Continuous Improvement Consultant – Enterprise

Boston Children’s Hospital

At Boston Children’s Hospital, the quality of our care – and our inclusive hospital working environment – lies in the diversity of our people. With patients from local communities and 160 countries around the world, we’re committed to reflecting the spectrum of their cultures, while opening doors of opportunity for our team. Here, different talents pursue common goals. Voices are heard and ideas are shared. Join us, and discover how your unique contributions can change lives. Yours included.

The Enterprise Project Management Office (EPMO) partners with senior leaders and the front line to optimize complex systems across our Enterprise (Hospital). This position is a key member of EPMO’s Analytics program. The goal of the program is to deliver rapid and easy access to actionable data that can be used to develop knowledge and inform and influence decision making to achieve desired outcomes, ultimately driving better and more cost effective patient care.

This Continuous Improvement Consultant will be responsible for:

Developing on-demand reporting in partnership with teammates and colleagues from other depts.
Providing analyses and reporting of institution-wide performance indicators as well as project specific metrics that are timely, accurate, interpretable and actionable
Subject matter expertise for visualization tools (e.g. Microstrategy or Tableau)
Facilitating the spread of tools and technology throughout BCH. Co-leading enterprise wide community building efforts such as the Analyst Forum and Smartsheet User Group. Assisting in the administration of Smartsheet Account
Contributing to the development of knowledge management strategy, facilitating access to information, cross-project learning, and best practice sharing
Contributing to projects of varying size and complexity. Maintaining knowledge of CI and PM methodologies

To qualify, you must have:

A Bachelor’s Degree in Healthcare Management, Science, Business Admin, Engineering, Public Health or related field
Min 2 yrs relevant experience in healthcare project management, continuous improvement consulting, or applying six sigma and lean tools in a complex organization
Preferred: Knowledge of data warehousing and business analytic apps. SQL and/or related coding skills
Preferred: Knowledge of biostatistics. Familiarity with SAS, SPSS, SigmaXL or other statistical software
Preferred: Knowledge of other software apps such as SharePoint, Smartsheet, RedCap, Confluence, or Jira
Desirable: Knowledge of predictive analytics, modeling, or simulation
Desirable: Knowledge of PeopleSoft and/or supply chain analytics

Please note: During a public health emergency, individuals in this role may be expected to take on additional duties to respond to organization needs

Boston Children’s Hospital offers competitive compensation and unmatched benefits, including an affordable health, vision and dental insurance, generous levels of time off, 403(b) Retirement Savings plan, Pension, Tuition Reimbursement, and discounted rates on T-passes (50% off). Discover your best.

Boston Children’s Hospital is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status or disability.

Food Security Innovations Consultant

International Rescue Committee

Scope of work

The IRC is currently implementing the “Small-Space Food Security Innovations: Assessing Solutions and Program Models for Crisis Contexts” Project funded by Implementer-Led Design, Evidence, Analysis and Learning (IDEAL activity. The IDEAL activity is funding by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA). This project is responding to an identified need to address land access and resource constraint challenges in food security programming and provide innovative food security solutions for agricultural production to the people we serve in camps, settlements, and host communities. The IDEAL community implements small-space solutions such as kitchen gardening, low tunnels, and greenhouses in countries across Africa, the Middle East, and Asia—and are looking for new solutions to include in programming.

The goal of the project is to assess the potential of innovative small-space food security and nutrition solutions and programming models for emergency contexts with security, mobility, land access, and natural resource challenges.

The objectives of the project are to:

Identify, document, and evaluate the potential of solutions
Determine feasible programming model recommendations to integrate these solutions into emergency programs; and 3) disseminate the findings and recommendations to practitioners.

The scoping research will include a systematic review of qualitative and quantitative literature evaluating potential solutions.The review will include:

Academic and grey literature
Key informant interviews with industry experts and leaders
Cost modeling of technologies utilizing Microsoft Excel or R
Context analysis of key geographical regions using external data sources and internal resources.

