Nutrition Consultancy: Small and/or Sick Newborn Feeding Generic Training Curriculum

BACKGROUND PATH, with funding from USAID and in partnership with USAID’s MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership (MCGL) challenge, is creating a Training Curriculum for Specialized Lactation Support for the small and sick new child (SSNB) mother-baby dyad for use in low- and middle-income international locations (LMICs) to coach medical workers supporting inpatient care at maternity facilities and new child items. This implementation coaching curriculum is influenced by the WHO’s Protecting, Promoting and Supporting Breastfeeding: The Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) for small, sick and preterm newborns, and will likely be organized in a approach that gives modular additions to current BFHI or Essential Newborn Care trainings in low-resource settings, or as a standalone coaching package deal. Of specific significance, this curriculum will transcend supporting breastfeeding on the breast, and can help in supporting moms to provoke, construct, and preserve lactation even when infants are unable to feed on the breast (as is the case with many SSNBs). This may also cowl supporting bereaved moms with their lactation selections. The target market for this world good curriculum on SSNB supportive feeding for in-service coaching in LMICs is:

1. Health suppliers who take care of SSNBs and help moms of SSNBs;
2. Health employees and managers of human milk banks; The coaching is targeted on medical care, however neighborhood employees supporting moms and caregivers of SSNBs post-discharge might be thought of a secondary viewers.

CONSULTANCY MCGL is looking for two candidates from complementary views of high-income and low-and middle-income nation contexts to conduct concurrent, in-depth opinions of the draft curriculum. The consultants’ opinions are supposed to happen earlier than and after the general evaluate by the Technical Advisory Group (TAG). The curriculum design will likely be performed in 4 phases: • Phase I: Design draft curriculum (PATH) • Phase II: Review: In-depth evaluate by marketing consultant, and total evaluate by technical advisory group • Phase III: Curriculum revision and pre-test • Phase IV: Pilot

This consultancy is the premise of the in-depth evaluate beneath Phases II and III, which requires particularly:

1. Reviewing the draft curriculum in its totality for technical rigor;
2. Identifying extra assets for inclusion; and
3. Providing solutions to enhance the usefulness and accuracy of the coaching curriculum.

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE The curriculum opinions are estimated to whole three days per marketing consultant from September 2022-January 2023. Changes might happen associated to the progress of the challenge, and the beginning date relies on when the marketing consultant passes a required background examine.

BUDGET/LEVEL OF EFFORT The applicant ought to suggest a finances for the complete scope of labor in USD. Save the Children US, an MCGL consortium accomplice, will handle the consultancy and situation cost per the proposed schedule under as soon as the SCUS Technical Lead approves the deliverables.

DELIVERABLE AND PAYMENT SCHEDULE

1. First evaluate: October 19, 2022 (30% of cost, November 4, 2022)
2. Second evaluate: November 30, 2022 (30% of cost, December 16, 2022)
3. Complete evaluate of draft curriculum: January 4, 2023 (Final 40% of cost, January 20, 2023)

CONSULTANT PROFILE The marketing consultant ought to possess the next instructional {and professional} {qualifications} for the execution of this scope of labor: • Advanced diploma in public well being, nursing, midwifery or one other associated area • Familiarity with SSNB feeding pointers and expertise caring for SSNBs • Knowledge of BFHI, ENC, and coaching curriculums corresponding to AAP’s Helping Babies Survive • Experience main the event of toolkits and coaching supplies • Strong communication, analytical and writing abilities • Fluency in written and spoken English

How to use

Interested candidates ought to submit a canopy letter, CV, finances/every day charge quote, and a USAID Contractor Employee Biographical Data Sheet (https://www.usaid.gov/forms/aid-1420-17) to Lydia Wisner, [email protected] by September 28, 2022.