Mentoring and Coaching Training Consultant

HARMONY Care implements integrated maternal newborn child health and nutrition interventions through group care and related service delivery approaches. Key areas include Group Antenatal Care (G-ANC) Group Postnatal Care (G-PNC) Family-Led Postnatal Care (FPNC) Nutrition Perinatal Mental Health Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) and Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses (IMCI). To strengthen quality and sustainability the project seeks to engage an experienced master coach to design and facilitate a practical mentorship and coaching skills training for selected project staff mentors and coaches.

The consultant will strengthen participants ability to apply mentorship coaching adult learning supportive supervision feedback problem-solving documentation and action planning approaches that improve implementation quality across HARMONY Care interventions. These include:

• Preparation - Review relevant HARMONY Care documents; hold consultations with project leadership; develop the training agenda facilitation plan participant materials pre/post tests coaching guide and practical tools.
• Training delivery - Facilitate a three-day interactive training covering mentoring and coaching concepts adult learning communication active listening pre-visit planning coaching conversations feedback follow-up problem solving supportive supervision documentation role plays and application to HARMONY Care service areas.
• Post-training support - Administer and summarize pre/post assessments; support participants to develop coaching action plans; submit a final report with outputs results recommendations and documentation.

Expected Deliverables and Acceptance Criteria

1. Inception report and workplan (Before training) Clear approach schedule and requirements agreed with HARMONY Care.
2. Training agenda facilitation plan and full training package (Before training) Materials are practical participatory contextualized to HARMONY Care and approved before use.
3. Pre/post assessment tools and results summary (During/after training) Assessment tools administered and results analyzed.
4. Three-day mentorship and coaching skills training delivered (Training period) Training completed using adult learning methods simulations group work and coaching practice.
5. Final training report (Within 5 working days after training) Report includes methodology attendance pre/post results key outcomes participant action plans recommendations and photos.

• Advanced degree in Public Health Health Systems Management Nursing Medicine Education Organizational Development Human Resources Development Psychology or a related field.
• At least 10 years of relevant experience in mentoring coaching leadership development work force capacity strengthening or performance improvement.
• Demonstrated experience facilitating mentorship and coaching training in healthcare or development programs.
• Strong knowledge of adult learning participatory facilitation supportive supervision performance improvement and report writing.
• Experience in maternal and child health primary healthcare health systems strengthening or donor-funded health projects is desirable.
• Professional certification in coaching mentorship leadership development or a related area is an added advantage