The Consultant will be responsible for:

Academic and grey literature
Key informant interviews with industry experts and leaders.
The Consultant will work in partnership with the Economic Recovery and Development (ERD) Senior Coordinator on key inputs for
Cost modeling of technologies utilizing Microsoft Excel or R; and (d) context analysis of key geographical regions using external data sources and internal resources.

Deliverables:

Submit a report in the form of a Microsoft Word document on a systematic review of academic and grey literature
Submit a report in the form of a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet including a database of research and library of research
Submit a report containing 20-30 key informant interviews with industry experts and leaders that are sourced and conducted by the consultant together with detailed notes and summaries on those key informant interviews
Submit a report containing an analysis of technologies using criteria created in collaboration with IRC’s ERD Senior Coordinator
Submit a report containing a recommendation of 2-4 technologies for case studies with inputs into each case study

IRC will support the consultant activities by providing the following assistance and documents:

Template for the report on a systematic review of academic and grey literature
Template for the report including a database of research and library of research.
IRC’s ERD Senior Coordinator will assist with identification of key informant interviewees through peer networks

Requirements:

Education: Undergraduate degree in social science, nutrition, food security, agriculture, logistics or related field and technical accreditation or equivalent
Work Experience: 3-5 years of work experience in the humanitarian or development sector, preferably with at least 2 years of international experience implementing humanitarian and/or development programs with food security components.
Experience working in diverse emergency, recovery post-conflict or development contexts preferred.
High degree of proven organizational and project management skills required, and experience facilitating qualitative data collection.
Superior coordination capabilities and capability to operate independently and as a team member. Excellent writing skills required.
French and/or Arabic highly desirable

Consultant-PROJECT IMPACT ANALYSIS

Mercy Corps

About Mercy Corps

Mercy Corps is a leading global organization powered by the belief that a better world is possible. In disaster, in hardship, in more than 40 countries around the world, we partner to put bold solutions into action — helping people triumph over adversity and build stronger communities from within. Now, and for the future. Mercy Corps has been operating in Nepal since 2005, implementing programs in food security, agriculture, market development, financial services, girl’s education, climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction. We take a systems-based approach in our programming, with the aim of improving the lives and potential of vulnerable individuals and communities across Nepal.

Program Summary

The Mercy Corps STEM II project (Supporting the Education of Marginalized Girls) is a three and half year project that aims to improve life opportunities and outcomes of over 6,000 adolescent girls, helping them stay in school and obtain higher levels of math and literacy. This project is now in the final year and will end in March 2021.

Assignment/consultancy Summary

Mercy Corps is looking for a consultant to support the preparation of different learning materials focusing on how the STEM II project has successfully able to support the marginalized girls to achieve greater learning scores and positive transition in life, how these proven tools and approaches could be replicable and scale at national and international level. The project has prepared different fact sheets, conducted evaluations in different phases and prepared some how to note which will guide the consultant to prepare international level documents to be shared with donors, policy makers and education stakeholders. The Consultant will work remotely and may be based in Nepal or any other country, but must be able to coordinate to a reasonable degree during Nepal Standard Time working hours.

Scope of Work

The Consultant will conduct a desk review of existing STEM II documentation, and then work with the Project staff to provide a high-level learning analysis of STEM II activities, achievements, and limitations. The Consultant will also review the international policy, best practices and trends in adolescents programming and funding landscape as it relates to the field of girls’ education, and based on these activities will create a suite of learning and sharing materials that will:

Support Mercy Corps in disseminating key project information, sharing learning outcomes, and highlighting significant achievements from the STEM II project to existing project stakeholders

Serve as lasting “quick look” documentation for concise, comprehensive reference when planning future Mercy Corps programming

Be shared with prospective future donors, government stakeholders, and local partners to facilitate Mercy Corps’ continued engagement in the field of girls’ education.

