Request for Consultancy Services for Data Analyst

SPECIFIC PROCURMENT NOTICE
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST

Republic of Lebanon
Ministry of Public Health
Lebanon Health Resilience Project (P163476)
Consultancy Services for
Data Analyst
(Loan No. 87710-LB / Ref.: LB-MOPH-404495-CS-INDV)

The Lebanon Health Resilience Project (LHRP) is a five-year project funded by the World Bank. The project is designed to support the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) strategy to establish a pro-poor Universal Health Coverage program. The project aims to increase access to quality healthcare services to poor Lebanese identified by the Ministry of Social Affairs (MoSA) through the National Poverty Targeting Program (NPTP), based on a proxy-means testing targeting mechanism. All identified individuals will benefit from comprehensive packages of defined health services delivered at 204 Primary Health Care Centers (PHCCs) selected from the MoPH PHCCs network.

The Ministry of Public Health is seeking to recruit a Data Analyst to support the MoPH develop and manage monitoring and evaluation activities in addition to assisting in the operational management of the project.

The MoPH hereby invites eligible Consultants to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the Services.

A Data Analyst will be selected in accordance with the procedures set out in the World Bank's Procurement in Investment Project Financing Goods, Works, Non-Consulting, and Consulting Services (dated July 2016 and revised in November 2017, August 2018 and November 2020)

Interested Consultants are requested to provide the following information:

A CV showing relevant similar experience, and previous academic and professional achievement.

Expression of Interest must be delivered electronically to the address below not later than March 20, 2024. The subject of the e-mail should be:
“Lebanon Health Resilience Project – Data Analyst”.

Ministry of Public Health
Attention: Lebanon Health Resilience Project (LHRP)
Title: Project Management Unit (PMU)
E-mail: lhr.covid19@gmail.com

Lebanon Health Resilience Project
TERMS OF REFERENCE
Data Analyst

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES

The Government of Lebanon (GoL) has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Lebanon Health Resilience Project (LHRP). The LHRP is a seven-year project that aims to increase access to quality healthcare services to poor Lebanese and displaced Syrians in Lebanon and to strengthen the Government’s capacity to respond to COVID-19. This project will: (i) provide subsidized packages of essential healthcare services to 210,000 vulnerable Lebanese living under poverty line identified by the Emergency Social Safety Net (ESSN) Project; (ii) strengthen the technical and organizational capacities of the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), Primary Health Care Centers (PHCCs), and public hospitals; (iii) cover the hospitalization bills for COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 claims at private and public hospitals for uninsured Lebanese; and (iv) strengthen the Government of Lebanon’s capacity to respond to COVID-19 pandemic.

The Strengthening Lebanon COVID-19 Response Project (SLCRP) is a 2-year project financed by the World Bank. The project will finance payment of hospitalization bills for COVID-19 and related health conditions to public hospitals and eligible private hospitals, using provider payment methods as agreed with the World Bank. The project will also finance the procurement and the deployment of COVID-19 vaccines and the operations that support the vaccination rollout, goods needed for the prevention, detection and case management of COVID-19 and related health conditions for public hospital.
The project will support the procurement of new medical equipment or the maintenance of old equipment in public hospitals providing COVID19 and related health conditions medical services. The data analyst will be based in Beirut at the MoPH.

ObjectivesThe Data Analyst will support the MoPH develop and manage monitoring and evaluation activities in addition to assisting in the operational management of the project. He/She will work closely with the M&E Officer and report to the PHC Director and the PMU, briefing them on the project progress.

Scope of Work

The Data Analyst will fulfill the following scope of work:

Assist in following up on project indicators, targets and planned activities including enrolment and utilization at PHCs and hospitals.
Monitor epidemiological trends in primary healthcare (vaccination, elderly care...) and in hospitals.
Conduct a data quality assessment for clinical data generated by PHENICS and develop action plans for improvement.
Assist in the data management for clinical data generated by PHENICS, and in the management of hospitalization data.
Assist in tracking and analyzing project indicators based on the monitoring and evaluation framework that is set by the project.
Work closely with the M&E Officer to ensure optimal performance of all verification and monitoring activities.
Ensure proper documentation of all monitoring activities.
Perform monitoring visits to PHCCs and hospitals as necessary.
Assist in developing the regular project reports including monitoring updates, reports on monitoring and verification activities, and project progress updates including quarterly, semi-annual, and annual reports.
Assist in the development of monitoring and evaluation tools including forms, checklists, questionnaires, reports, dashboards when needed.
Assist in any research activities as necessary (rapid assessment of literature and evidence summaries, literature reviews, development of research tools, data collection, moderate focus groups, data analysis and write up of manuscripts).
Support the continuous update of LHRP and SLCRP documents (operational chapters, procedures among others).
Assist in any monitoring of LHRP and SLCRP activities, under the direction of the Project Manager.
Other tasks as necessary including ad-hoc verifications activities with beneficiaries as needed.

REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

Data Analyst will report to the PHC Director as well as the PMU Project Manager. He/She is expected to work closely with the PMU staff and coordinate with MoPH/PHC department staff especially IT staff working on PHENICS.

Deliverables	Timeline
Monthly progress report: daily activities and functions performed and achieved	15 days after the end of each month
Semi-annual progress report: monthly activities and functions performed and achieved	Semi-annual
Other deliverables	As required

Deliverables must be submitted to the PMU Project Manager and a copy to the PHC Director. Deliverables must be reviewed within 15 working days of submission. In the absence of any comments/response within 15 days, the deliverables are considered acceptable and approved. The PMU Project Manager has the final approval on all deliverables submitted within the timeframe of 15 days from submission.

Duration

The contract period is for one year, extendable upon satisfactory performance and mutual agreement. The first six (6) months will be considered as probationary period, based on which the consultant’s performance will be evaluated. The contract may be terminated with no remedy if the performance was evaluated as not satisfactory.

Qualifications

Education:

Masters in public health with a focus on biostatistics

Knowledge and Experience:

2 years of experience in data analysis
English and Arabic proficiency
Good knowledge of computer, operation and database skills.
Ability to carry out assignments in accordance with instructions and guidelines
Ability to use analytical tools and qualitative and quantitative techniques
Strong interpersonal skills and pro-active approach to problem solving.