Overview

BG Laurel International Nigeria LTE/GTE is an owned subsidiary of Banyan Global, Inc, a woman-owned small business and international development consulting firm committed to improving livelihoods through market approaches for a broad and lasting impact. The firm is headquartered in Washington, DC and has program operations and activities in over fifteen countries around the world. Banyan Global operates within six practice areas: gender, youth, finance and investment, enterprise development, health, and evaluation and learning.

Banyan Global is the prime recipient of the USAID Nigeria Health Workforce Management (HWM) Activity. The HWM Activity is a five-year task order to support the establishment of a cost-effective, well-trained, and motivated health workforce, particularly in targeted rural and remote areas of Bauchi, Ebonyi, Kebbi, and Sokoto States and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). By its conclusion, HWM is expected to increase the production of new health workers competent to respond to current and future population health needs in these locations by 10,000; improve the distribution and skill mix of front-line workers to meet specific local demands; and strengthen the capacity of pre-service institutions to adopt and apply innovative education approaches.

Targeted interventions will contribute to 1) improved management of maternal, child, and newborn health conditions and 2) increased responsiveness to community health needs. USAID will support the Government of Nigeria’s (GON’s) commitment to plan, recruit, train, manage, and retain its primary health care (PHC) workforce. This activity will contribute to the achievement of USAID/Nigeria’s Country Development Cooperation Strategy (CDCS) Development Objective 2 “a healthier, more educated population in targeted states” and Intermediate Result (IR) 2.1 “Utilization of quality health services in targeted areas and population groups increased.”

Background

The HWM Activity is learning that there is a need to increase the resource pool of Human Resources for Health (HRH) Managers due to the dearth in the number and capacity of HRH resource persons in the country. To address this capacity gap, HWM is developing an HRH Managers’ Training Program that will be domiciled in the HRH Branch of the Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH) and used by relevant Nigerian Health Training Institutes to train HRH Managers in the country.

This training program will not only capture the core competencies of a public civil servant but also capture the specialized skills expected of an HRH Manager as stipulated within the FMoH HRH Training Manual. Other resources that will be incorporated into this training program include the HWM-integrated HRH information system (iHRIS) training materials and the HWM-developed HRH in a Box tool. HRH in a Box comprises an HRH Management Tool and an HRH Managers Competency Checklist. The HRH Management Tool helps HRH Units reflect on their functions and processes, and the HRH Management Checklist ensures that HRH Managers fulfill their management responsibilities while utilizing relevant policy documents to inform HRH planning, management, and governance.

The target beneficiaries for this training program include:

• Directors of Health Planning, Research, and Statistics at national, state, and local levels.
• HRH Focal Persons at the Federal, State, and LGA levels.
• HRH Focal Persons at the Primary Healthcare Development Agencies /Boards.
• Other officers responsible for HRH development at the relevant ministries and agencies.
• Staff of Health Training Institutions.
• Staff of Health Regulatory Bodies
• Members of Professional Associations

HWM seeks to engage the services of two (2) local consultants to develop materials for the HRH Managers’ Training Program.

Reporting Line

The HRH Managers' Training Program Consultants will report to the HWM Country Director with dotted reporting lines to the HWM Technical Director, IR 2 Technical Lead, and IR 3 Technical Lead.

Location

The HRH Managers' Training Program Consultancy position is based in Abuja.

The HRH Managers' Training Program Consultants will drive the implementation of the following tasks that contribute to the achievement of the following HWM’s Intermediate Results (IRs)

• IR 2 Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS) Strengthened
  • Sub-IR 2.4 State HRH unit trained to manage HRIS
• IR 3 Governance and Management of the Health Workforce Improved
  • Sub-IR 3.1 Improved human resource management

Deliverables

• Finalized versions of the HRH Managers’ Training Program documents, which will include:
  • A Training Facilitators' Guide: This guide will help trainers prepare for sessions, structure the training, and understand the pedagogical approaches needed to achieve learning objectives. It should contain detailed session plans and timelines, tips for engaging participants and facilitating discussions, assessment tools and evaluation methods, and answers to potential questions or challenges that may arise during training.
  • Training Participants' Guide: This guide will provide participants with essential information about the training program, helping them navigate the content and expectations. It should contain an overview of training goals and objectives, step-by-step instructions for activities and assessments, resources for further reading and guidance for participants to provide feedback on the training manual for continuous improvement.
  • Powerpoint (PPT) Presentation containing the training content: The PPT presentation should contain content from the HWM FMOH HRH Training Manual, HWM’s HRH in a Box toolkit and HWM’s iHRIS training package. For each of these 3 training components, the PPT presentation should include a title slide, outline slide, training objectives, key concepts to be covered, visuals to enhance understanding, interactive elements like quizzes or polls, discussion prompts, practical exercises and real-life examples, summary/recap slides, Q&A session and conclusion. The training content should also include content that will equip the participants with the relevant core competencies of a public civil servant.
• Monthly report containing an update on the implementation status of assigned tasks and expected deliverables.
• End of consultancy report containing a summary of activities carried out to achieve the deliverables -at the end of the consultancy - June 30, 2025.

Timing and Level of Effort

The period of performance of this consultancy is from November 2024 to June 30, 2025. The expected level of effort is 30 days for each consultant (not to exceed 8 hours per day in a consecutive 5-day work week).

Approach

The Consultants are expected to execute the scope of work in close collaboration with the HWM team and relevant HWM stakeholders – particularly the FMOH HRH Branch - to produce high-quality technical deliverables.

• Minimum of a master’s degree in Public Health, Health Administration, Human Resources, or a related field.
• Experience developing technical documents, manuals, and guidelines relating to HRH, health workforce development, and healthcare management.
• Proven expertise in HRH policy development, workforce planning, and health systems strengthening.