National Consultant - Evaluation of Community-based and School Health integrated Health Care Services

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Area of expertise 

National Consultant, Monitoring and Evaluation of health projects – schools and community base health service delivery
 

Purpose of consultancy   

The purpose of this consultancy is to conduct an independent, systematic and evidence-based evaluation of both projects in order to assess relevance, effectiveness, efficiency and quality of implementation, review achievements against planned outputs and outcomes, and identify good practices, lessons learned and implementation challenges, and provide practical recommendations to inform future community-based and school-based health promotion and screening programmes.

Background  

An independent consultant is required to conduct an end-project evaluation of two community-based health promotion and screening projects implemented by national faith-based organizations in Myanmar.

Project 1: "Strengthening community-based approach in implementation of mental, oral, eye and ear health screening and ICOPE training to frontline workers in Ayeyawaddy and Yangon Regions" by Myanmar Baptist Churches Union

The project aimed to implement people-centered approaches that address early signs of visual and hearing loss among target populations to prevent disability and improve quality of life. Our activities also focus on promoting healthy behaviour to reduce NCD risk factors in the communities as well as training of community volunteers in basic disease screening, health awareness, and behaviour change promotion in the rural communities throughout the project.

Areas of non-communicable diseases that this project will be focusing on are mental health, preventing disability from visual and hearing impairment, oral healthcare, integrated elderly care, and the prevention of oral cancer. In addition, community volunteers from each project area will be trained on integrated care for the elderly.

Number of beneficiaries screened eye, ear and dental was 20,289 people, 10,000 people were screened for mental health and 212 received psychosocial support and 66 community workers are trained for eye, ear, dental and mental screening. (70) community volunteers are trained for ICOPE.

Project 2: “Building Capacity Towards Health Promotion Initiatives in Buddhist Phaung Daw Oo Monastic Education Affiliated High Schools in Mandalay.” by Phaung Daw Oo Buddhist Monasteries Education Affiliation.

WHO had supported Phaung Daw Oo Myanmar Buddhist System on the Health Promotion Schools (HPS) Initiative since 2023 consecutively till last year. Because the Monastic Education System in Myanmar serves as a cornerstone for providing education to children from low-income and marginalized communities introduced HPS initiative a critical need to integrate preventive health measures into the education system covered 20,000 school children in 20 schools in Mandalay. 

Number of beneficiaries are varied based on the activities done: however, in general, PDO reached more than 8,000 students and all teachers from 19 schools as per the technical completion report.

Deliverables

Under the overall supervision of the Team Lead (Universal Health Coverage) and National Professional Officer (Non-Communicable Diseases), the consultant will:

1. Review project documents, proposals, work plans, monitoring data and progress reports for both projects.
2. Develop a concise evaluation methodology and tools, including: key informant interview guides, focus group discussion tools, and data collection and analysis plan.
3. Conduct field visits to selected project sites in Ayeyawaddy Region and Yangon Region (Project 1), and selected monastic high schools in Mandalay (Project 2).
4. Interview relevant stakeholders, including implementing partners, community workers and volunteers, teachers and school administrators, project coordinators and supervisors.
5. Assess coverage and reach of beneficiaries, quality of training and screening activities, including focal person and peer education trainings and community volunteer trainings, the magnitude of achievement in the integration of mental, oral, eye, ear and ICOPE components in projects, gender and equity considerations, and coordination and community engagement approaches.
6. Identify good practices, challenges and contextual factors affecting implementation.
7. Prepare two separate consolidated evaluation report covering both projects, and a brief presentation of key findings and recommendations.

Qualifications, experience, skills and languages

Educational Qualifications  

Essential: M.B.B.S degree.

Desirable: An advanced university degree in public health, social sciences, health systems, monitoring and evaluation, or a related field.

Experience 

Essential: At least 5 years of professional experience in monitoring, evaluation or health programme assessment.

Desirable: Previous working experience in faith-based or community-based organizations. Demonstrate professional experience in evaluating community-based health, mental health (MHPSS), NCD, eye, ear, oral health or health promotion projects. Demonstrate capacity to ensure high-quality, credible evaluation outputs in line with WHO and other UN agencies' standards.  Proven experience conducting field-based qualitative and mixed-methods evaluations. Experience working in school health or adolescent health programmes.

Skills/Knowledge 

Essential: Good understanding of community health systems and frontline worker programmes in Myanmar. Strong analytical and report-writing skills in English.

Desirable: Familiarity with training assessment, working with community and school-going children and elderly health or integrated care and screening programmes. Ability to work independently and meet deadlines.

Languages and level required  

Essential: Expert knowledge of writing and speaking of English and Myanmar

Location 

Off site: Yangon (Home-based)

Travel 

The consultant is expected to travel to Ayawaddy region for project  No.1 for 5 days and Mandalay for project No.2 for 5 days.    

Remuneration and budget (travel costs are excluded):

Remuneration: NO-B level,  USD 165  per day, total 26 days  (during the period of 1st May 2026 to 6 June 2026), total remuneration 4,290 USD. 

Living expenses

Not applicable 

Expected duration of contract

 26 working days ( 1st May to 6th June 2026)

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