Transcriptionist – ReachHealth Activity Performance Evaluation

Project/Activity

USAID/PIMMELA

Industry

USAID

City

Manila

State/Province

Manila

Country

Philippines

Zip/Postal Code

00000

HIghest Level of Education

Bachelors

Work Experience

5-7 years

Background

Panagora Group is a social enterprise dedicated to providing high-quality, high-impact international development, global health, and learning consulting. We are a dynamic, woman- and employee-owned small business partner focused on market-based and integrated local solutions that strengthen country capacity and independence; and on learning, communications, and technology solutions to accelerate and heighten the impact.

Panagora provides technical and advisory services related to monitoring, evaluation, research, and learning to USAID/Philippines. Under the USAID/Philippines, Pacific Islands, and Mongolia Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Activity (PIMMELA), we are supporting the USAID Office of Health (OH) in conducting a performance evaluation of the Improved Health for Underserved Filipinos: Family Planning and Maternal and Neonatal Health Innovations and Capacity Building Platforms (ReachHealth) Activity.

The ReachHealth Activity is a five-year project that started in December 2018 and aims to strengthen and improve access to critical health services for Filipino families. The project aids Philippine communities to reduce unmet need for family planning services and decrease teen pregnancy and newborn morbidity and mortality. The project focuses its support on geographic areas with the highest health burden, i.e. the highest levels of unmet need for family planning and teenage pregnancy.

Based on the request of USAID OH, PIMMELA will conduct a performance evaluation of the ReachHealth project. The evaluation primarily aims to assess how ReachHealth supported the Philippines in bolstering and improving access to critical health services, reducing unmet need for family planning and decreasing teenage pregnancy. The results of the evaluation will inform USAID’s next family planning activities and the Government of Philippines on which approaches of ReachHealth can be adopted and scaled up.

Position Summary:

Panagora Group seeks a short-term technical consultant to serve as a transcriptionist. S/He will transcribe recorded interviews in written format for documentation. The documentation of interviews is a critical input for data analysis and the development of the evaluation report. The transcriptionist must have exemplary listening skills since s/he will transcribe materials that may have different accents and background noise. The evaluation is expected to be carried out between May and October 2024. The position will report to PIMMELA’s Senior M&E Director and will work closely with the performance evaluation team and PIMMELA’s Health Data Management Specialist.

Responsibilities:

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  Participate in evaluation team planning meetings between the evaluation team and PIMMELA
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  Produce weekly accomplishment reports on tasks assigned by the Evaluation Team Leader during the evaluation planning, implementation, and reporting phases
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  Support the remote/online key informant interviews and focus group discussions through notetaking and transcription of recorded interviews
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  Record and document meeting notes for the routine briefings with USAID OH and PIMMELA

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline (e.g., public health and management, economics, public policy, development studies, social sciences)
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  At least 5 years of experience in processing, managing, and transcribing audio recorded interviews into written format.
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  Experience with qualitative data for research
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  Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
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  Knowledge of the international development industry and donors, specifically USAID
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  Familiarity with USAID health FP/ARH programs/projects/activities is desirable
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  Familiarity with health programs and services in the Philippines

Panagora Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race or ethnicity, religion, sex, national origin, age, veteran disability or genetic information or any other reason prohibited by law in employment.