• SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT – HUMAN RESOURCE FOR HEALTH
  • BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT

Background

Natview Foundation for Technology Innovation (NFTI) is a non-profit organization inspired by the potential to use technology to contribute to the evolution of policy tracking, monitoring, and evaluation (M&E) across the social sectors of Health, Education, and Agriculture in Nigeria and across the West African sub-region for social good. The foundation aims to provide innovators across the public sector and the social development space with platforms for experimenting and using the power of technology to confront real-world challenges and policy issues by providing exciting ways to generate data for decision-making.

1. TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT – HUMAN RESOURCE FOR HEALTH

As part of the activities for implementing a Human Resource Health Management Information System (HRHMIS) for the Kaduna State Primary Healthcare Board which is geared towards creating an integrated human resourcing record system and business process mapping of various HRH business rules especially as it relates to generating a real-time summary of human resourcing distribution across the board and various reporting metrics to drive insights on HRH.

The HRH SME expert on Health will work under the direct supervision of the Executive Director, working with the Programme Coordinator and Senior Programme Officer of the Foundation to support the needs assessments and process implementation of the HRHMIS.

Location: Kaduna State

Major Duties and Responsibilities

The HRH Consultant will be responsible for technical and project management responsibilities in the full implementation of a Human Resource Management Information System for the Kaduna State Primary Health Care Board. He/She will also be responsible for ensuring standards in implementation and periodic reporting/ knowledge management. He/She will have the following responsibilities:

Review Existing Body of Knowledge

  • Conduct a comprehensive desk review of the existing body of work and other efforts in the state toward improving human resource management and health workforce planning
  • Submit desk review report with reference documentation, including mapping key areas of alignment, and lessons learned from past work

Support in the documentation of  Human Resource Operational Processes and Procedures

  • Work with key teams especially the Business Development SME to understand and document HRH operational processes across the following domain areas;
  1. Nominal Roll Generation and Update
  2. Document Management and Archiving of Staff Records
  3. Leave Application and Approval
  4. Retirement and Attrition Management
  5. In-service and other Programme Training
  6. Hiring and Firing
  7. Payroll Generation and Salary Payment
  8. Attendance Management
  • Support in organizing and implementing validation exercises with key stakeholders to sign off the documented operational procedures and processes
  • Work with the Business Development Manager to translate and codify agreed and validated processes for implementation

Support in Defining Minimum Data Requirements for the HRMIS Platform

  • Working with the state and also aligning with international best practices, develop a minimum data requirement for the HRMIS platform in the state.
  • Work with relevant teams to identify data gaps and develop a roadmap for addressing the identified gaps
  • Work with the state to validate the cleaned nominal roll for the pipeline

Work with the State to Define Strategic Objectives for HRH Reporting

  • Engage with High and Mid-level officers in the state to understand some of the HRH policy objectives and goals of the state to define key reporting elements and matrix for the HRMIS platform
  • Work with relevant teams to implement reporting frame of the tool based on defined strategic questions

Project Management

  • Support in planning for and ensuring the implementation of activities based on agreed timelines
  • Engage with key stakeholders across all levels to understand processes and document challenges at each stage of implementation
  • Submit periodic reports on the progress of implementation, possible opportunities for alignment, challenges, and recommendations
  • Support in training and hand-holding key persons on the use of the platform and in documenting use cases

Qualifications

  • A Bachelor’s degree in Medicine, Pharmacy, Nursing, Medical Science and a Master’s degree in Public Health, Health Policy, Health Economics, Development Studies, Health informatics, or any other related field.
  • Minimum of 5 years progressive experience in health system strengthening and human resourcing planning & policy formulation, and health administration.
  • Working knowledge of health informatics and health data processes in Nigeria
  • A good understanding of the health indices in Northern Nigeria especially Kaduna
  • Demonstrated ability to work with government staff at multiple levels, including the state, local and facility levels
  • Knowledge and experience working with both public and private health sectors
  • Have working knowledge and understanding of the health sector in Kaduna

Duration

  • Initially 20 Days, subject to review to additional consulting periods

 

2. TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT

As part of the activities for implementing a Human Resource Health Management Information System (HRHMIS) for the Kaduna State Primary Healthcare Board es which is geared towards creating an integrated human resourcing record system and process mapping of various HRH business rules for the board especially as it relates to generating a real-time summary of human resourcing distribution across the board and various reporting metrics to drive insights on HRH.

The BD SME expert on Health will work under the direct supervision of the Executive Director, working with the Programme Coordinator and Senior Programme Officer of the Foundation to support needs assessments which are subject to extension

Location: Kaduna State

Major Duties and Responsibilities

The Business Development SME will be responsible for supporting NFTI to design and develop standard operating procedures (SOP) and use cases based on agreed business rules.  Working with the HRH SME and NFTI team,  the business development SME will help in documenting business requirements and processes for setting up the HRHMIS platform some of the tasks that the BDSME will perform are provided in the schedule below:

Identify needs requirements and business rules that are critical to operationalizing the HRH Business Processes & Operating Procedures

  • Work with HRH SME to conduct a comprehensive desk review of the existing business rules, needs requirements, and HRH processes
  • Submit desk review report with reference documentation, including mapping key areas of alignment to enhance existing processes.

Develop needs requirements & use cases for digitizing the HRHMIS platform using agreed/defined Document HRH Operational Processes and  Procedures

  • Work with key teams to develop business process flow and needs assessment requirements from the implementation of the SOPs identified and agreed upon across the following domain areas:
  1. Nominal Roll Generation and Update
  2. Generation and usage of Biometric Files and Facial Capture
  3. Document Management and Archiving of Staff Records
  4. Leave Application and Approval Processes
  5. Retirement and Attrition Management
  6. Talent Management: In-service and other Programme Training
  7. Hiring and Disengagement Process
  8. Payroll Generation and Salary Payment
  9. Attendance Management
  • Support in organizing and implementing validation exercises with key stakeholders to sign off the documented operational procedures and processes
  • Work with the HRH Expert to translate and codify agreed and validated processes for implementation

Engage with Technical Teams in Software and Data Management to define implementation guidelines for HRHMIS

  • Work with Technical teams in NFTI’s software and data engineering units to develop HRHMIS in alignment with the HRH SOP and business operational framework
  • Participate in the test run and user acceptance testing of the HRHMIS to ensure it aligns with existing needs and requirements.

Qualifications

  • A Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, and any other ICT Disciplines focused on Agile Implementation methodology and development of business needs, use cases, and requirements. A specialty in health informatics will be an added advantage.
  • Minimum of 5 years of progressive experience in eliciting requirements and planning for software engineering and life cycle development around needs and requirements, especially around the health sector.
  • Working knowledge of health informatics and health data processes in Nigeria
  • A good understanding of the health indices in Northern Nigeria especially Kaduna

Duration

  • Initially 15 Days, subject to review to additional consulting periods.

Application Deadline: March 25, 2023

Method application 

Interested candidate should send their CV and cover letter to info@natviewfoundation.org

The preferred role should be the subject of the mail.