Options Consultancy seeks two Data for Decision Making (D4D) Provincial Coordinators, to provide technical assistance (TA) under the D4D Thematic Area to the sub-national governments and enable delivery against the Nepal Health Sector Support Programme 3 (NHSSP3) objectives.

The Data for Decision-making (D4D) Provincial Coordinator will provide technical assistance (TA) under the D4D thematic area to the sub-national governments. The objective of this post is to provide effective technical inputs to the Provincial Ministry of Social Development (MoSD) and Provincial Health Directorate (PHD) to enable them to deliver against the objectives of NHSP 3. The focus is especially on ensuring that high quality data is generated and used by capacitated duty bearers at the sub-national level for all decision-making. Under the leadership of the D4D Thematic Team Lead, the D4D Provincial Coordinator will develop the framework for providing technical support under this thematic area at sub-national levels and oversee its technical delivery to ensure thematic priorities are met. The key purpose of the D4D thematic area is to ensure evidence-based planning and decision-making is practiced and embedded in government processes sustainably.

The D4D Provincial Coordinator has overall responsibility for providing strategic technical direction to this thematic area within the focal province and ensuring integration with the other thematic areas at the provincial level, and that evidence from implementation is reflected in MoSD policy, planning, budgeting and programmes. They will provide robust technical leadership at the provincial level to support capacity enhancement for MoSD/PHD and relevant sub-national government bodies as needed, to improve generation of high-quality evidence and its used in decision-making.