The Health Practice team at Oxford Policy Management (OPM) is seeking a Programme Review Consultant (Health Practice) on a part-time, consultancy basis, contingent on the successful outcome of a bid for an upcoming project.

The position would be based remotely, with travel to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),

We are an international development consultancy working to improve lives through sustainable policy change in low- and middle-income countries. Our vision is for fair public policy that benefits both people and the planet.

Through our global network of offices, we work in partnership with national stakeholders and decision makers to research, design, implement, and evaluate impactful public policy. We draw on our local and international sector experts to provide the very best evidence-based support. We deliver projects with expert knowledge and experience and can be relied upon for excellence in all aspects of project delivery. We work collaboratively, with ambition, to help deliver impactful public policy that will bring about lasting change.

The Health Practice works to strengthen health systems and improve health outcomes for people in low- and middle-income countries. Our work spans health financing, service delivery, health policy, and systems strengthening. We combine rigorous research and evaluation with practical policy advice to help governments and development partners design, implement, and sustain effective health programmes. The team has a proven track record in delivering complex multi-country evaluations, monitoring frameworks, and applied research across Africa and Asia.

WISH Dividend is a UK Government Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)-funded project implemented between January 2025 and March 2029. The objective of WISH Dividend is to support women and adolescents—particularly the poor and most marginalised—to have greater voice, choice, and control over their sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). WISH Dividend also aims to improve the enabling environment for SRHR and gender equality as part of an accelerated, African-led, inclusive demographic transition.

WISH Dividend comprises three components:

• WISH 2: Support for service delivery and technical assistance, implemented by MSI Reproductive Choices (MSI) and partners in six countries in West and Central Africa, and by the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) and partners in seven countries in Eastern and Southern Africa.

• WISH Policy and Systems (P&S): Technical Assistance (P&S TA) implemented by Palladium, providing demand-led SRHR and demographic dividend support; and P&S Data, implemented by the UK Office for National Statistics (ONS), building statistical capability in selected sub-Saharan countries.

• WISH Learn: Research and evaluation through WISH Global Goods Research led by Guttmacher, and WISH Evaluation and Learning (E&L) led by Oxford Policy Management (OPM), providing third-party monitoring and verification, learning and course correction, evidence generation, and evaluation.

As part of the WISH E&L component, OPM conducts Routine Country Assessments to independently verify the quality of WISH Dividend programme implementation at the country level.

The Programme Review Consultant will lead the programme review component during routine country assessments. Data collection will include a week’s visit to the DRC, accompanied by a national consultant—two days in the capital city at programme headquarters and three days visiting health facilities in sampled locations.

This component focuses on assessing how well the programme design responds to country needs, the extent to which the programme is on track to achieve results, key factors influencing performance, and opportunities to strengthen the programme.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Review the programme review approach and questionnaires developed by OPM.

• Participate in preparation meetings with the OPM team and the national consultant.

• Conduct in-person interviews (in French) with programme staff, implementing partners, and other stakeholders at national and sub-national levels.

• Undertake visits to health facilities to collect field-level information.

• Present preliminary findings to the programme implementation team.

• Analyse qualitative and quantitative data and contribute to drafting the country assessment report in English.

• Collaborate closely with the national consultant and OPM’s central evaluation team to ensure data quality and alignment with overall project methodology.

• Advanced degree (Master’s or equivalent) in Public Health, Health Policy, Social Sciences, or a related field.
• At least 10 years’ experience in international development, with significant experience in health systems strengthening, sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), or programme evaluation.
• Proven experience managing or implementing large family planning or SRHR programmes in Sub-Saharan Africa.
• Demonstrated ability to conduct interviews across all programme levels, including senior and junior staff, government officials at national and sub-national levels, community members, and service providers.
• Expertise in qualitative research and experience delivering assessment or evaluation reports for similar international development clients.
• Strong analytical, interviewing, and report-writing skills.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in both French and English.
• Availability to travel to the DRC for approximately one week during the assignment period.
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Desirable:

• Experience working on FCDO-funded programmes.
• Experience conducting fieldwork or managing teams in fragile or conflict-affected settings.
• Familiarity with WISH or other large-scale SRHR initiatives.

Whether you join us in a corporate position, as a project delivery colleague, or as an independent contractor driving programme management - at OPM you will find a company that places equal value on excellence and integrity. As a leading international development consulting firm, we strive to enable and empower everyone who works with us to do their best work in an environment that welcomes ambition, creativity and passion for positive change.

Our commitment to diversity and inclusion

We strongly believe in a fairer distribution of power between all stakeholders, and we commit to reflecting this in our organisational structures and in the design and delivery of our projects. We proactively work to evolve ourselves and our stakeholders to shape inclusive and fair programming, implementation, and policies. Our recruitment and procurement processes reflect our ambition to make the international development sector more diverse and inclusive.

If you share our vision for fair public policy that benefits both people and planet, we would love to hear from you. Please submit your application through our careers’ site by the closing date .  We review and interview applicants on a rolling basis and encourage you to apply by way of CV via our careers site at the earliest.