THET North West Syria Consultant

Location:

Remote – Based in Gaziantep

Salary:

EUR225.62 per day for 220 days’ work

Reporting To:

THET Programmes Manager

Key Responsibilities:

The THET NW Syria Country Representative will carry out activities to support the delivery of the EU-funded MAWARID programme focusing on strengthening medical education in North West Syria.

THET is responding to a request from the EU to assist with the strengthening of medical education priorities in North West Syria (NWS), working with and responding to the priorities of the Syrian Board of Medical Specialities (SBOMS) and other partners, and reflecting on systems already in place in other parts of Syria.

The project is further articulated around four result areas:

1. Strengthened HRH/HSS leadership and governance of selected parameter-compliant actors possibly including the Syrian Board of Medical Specialities (SBOMS), Medical Syndicates, Leagues and/or Associations;
2. Improved delivery of postgraduate medical education with a focus on shortage specialties (through areas such as: curriculum reform, improved clinical skills teaching and modern teaching approaches competency-based assessment procedures, placements, resources and tools and/or application of learning technologies, based on scoping findings);
3. Improved understanding of and recommendations for the strengthening of undergraduate medical education; and
4. Improved understanding of health workforce capacity gaps and needs through a detailed scoping assessment, dialogue and engagement of key local stakeholders to identify problems and test solutions.

This attached document serves as a Terms of reference for a consultant based in Gaziantep who will be expected to work 220 days over the course of the 1 year programme, averaging 18 days per month to support the delivery of the outputs.

The THET NW Syria Country Representative will carry out activities to support the delivery of the EU-funded MAWARID programme focusing on strengthening medical education in North West Syria.

THET is responding to a request from the EU to assist with the strengthening of medical education priorities in North West Syria (NWS), working with and responding to the priorities of the Syrian Board of Medical Specialities (SBOMS) and other partners, and reflecting on systems already in place in other parts of Syria.

The project is further articulated around four result areas:

i) Strengthened HRH/HSS leadership and governance of selected parameter-compliant actors possibly including the Syrian Board of Medical Specialities (SBOMS), Medical Syndicates, Leagues and/or Associations;

ii) Improved delivery of postgraduate medical education with a focus on shortage specialties (through areas such as: curriculum reform, improved clinical skills teaching and modern teaching approaches competency-based assessment procedures, placements, resources and tools and/or application of learning technologies, based on scoping findings);

iii) Improved understanding of and recommendations for the strengthening of undergraduate medical education; and

iv) Improved understanding of health workforce capacity gaps and needs through a detailed scoping assessment, dialogue and engagement of key local stakeholders to identify problems and test solutions.

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