icddr,b is a Bangladesh-based international health research institute that strives to solve key public health problems through high-quality scientific research and innovation. Icddr,b as a values-based organization encourages women and people with disabilities.

icddr,b invites applications from suitable candidates for consultancy with the Programme for Emerging Infection under Infectious Diseases Division.

Location: Mohakhali, Dhaka

Expected start date of assignment: January 2024

Duration: 02 months

Scope of Work: The Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) aims to counsel pregnant women in the catchment area on the importance of timely antenatal care (ANC) so that they can understand the need and visit for ANC check up on time during their pregnancy. The initiative will be implemented using the existing Pregnancy Surveillance System (PSS) platform under CHAMPS by an existing field team. To implement this activity, we would like to appoint a professional counselor, to conduct an initial assessment of the PSS data collectors using a standard assessment tool to understand their current knowledge and perceptions about ANC. The tool will be developed both in Bengali and English. The counselor will develop a training module as per given outline of the CHAMPS working team that accommodate the level of training required for the field team. The counselor will include certain techniques of communication in the module focusing how efficiently the field team can convey the target information with pregnant women and conduct an intensive training to the implementation team (PSS data collectors).

Expected deliverables:

1. Develop a need assessment tool both in Bengali and English and conduct the need assessment of the field team of 20 PSS data collectors, before developing the training module.
2. Develop a training module for the ‘brief counseling session by the field team of CHAMPS’ to motivate pregnant women for visiting timely ANC during their pregnancy and facility delivery and share the module with the working team of CHAMPS.
3. Revise and finalize the training module by accommodating feedback from the icddr,b working team and based on need assessment.
4. Plan and conduct extensive team training as per module with post evaluation of the participants in the real field at the field site.
5. Follow-up team performance and quality check of the filed team through observation of the field implementation and troubleshooting.
6. A complete report of the activities at the end of the consultancy work.

Required qualifications and experience:

*Master’s degree in Psychology/ Clinical Psychology
*At least ten years’ experience in counseling; counseling experience at the
community level will get preference
*Previous working experience in public health is desirable

Notes of attention:

• Only short-listed candidates shall be invited for the selection process
• icddr,b does not charge any fee at any stage of the selection process
• icddr,b reserves the ownership/rights to any intellectual property generated and/or modified under this consultancy engagement

Interested candidates who fulfil the requirements should submit online applications using icddr,b website: career.icddrb.org by December 16, 2023.