Editor/Technical Writer - ReachHealth Activity Performance Evaluation

Background

Panagora Group is a social enterprise dedicated to providing high-quality, high-impact international development, global health, and learning consulting. We are a dynamic, woman- and employee-owned small business partner focused on market-based and integrated local solutions that strengthen country capacity and independence; and on learning, communications, and technology solutions to accelerate and heighten the impact.

Panagora provides technical and advisory services related to monitoring, evaluation, research, and learning to USAID/Philippines. Under the USAID/Philippines, Pacific Islands, and Mongolia Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Activity (PIMMELA), we are supporting the USAID Office of Health (OH) in conducting a performance evaluation of the Improved Health for Underserved Filipinos: Family Planning and Maternal and Neonatal Health Innovations and Capacity Building Platforms (ReachHealth) Activity.

The ReachHealth Activity is a five-year project that started in December 2018 and aims to strengthen and improve access to critical health services for Filipino families. The project aids Philippine communities to reduce unmet need for family planning services and decrease teen pregnancy and newborn morbidity and mortality. The project focuses its support on geographic areas with the highest health burden, i.e. the highest levels of unmet need for family planning and teenage pregnancy.

Based on the request of USAID OH, PIMMELA will conduct a performance evaluation of the ReachHealth project. The evaluation primarily aims to assess how ReachHealth supported the Philippines in bolstering and improving access to critical health services, reducing unmet need for family planning and decreasing teenage pregnancy. The results of the evaluation will inform USAID’s next family planning activities and the Government of Philippines on which approaches of ReachHealth can be adopted and scaled up.

Position Summary

Panagora Group seeks a short-term technical consultant to serve as an Editor/Technical Writer for the performance evaluation of the ReachHealth Activity. S/He will lead the evaluation team in drafting, editing, and reviewing deliverables, including reports and presentation materials. The evaluation is expected to be carried out between May and October 2024. The position will report to PIMMELA’s Senior M&E Director and will work closely with the performance evaluation team and PIMMELA’s Health Data Management Specialist.

Responsibilities:

· Participate in evaluation team planning meetings between the evaluation team and PIMMELA

· Provide technical input on the outline and review and edit the following deliverables:

o Evaluation design report

o Desk review findings report and presentation

o Final evaluation protocols document

o Preliminary findings presentation

o Draft evaluation report

· Develop the abstract and executive summary of the evaluation report.

· Support the team in integrating feedback from USAID and finalizing the evaluation report.

· Ensure the Final Report is compliant with Section 508 of the U.S. Rehabilitation Act

Requirements

· Master’s degree in a relevant discipline preferably with a health focus (e.g., public health, economics, public policy, development studies, social sciences)

· At least eight years of experience in technical writing specifically in research, and/or monitoring and evaluation

· Previous experience in development work and with donors, specifically USAID

· Knowledge of USAID guidance on preparing evaluations reports and adhering to evaluation report criteria and checklist

· Proficient in MS Office applications

· Strong organizational skills and attention to detail

· Proficient in English

· Familiarity with USAID health FP/ARH programs/projects/activities is desirable

· Familiarity with health programs and services in the Philippines