Field Implementaiton Assistant

Project Overview and Role:

Palladium is a global leader in the design, development and delivery of Positive Impact - the intentional creation of enduring social and economic value. We work with foundations, investors, governments, corporations, communities and civil society to formulate strategies and implement solutions that generate lasting social, environmental and financial benefits.

For the past 50 years, we have been making Positive Impact possible. With a team of more than 2,500 employees operating in 90 plus countries and a global network of more than 35,000 technical experts, Palladium has improved - and is committed to continuing to improve - economies, societies and most importantly, people's lives.

Palladium is a child-safe organisation, and screens applicants for suitability to work with children. We also provide equal employment to all participants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran or marital status.

Project Overview

USAID’s ProtectHealth, based in Manila, the Philippines, in collaboration with other USAID projects, supports the Government of the Philippines (GPH) to enhance access and financing to meet key HIV, tuberculosis (TB) and family planning (FP) outcomes while realizing its goal of achieving universal health care (UHC). USAID’s ProtectHealth will specifically support GPH’s implementation of the UHC Law by addressing policy and institutional bottlenecks within the health financing system.

USAID’s ProtectHealth is planning to provide technical assistance (TA) to enable the GPH to rapidly and effectively enact reforms envisioned in new legislation on UHC (Republic Act 11223) and TB (Republic Act 10767). Specifically, USAID’s ProtectHealth will build GPH capacity by testing the implementation of different health financing reforms in selected Local Government Units (LGUs) to generate evidence and influence policy development at the national and local level. In this context, USAID’s ProtectHealth will support the implementation of the City-wide TB Elimination Campaign (CiTEC) in Cebu City in collaboration with USAID’s TB Innovations and Health Systems Strengthening (IHSS). CiTEC aims to generate evidence and develop approaches, tools, and systems to support the Department of Health (DOH) and PhilHealth to implement UHC, using TB as the tracer program. In terms of financing, USAID’s ProtectHealth plans to provide support to Cebu City in securing grants from the DOH Central and Regional units, enhance the current TB DOTS Outpatient Benefit Package of PhilHealth, to include TB network accreditation, and ensure efficient consolidation of funds through the establishment of the Special Health Fund (SHF) or a similar fund pooling mechanism (e.g., TB trust fund), among others.

 Primary Duties and Responsibilities: 

This is a Cebu City-based consultancy, reporting directly to the Field Supervisor, and responsible for field implementation of various activities implemented under the CiTEC, in support of USAID’s ProtectHealth project. Consultant is expected to provide support along any or all of the following CiTEC related activities:
●Assist in the generation of the masterlist to be used in the household profiling and screening through conduct of key informant interviews (KII), incorporating the AMH tags in the masterlist and geomap, and preparation of the post-KII masterlist.
●Liaise with community counterparts such as barangay officials, sitio leaders, barangay workers and other influencers in the barangay who could assist in disseminating information on the intent and rationale for CiTEC objectives and activities
●Obtain schedule of events in the sitios and barangay for possible collaboration and synergies with the CiTEC activities (i.e. vaccination schedules, ayuda distribution etc).
●Coordinate logistical needs and provide support during community mobilization activities such as informal townhall schedules, recurida requirements etc.
●Participate and document community mobilization activities.
●Assist in the preparation of the activity site by conducting ocular inspection, obtaining necessary permits and ensuring availability of site.
●Liaise with the logistics requirements for transport of individuals for screening activities or Philhealth related activities and facilitate conduct thereof.
●Coordinate with groups during house-to-house activity such as CHWs as profilers and screeners and Barangay Tanod for security purposes.
●Assist in the preparation, distribution and documentation of incentives for the case finding activity.
●Assist in the monitoring of incentives received by Barangay for distribution as well as the recipients during the activity itself.
●Assist in seamless flow in the activity site by managing the queue, securing CITEC assets, ensuring quality of filled up forms and adherence to agreed protocol and escalating to the Field Supervisor or Medical Field Officer potential issues in the activity site.
●Conduct quality control measures on the households visited for data validation.
●Assist Field Supervisor in monitoring progress of field operations.
●Assist in preparing and securing masterlist, geomaps, informed consent, profiling form and screening forms before and after house-to-house activities for archiving.

●Assist in PhilHealth related activities such as follow up on TB patient registration and claims processing; maintenance of PhilHealth tracking database and distribution of Member Data Record; and coordination and preparation for the community based Philhealth registration.
●Perform any other tasks related to CiTEC as may be directed by the Field Supervisor, Field Implementation Specialist, and RMELFA Adviser.
Specific tasks per pay period will be outlined in the consultants work order subject to the agreement of both parties.

Required Qualifications:

 ●College-level, with a degree in any relevant course;
●Sound written and verbal communication skills in Cebuano and English;
●Familiarity and strong ability to connect with the CiTEC community, Brgy. Mambaling;
●Strong organizational skills to ensure activities, schedules and progress of work are on schedule;
●Good attention to detail to ensure that information relayed during profiling activities are completely and accurately recorded in the profiling forms;
●Ability to work as a part of a team when required.

Company Overview:

About Palladium - Palladium is a global leader in the design, development and delivery of Positive Impact – the intentional creation of enduring social and economic value.  We work with governments, businesses, and investors to solve the world's most pressing challenges. With a team of more than 3,000 employees operating in 90 plus countries and a global network of over 35,000 experts, we help improve economies, societies and, most importantly, people's lives.

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion - Palladium is committed to embedding equity, diversity, and inclusion into everything we do. We welcome applications from all sections of society and actively encourage diversity to drive innovation, creativity, success and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce; and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment regardless of their background or personal characteristics. These include: (but are not limited to) socio-economic background, age, race, gender identity and expression, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, nationality, veteran, marital or Indigenous status.

Should you require any adjustments or accommodations to be made due to a disability or you are a neurodivergent individual or for any other circumstance, please email our team at accessibility@thepalladiumgroup.com and we will be in touch to discuss.

Safeguarding - We define Safeguarding as “the preventative action taken by Palladium to protect our people, clients and the communities we work with from harm”. We are committed to ensuring that all children and adults who come into contact with Palladium are treated with respect and are free from abuse.  All successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced selection process including safeguarding-focused interviews and a rigorous due diligence process.