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Mapping digital health interventions for learning and performance management functionality integration

United Nations Children's Fund

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The purpose of this assignment is to engage a consultant in conducting a comprehensive landscape assessment of digital tools currently in use within the healthcare system in Uganda. This assessment will inform the integration of learning and performance management in those tools and provide details of which cadres are using digital tools, if any, and which cadres will require development of new tools

Justification:

Implementing LPM strategies will address critical gaps and strategically align with recent efforts to fortify Uganda’s health system. By conducting this landscape assessment, UCO aims to identify existing digital tools that can be optimized to address critical challenges in immunization coverage and health worker shortages. The consultancy aligns strategically with the establishment of the Department of Institutional Capacity and Human Resources for Health Development, and overall Ministry of Health priorities including those in contained in the National Health Information and Digital Health Strategic Plan 2021-2025. The Department of Institutional Capacity and Human Resource for Health Development is in the process of developing an eLearning platform. This assessment will also inform this development process through a better understanding of the existing tools and gaps and contribute to strengthening the design of the platform.
In response to the inadequacies of traditional training methods, this consultancy focuses on innovative approaches to ensure health workers are continually upskilled and reskilled. By providing a data-driven foundation for decision-making, this landscape assessment will map existing tools, understand their functionalities, and evaluate their coverage. This information will guide evidence-based recommendations for the integration of learning and performance management features.

Objectives:

Evaluate Existing Digital Tools:

In collaboration with Ministry of Health departments (UNEPI, MCH, Human resource, DHI) to gather the required information.

  • The consultant will systematically review and analyze the digital tools employed in Uganda’s healthcare sector.
  • Identify tools already utilized for learning and performance management among health workers.
  • Assess the extent of coverage, specifically focusing on which health workers and subjects/interventions are addressed by these tools.
Assess Development Potential:
  • Based on the landscape assessment, ascertain which of the existing digital tools are conducive to further integration of functionality to delivery learning and performance management strategies.
  • Evaluate the adaptability and scalability of existing tools to leverage their functionality in supporting ongoing training and performance evaluation initiatives.
Mapping Digital Tools and Health Workers:
  • Develop a comprehensive map illustrating the correlation between existing digital tools and the health workers they reach.
  • Identify any gaps in coverage to determine which health workers remain unreached by current digital tools.
  • Formulate recommendations for the development of new tools targeted at reaching these unreached health workers.
Recommendations for Improvement:
  • Provide strategic recommendations for optimizing the use of digital tools in the context of learning and performance management.
  • Propose enhancements or modifications to existing tools to maximize their impact on health worker training and performance improvement.
Align with Institutional Initiatives:
  • Coordinate efforts with UNICEF’s Learning Performance Management (LPM) initiative, utilizing the Uganda National Expanded Programme on Immunization as a focal entry point.
Major Tasks:
  • Develop an inception Report detailing understanding of the assignment and plan of execution
  • Evaluate existing use of digital tools for integration of learning and performance management
  • Disseminate & validate the digital tools evaluation report
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Education:

  • A master’s degree with at least 5 years of work experience in the following domains Healthcare/ hospital project management Digital transformation project management Consulting experience with government agencies Capacity Building Worked in data analysis and generated data-driven insights.
  • Experienced stringent reporting demands and can write professional project plans and reports. Has experience working with both Government and international NGOs.
  • Engaged diverse stakeholders among public and private sectors as well as development agencies. Excellent written and verbal communication in English
Language:
  • English.

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