Overview
HARMONY Care implements integrated maternal, newborn, child health and nutrition interventions through group care and related service delivery approaches.
Key areas include Group Antenatal Care (G-ANC), Group Postnatal Care (G-PNC), Family-Led Postnatal Care (FPNC), Nutrition, Perinatal Mental Health, Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS), and Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses (IMCI). To strengthen quality and sustainability, the project seeks to engage an experienced master coach to design and facilitate a practical mentorship and coaching skills training for selected project staff, mentors, and coaches.
Responsibilities
The consultant will strengthen participants' ability to apply mentorship, coaching, adult learning, supportive supervision, feedback, problem-solving, documentation, and action planning approaches that improve implementation quality across HARMONY Care interventions. These include:
Preparation - Review relevant HARMONY Care documents; hold consultations with project leadership; develop the training agenda, facilitation plan, participant materials, pre/post tests, coaching guide, and practical tools.
Training delivery - Facilitate a three-day interactive training covering mentoring and coaching concepts, adult learning, communication, active listening, pre-visit planning, coaching conversations, feedback, follow-up, problem solving, supportive supervision, documentation, role plays, and application to HARMONY Care service areas.
Post-training support - Administer and summarize pre/post assessments; support participants to develop coaching action plans; submit a final report with outputs, results, recommendations, and documentation.
Expected Deliverables and Acceptance Criteria:
Inception report and workplan (Before training) Clear approach, schedule, and requirements agreed with HARMONY Care.
Training agenda, facilitation plan, and full training package (Before training) Materials are practical, participatory, contextualized to HARMONY Care, and approved before use.
Pre/post assessment tools and results summary (During/after training) Assessment tools administered and results analyzed.
Three-day mentorship and coaching skills training delivered (Training period) Training completed using adult learning methods, simulations, group work, and coaching practice.
Final training report (Within 5 working days after training) Report includes methodology, attendance, pre/post results, key outcomes, participant action plans, recommendations, and photos.
Required Qualifications
Advanced Degree in Public Health, Health Systems Management, Nursing, Medicine, Education, Organizational Development, Human Resources Development, Psychology, or a related field.
At least 10 years of relevant experience in mentoring, coaching, leadership development, work force capacity strengthening, or performance improvement.
Demonstrated experience facilitating mentorship and coaching training in healthcare or development programs.
Strong knowledge of adult learning, participatory facilitation, supportive supervision, performance improvement, and report writing.
Experience in maternal and child health, primary healthcare, health systems strengthening, or donor-funded health projects is desirable.
Professional certification in coaching, mentorship, leadership development, or a related area is an added advantage.