Manila
Country
Philippines
Zip/Postal Code
0000000
HIghest Level of Education
Bachelor's
Work Experience
5-7 years
Job Description
Position: Evaluation Coordinator and Research Associate
Location: Philippines
Reports to: Evaluation Team Leader
Period of Performance: July 2024 October 2024
Background
Panagora Group is a social enterprise dedicated to providing high-quality, high-impact international development, global health, and learning consulting. We are a dynamic, woman- and employee-owned small business partner focused on market-based and integrated local solutions that strengthen country capacity and independence; and on learning, communications, and technology solutions to accelerate and heighten the impact.
Panagora provides technical and advisory services related to monitoring, evaluation, research, and learning to USAID/Philippines. Under the USAID/Philippines, Pacific Islands, and Mongolia Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Activity (PIMMELA), we are supporting the USAID Office of Health (OH) in conducting an evaluation of the Primary Care Provider Network (PCPN) Sandbox implementation.
Within the integrated local health system reform framework of the Republic Act No. 11223 or the Universal Health Care (UHC) Act and its Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR), the PhilHealth is currently implementing a sandbox setting of a network contracting arrangement of primary care providers of its Konsultasyong Sulit at Tama or Konsulta Package. The Konsulta is a primary care benefit package which covers a set of individual-based health services that includes initial and follow-up primary care consultations, health screening and assessment, and access to selected diagnostics services and medicines for various conditions, including communicable and non-communicable diseases and sexual and reproductive health.
PhilHealth considers the primary care provider network (PCPN), a group of Konsulta Package Providers (public, private, or mixed) with established interoperable system for efficient provision of services under Konsulta benefit package, as its first step and the core to the formation of comprehensive health care provider networks (HCPNs), covering all three levels of care.
The PCPN Sandbox is the first small-scale live testing of innovations in a controlled environment under PhilHealth's supervision of Universal Health Care (UHC) reforms. It has been implemented by the local governments of the City of Baguio and three provinces: Bataan, Quezon, and South Cotabato from July 2023 and will end by June
The PCPN Sandbox aims to enable PhilHealth to contract pre-identified LGUs and private health care providers to test PCPN innovations and model(s) to promote effective and efficient delivery of Konsulta benefits. It has the following objectives:
(1) Test network contracting models in implementing and improving utilization and delivery of Konsulta services to determine operational and financial sustainability in selected sites
(2) Promote formation of Primary Care Provider Networks, specifically: (a) increase registration of PhilHealth members to Konsulta providers; (b) improve utilization of Konsulta services; and (c) prepare for referral and service delivery arrangements for a more comprehensive set of services within a network setting
(3) Establish standards for contracting of provider networks
(4) Establish and manage a Special Health Fund (SHF) for local government units (LGUs) or pooled fund for private health sectors, as applicable, to sustain and improve health systems operations
(5) Assess the readiness of the LGUs, private health care facilities and PhilHealth in the adoption of network contracting mechanisms
(6) Provide guidance to the Commission on Audit (COA), Bureau of Local Government Finance (BLGF), Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and other concerned agencies on the issuance of respective guidelines on the implementation of health care provider network contracting
This evaluation will assess the contribution of the implementation of the PCPN Konsulta Sandbox as a reform initiative to operationalize local health system integration under the UHC and to enhance delivery of primary health care services in the four (4) sandbox sites.
Position Summary
Panagora Group seeks a short-term technical consultant to serve as Evaluation Coordinator and Research Associate for the Evaluation of the Primary Care Provider Network (PCPN) Sandbox Implementation. S/he will serve as member of the evaluation team, providing coordination, logistics, and technical support in terms of data collection, management, quality assurance, analysis, and visualization. S/He will participate in all aspects of the evaluation, including planning, data collection, data analysis and report writing. The evaluation is expected to be carried out between July-October 2024. The position will report to the Evaluation Team Leader and will work closely with the performance evaluation team and PIMMELA's Senior Health M&E Specialist.
Responsibilities:
Prepare weekly accomplishment reports on tasks assigned by the evaluation team leader during the planning, implementation, and report drafting and finalization phases of the evaluation.
Provide research support for a virtual desk review of existing literature, project documents and secondary data during the evaluation design phase.
Support the development of the evaluation design and work plan, including the evaluation design matrix, data analysis plan, data collection protocols and tools, and workplan timeline.
Support the development and pre-test of evaluation protocols and tools, conduct of orientation/data quality workshop on the evaluation protocols and tools, and logistics preparation for personnel involved in field data collection.
Assist in data collection by providing notetaking and management support during site visits, key informant interviews, focus group discussions, and structured observations.
Provide data management, consolidation, and analysis support to ensure accuracy and integrity and ethical compliance.
Support in the development of the draft evaluation report, including providing research inputs to specific sections and creating charts, graphs, and tables to effectively present data.
Provide inputs to the slide presentation of draft findings and document meeting agreements, next steps, timelines, and responsibilities during the debriefing.
Attend the consultation forum for results validation with key stakeholders, providing inputs to the slide presentations, documenting agreements, next steps, timelines, and responsibilities.
Provide inputs to final evaluation report as assigned by the evaluation team leader.
Support routine briefings with USAID OH and PIMMELA on tasks assigned by the evaluation team leader.
Requirements
Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline but with a health focus (public health, economics, public policy, development studies, social sciences)
At least 5 years experience in field-based and remote evaluation and/or research
Experience planning and coordinating data collection activities, including logistics for evaluation and/or research in the Philippines
Experience conducting qualitative and quantitative data collection
Experience in data management
Able to analyze quantitative data, primarily using descriptive and advance statistical analyses
Able to analyze qualitative data
Experience using analytical software
Proficient in English
Previous work with USAID health projects/activities in the Philippines
Familiarity with health programs and local health systems in the Philippines
Local consultant, based in the Philippines
Panagora Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race or ethnicity, religion, sex, national origin, age, veteran disability or genetic information or any other reason prohibited by law in employment.
