Consultancy on Digital Health in Eye Care Programs at The Fred Hollows Foundation

MILESTONES, DELIVERABLES AND TIMELINE

• The project is expected to start in October 2024 for an estimated duration of 25 days. The proposed timeline and the review milestones and deliverables are listed below:
• Deliverables, Milestones and Timing:
• Milestone 1: Initiation meeting to discuss and finalise project scope, objectives, inputs, approach and deliverables.
• Milestone 2: Finalisation of contract
• Following initial meeting, timing dependent on respective contracting timelines and process.
• Milestone 3: Establish a draft prioritisation/decision making matrix/ framework to scope possible options including considerations of relevant factors such as geographic, local vs global, resources, risk appetite etc.
• Milestones 4: Review of documents, problem statement (root cause) and opportunity analysis & interviews with stakeholders completed.
• Milestone 5: Check in meeting - Review consultation and adjustment of prioritisation framework.
• Milestone 6: Research to scope potential digital health and technology options including those that are attracting public and private funding.
• Milestone 6: Report on findings and recommendations.
• Milestone 7: Check-in meeting / workshop
• Discuss findings and possible recommendations for piloting/testing.
• Milestone 8: Final report submitted.

REVIEW TEAM & QUALIFICATIONS
The Foundation seeks to engage the services of an independent registered organisation or consultant, who have following experiences and expertise.

Qualifications:

• The consultant or team lead must:
• Be registered as a business.
• Hold a university degree or equivalent in Public Health degree.

Experience:

• Extensive experience in supporting the use of digital tools in health care settings.
• 5 years’ experience in digital health technologies and services, international aid and development, and research/evaluation.
• Demonstrated experience working in low- and middle-income country settings.
• Demonstrated experienced working with NGOs.
• Demonstrated experience planning and implementing research and evaluations.

Skills:

• Research and evaluation design.
• Qualitative analysis of documents.
• Training program development.
• Guidelines development.
• Interviewing for research and evaluation projects.
• Excellent written and English skills required or excellent analytical, writing and presentation skills.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.