Key Deliverables

Learning document: Review existing project documents and then coordinate with Project staff to produce high-quality, polished final products on key project/learning outcomes from the project that are to be compared with national and global level trends and practices. Additionally, highlight STEM II contribution to Sustainable Development Goals, FCDO girl’s education challenge program and inclusive education. ( 8-10 pager document with high standard english language using infographics and final layout)

Technical briefing package: This will include but is not limited to concise overviews of project activities, technical aspects of the STEM II approach, and summaries of key indicators and outcomes. (4 pager document that explains STEM overall program achievements )

Policy briefing package: This will include but is not limited to rapid summaries of the project, an overview of lessons learned, a cogent analysis of policy implications, and a proposed menu of activities for further programming and action to build on the achievements of STEM II. (4 pager documents)

Dissemination strategy: This will outline suggestions to Mercy Corps’ leadership on potential strategies for reaching prospective donors and partners with this information about STEM II, with particular focus on the landscape for future work in girls’ education. (2 pager document with communication strategy for sharing the evidence)

Reports Directly to: STEM II Program Manager
Works Directly with: Director of Program, MEL Manager, Communications Specialist, Thematic Leads

Knowledge and Experience

At least a Master level degree in social sciences, development studies/management, or any related discipline
Should have strong experience of writing for audiences within the development sector.
Able to synthesize information from various program documents, and provide cogent and concise summaries and analysis.
Would able able to think critically and work collaboratively with Project staff to determine most relevant information, including key project learnings.
An understanding of the education field and girls’ education in particular would also be highly useful.
Excellent research, analytical and writing skills
Demonstrated experience in synthesizing complex information, producing high-quality documentation, and writing for audiences in the international development sector.
Previous experience and background knowledge of the Nepal context and international development landscape is highly preferred
Previous experience in the field of girls’ education would be a plus
Demonstrated capacity to work remotely and coordinate effectively with other team members working remotely
High level fluency in written English required
Fluency in written and spoken Nepali preferred
Previous experience contributing to design and layout preferred

Mercy Corps Diversity Statement

Achieving our mission begins with how we build our team and work together. Through our commitment to enriching our organization with people of different origins, beliefs, backgrounds, and ways of thinking, we are better able to leverage the collective power of our teams and solve the world’s most complex challenges. We strive for a culture of trust and respect, where everyone contributes their perspectives and authentic selves, reaches their potential as individuals and teams, and collaborates to do the best work of their lives.

We recognize that diversity and inclusion is a journey, and we are committed to learning, listening and evolving to become more diverse, equitable and inclusive than we are today.

Performance Excellence Consultant

Community Health Network

Join our community
Community Health Network has an excellent opportunity available within our process discipline team. If you are looking for challenging work and meaningful advancement, then you should consider a career with Community.

Where you fit in
The Performance Excellence Consultant plays a key role within our process discipline function. You will be responsible for training, supporting and coaching others through all aspects of the process discipline. You will utilize your expertise to accelerate the achievement of Network strategic goals. You help advance the organizational performance excellence capabilities by facilitating training events and providing mentorship around Process Discipline.

Your essential functions

Serve as a Network champion and expert on the Way We Improve Framework (TWWI).
Provide expertise and hands-on support to the PD Center of Excellence and Community of Practice.
Design training content and facilitate training for all aspects of process discipline including (but not limited to): Yellow Belt & Green Belt, Change Agent, Daily Improvement, Business Process Management (BPM) and Sponsor training.
Provide advisory and mentoring support for training participants through their evaluation projects.
Assist in the leading and mobilization of the PD extended team.
Utilize BPM and improvement methodologies, techniques and tools to solve complex and broad impact problems.

Your exceptional qualifications

Bachelor’s degree required
Master’s degree preferred
Must obtain Green Belt certification within six (6) months and Black Belt certification within two (2) years of accepting the position
PMI Project Management Professional (PMP) and ASQ Certification preferred
Possess Business Process Management (BPM) and/or improvement methodology training and experience
Two (2) years of healthcare experience required with experience in performance improvement and/or project management required. Or three (3) years of performance improvement and/or project management in a non-health care setting

Your life with Community
You work hard to provide our patients with the exceptional care, and you deserve benefits to match. Community offers a unique employment package that encompasses not only your day-to-day job, but also your career.

You will have the opportunity to grow your career thanks to scholarships and tuition reimbursement from the Community Health Network Foundation, and receive recognition for your achievements.