Consultancy opportunity to create standardised training materials for MSF surveys

Background

Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) provides life-saving emergency relief and longer-term medical care to some of the most vulnerable and excluded communities around the world. As an independent medical humanitarian organisation, we deliver care based only on need, regardless of ethnic origin, gender, religion or political affiliation.

The Manson Unit is a multi-disciplinary medical team within MSF UK working together with Operational Centre Amsterdam’s Public Health Department. We aim to improve the quality of MSF’s medical programmes worldwide, so the best possible care is delivered to our patients.

Gap analysis

Surveys (and operational research), surveillance, and outbreak response form the three pillars of MSF epidemiologists’ activities.
Within the survey/research pillar, nutrition, mortality and vaccination coverage surveys are routinely conducted to help guide operational decision making. There are MSF Ethics Review Board pre-approved protocols for these three surveys, as well as standardised data collection and analysis tools available.

However, there are no standardised training materials developed based on adult learning principles. As a result, epidemiologists may lose time remaking or adapting survey training materials, and the training may not be as impactful as desired.

Development of these standardised training materials would help speed up survey implementation and improve the overall quality of the surveys conducted.

We therefore require standardised training materials created for each survey type based on adult learning principles.

Objective

To develop a training package for MSF epidemiologists to use when conducting nutrition, mortality or vaccination coverage surveys using existing tools and methodologies.

Activities

The consultant is to liaise with the Manson Unit epidemiologists, create an agreed detailed workplan to achieve the deliverables, submit draft outline for feedback and build in time for feedback, revision and re-submission.

Deliverables

1. Training manual for epidemiologists
   1. Objectives for the training
   2. Outline of the training modules
   3. Detailed session/lesson plans including timeframes, activities and key messages
   4. Speaker notes
   5. Guides for exercises
   6. Template presentations
   7. Training evaluation plans
   8. Guidance for tailoring content to various contexts
2. Delivery of a webinar to MSF epidemiologists introducing the training package and talking them through the content.

Experience required

• Demonstrable experience of developing and delivering training materials for delivery in humanitarian settings with limited resources and for various user groups with different learning modes.
• Previous epidemiological survey experience in humanitarian settings.
• Experience of developing training materials for health education.
• In-depth understanding of instructional design models and pedagogical learning theories.
• Demonstrated ability to cooperate and maintain effective relationships with key stakeholders.
• Strong team-working skills and experience, particularly in a matrix management environment.
• Excellent organisational and project management skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to transfer knowledge effectively.
• Excellent communication skills, oral as well as written.
• Creative flair, demonstrable through extensive portfolio.
• Enthusiastic and highly motivated.
• Fluent in English, written and speech.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver in an international and multi-cultural environment.
• Knowledge and working proficiency of Microsoft 365 environment including Teams and SharePoint.

Place of work: All work will be done remotely.

How to apply

How to apply

• Please send to admin.mu@london.msf.org
  • A proposal to include:
    • Proposed approach
    • A high-level plan
    • What you see as being in / out of scope
    • Assumptions made, questions or areas of uncertainty.
    • Examples of previous work – provide a summary of similar work that you have developed and delivered before.
• Your (and team members’, where appropriate) CV.
• Total fee proposal

Deadline: 3 November 2024

For any questions, clarifications and queries please write an email to Patrick.Keating@london.msf.org