SOLICITATION NUMBER: 72068724R10021

ISSUANCE DATE: September 2, 2024

CLOSING DATE: September 22, 2024

SUBJECT: Solicitation for a Cooperating Country National Personal Service Contractor

(CCN PSC – Local Compensation Plan), Development Assistance Specialist

(Reproductive Health and Family Planning), FSN-12

Dear Prospective Offerors:

The United States Government, represented by the U.S. Agency for International Development Mission to Madagascar (USAID/Madagascar), is seeking offers from qualified persons to provide personal services under contract as described in this solicitation.

Offers must be in accordance with the Attachment of this solicitation. Incomplete or unsigned offers will not be considered. Offerors should retain copies of all offer materials for their records.

USAID will evaluate all offerors based on the stated evaluation criteria. USAID encourages all individuals, including those from disadvantaged and under-represented groups, to respond to the solicitation.

This solicitation in no way obligates USAID to award a PSC contract, nor does it commit USAID to pay any cost incurred in the preparation and submission of the offers.

Any questions must be directed in writing to the Point of Contact specified in the attached information.

Sincerely,

Orion Yeandel

Contracting Officer

To apply, please download the full solicitation attached and follow the instructions.

*This vacancy is open to Malagasy citizens and non-Malagasy citizens lawfully admitted for permanent residence in Madagascar. Non-Malagasy citizens, if selected, will be compensated on the same schedule of salaries and benefits as are Malagasy citizens.

1. Basic Function

The Reproductive Health Specialist actively participates in all aspects of the overall HPN (Health, Population and Nutrition) Office, focusing on results, teamwork, participation, empowerment, accountability, and customer focus. The incumbent will work with numerous counterparts, such as the Government of Madagascar, implementing partners, and technical experts.

2. Major Duties and Responsibilities

Management Responsibilities (50%)

• Act as Contracting/Agreement Officer’s Representative for acquisition and assistance instruments, managing health related activities as required to ensure performance: review annual work plans, narrative reports, and sub-contractor/grantee documents; develop/monitor budgeting and fiscal accountability; monitor short term technical assistance; prepare analyses and documentation required to obligate funds, and initiate and/or make any necessary amendments required for activity implementation.
• Act as Activity Manager for Global Health Bureau field support partners working in PHC (Primary Health Care) and reproductive health and family planning (RH/FP) (as required: develop/review scopes of work, annual budgets, and work plans; monitor program performance; prepare analyses and documentation required to obligate funds.
• Ensure timely progress towards planned outputs and results; keep supervisor and other HPN staff appraised of progress and issues; make recommendations to solve problems; and take the lead in implementing agreed-upon actions.
• Participate in activity conceptualization and design; write and edit Activity Approval documents, program descriptions, and statements of work; develop Government Cost Estimates (budgets); prepare activity memos and justifications; lead or participate in Technical Evaluation Committees as required.
• Assist in developing and refining benchmarks and indicators to assess the PHC, FP/RH activity, program progress, and impact.
• Monitor all aspects of PHC and FP/RH activity implementation, including holding regular meetings with implementing partners, reviewing and providing comments on annual work plans and annual reports, and undertaking regular site visits to ensure quality and performance.
• Act as a focal point and ensure the proper implementation of the U.S. Family Planning and Abortion Requirements (ensure that mission health staff, implementing partners staff, GoM staff in charge of Family planning supported by USAID fund will be regularly trained and receive refresher training on U.S. Family Planning and Abortion Requirements).
• Act as a focal of adolescent and youth reproductive health for the health office. Ensure the mission reporting activity and planning for adolescent and youth activities (PPR, Operational plan).
• Ensure that mitigative environmental components designed for the activity are being implemented effectively.
• Verify that recipient activities conform to the terms and conditions of the award.
• Ensure that assets are safeguarded against waste, loss, unauthorized use, or misappropriation.
• Check the validity of performance data acquisition and ensure that the data to be reported to USAID fulfills quality standards for validity, integrity, precision, reliability, and timeliness.
• Prepare written analyses, trip reports, briefing materials, activity descriptions, press releases, speeches, success stories, and other documents as required.

Technical Responsibilities (25%)

• As USAID/Madagascar’s FP/RH technical expert, serve as principal advisor to HPN management, the Mission Director, the Ambassador, and other US Government staff for all FP/RH issues.
• Stay current with international and local state-of-the-art FP/RH technical approaches; analyze and interpret policy, strategy, and technical documents to ensure USAID/Madagascar FP/RH activities align with and integrate state-of-the-art practices.
• Develop and maintain an extensive network of key public health contacts focusing on Primary Health Care, Community-Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses (C-IMCI), and FP/RH.
• Represent USAID in sectoral technical working groups and coordination meetings; inform the development of FP/RH policy, strategy, and technical documents as required.
• Serve as the link between USAID/Madagascar’s FP/RH activities and AID/Washington Global Health and Africa Bureau staff.
• Ensure synergy and linkages between FP/RH activities across the HPN Office’s portfolio and other program elements, including Maternal and Newborn Care, Child Health, Nutrition, Water and Sanitation, Mental Health, and the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI); ensure synergies and linkages with other USAID/Madagascar programs.

Programming Responsibilities (25%)

• Provide analysis and written content for USAID/Madagascar sector and country strategy documents on PHC and FP/RH; ensure that FP/RH activities under the current HPN strategy utilize existing coordination and implementation structures and organizations and build on previous USAID-funded activities and align with national policies and strategies.
• Collect, review, analyze, and report FP/RH data for annual planning and reporting documents; respond to information requests from all sources; draft public affairs materials as needed.
• Review and provide technical comments and recommendations on scopes of work, work plans, and reports about PHC and FP/RH; ensure synergy, linkages, and complementarity between the USAID/Madagascar Primary Health Care and FP/RH program activities and those of other actors working in Madagascar (Government of Madagascar, donors, local and international non-governmental organizations, private sector, etc.).

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED FOR THIS POSITION

Offers will be initially screened by the Human Resources Office to determine whether they have met the minimum qualifications below. A list of qualified offers will be referred to the Technical Evaluation Committee (TEC) for further consideration and screening.

1. 1. Education:

Master’s degree in medicine, public health, demography, communications, management, or a related field

1. 2. Prior Work Experience:

At least seven years of progressively responsible experience working with government or civil society in managing PHC (Primary Health Care) and FP/RH (Family Planning/Reproductive Health) projects and/or programs. At least three years of this experience must be in development assistance or related work, other donor organizations, host government organizations, or private sector institutions.

1. 3. Language Proficiency:

Fluent, professional level speaking, reading, and writing in English (Level IV), Malagasy, and French.