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Job Description

Objectives

To support the integration of care for women and girls into primary health care (PHC), particularly at the level of community relays as key players in accessing and including care for malaria, HIV, tuberculosis and maternal, child and adolescent health in Niger, by identifying gender-related obstacles and supporting the removal of these obstacles through the development and implementation of integrated, inclusive, coordinated and gendersensitive national responses.

The objectives are articulated around four points:

SO1. Identify gender inequalities, gender-based violence, and the determinants affecting access to health services, including prevention, testing, and treatment of malaria, HIV, TB, reproductive health, and maternal, child, and adolescent health care in Niger in 2025. SO2. Propose an action plan for the integration of gender-sensitive primary health care services. The plan should consider reproductive rights and health, gender-based violence, as well as maternal and child health for women and girls, with particular attention to strengthening the capacities of community health human resources (CHW) in Niger for the period 2027–2029. This action plan should be integrated into existing plans through crosscutting gender integration.

SO3. Propose a plan to improve the quality of integrated care and service delivery for women and girls provided by Community Health Workers (RComs) on HIV/STIs, malaria, tuberculosis, maternal and child health, and gender-based violence, including the integration of gender considerations into Niger’s community health programs.

SO4, Assess the progress and opportunities for improving integrated primary health care for women and girls as a priority area to be included in the Global Fund’s Grant Cycle 8 or other future funding opportunities.

The consulatnt selected for this technical assistance will be an international individual. He/she must have and justify solid references in line with the criteria below:

Essential skills:

• Advanced university degree preferably a master’s degree in public health, primary health service integration, gender, equity and social analysis, health economics, health and social sciences or related fields, with at least 5 years of work experience.

• Demonstrated experience in implementing interventions linking gender and health systems strengthening, particularly those focused on the provision of care and services for women and girls in low- and middle-income settings.

• Experience of working in similar contexts to Niger, and good knowledge of national health system structures.

• Good understanding of gender equality and human rights considerations in health human resource management, RCom programs and community health systems strengthening, with evidence of systematic integration of gendersensitive or gender-transformative approaches.

• Proven experience in the development and implementation of guidelines and training workshops for health service providers, policymakers and other stakeholders on the themes covered in these ToR.

• Experience in mixed methods (quantitative and qualitative) and ability to interpret and use data to formulate strategic recommendations for public health interventions.

• Fluency in French.