Paul Marsden

Experience

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  LATH / Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

  Jan 2005 - Jan 2010

  Senior Human Resources for Health Specialist

  Collaborating with national govenments, line ministries, agencies, development partners, NGOs and partners on a comprehensive range of health systems and human resource policy, planning, management & development initiatives throughout the Southern, East and West Africa region. Additionally, providing long-term technical assistance in health systems and HRH Policy & Planning to the Malawi health sector, including the successful programming, resourcing and implementation of the Malawi 6-Year Emergency HRH Program. Show less

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  Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine | LATH

  Jan 2010 - Jan 2014

  Senior HRH Policy & Planning Specialist

  Providing technical leadership and guidance in HR and workforce policy, planning and management; strengthening and supporting capacity to develop, implement and monitor appropriate evidence-based workforce policy, strategy, systems and processes at global regional and national levels across multiple sectors - with specific emphasis on human resources for health, health systems strengthening and social services workforce strengthening.

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  CapacityPlus

  Jan 2010 - Jan 2014

  Team Lead: HR Policy, Planning & Management

  Enabling action and progress on HRH with USAID, country missions, host country leadership, global and national level development partners, stakeholders and counterparts; Providing technical direction and guidance on HRH policy, strategy, planning and management, health systems strengthening, and social services workforce strengthening/OVC; Leading the development and application of HRH tools and approaches (e.g. HRM assessment approach, HRM systems strengthening framework; HRH Professional Development Program, HRH Action Framework); Facilitating the strengthening of human resource capacity at all levels to develop, implement and monitor health workforce policy, strategy and systems; Providing technical leadership and strategic direction to the project's Nigeria and Ghana country programs. Show less

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  Pact

  Feb 2014 - Apr 2018

  Health HR Systems Director to the PEPFAR-funded Government Capacity Building Support (GCBS) program, which contributes to 90-90-90 targets for the control of HIV among OVC and youth. Providing direct technical assistance to the RSA Government’s Department of Social Development (DSD); leading the systems strengthening, OVC costing and workforce capacity building components, as well as the overall learning agenda, documentation and dissemination for the project. Major deliverables include a sector HR Plan; a workforce and service delivery Demand and Supply Model; workforce deployment and supervision improvement initiatives, an integrated service delivery model at community; supporting stakeholder collaboration and coordination; enabling national, provincial and district leaders and managers to develop and implement service delivery systems and workforce strengthening initiatives aligned with and supportive of the PEPFAR 3.0 and HRH strategies: i.e. compiling workforce assessments, profiles and data sets aligned with National Health Workforce Accounts; comprehensive skills development plans & competency frameworks, recruitment & retention strategies, norms & standards for practitioners; supervision & quality improvements, transition of PEPFAR-supported posts, and supporting GCBS, DSD and partners to design, cost, implement and document sustainable OVCY services. Achievements include coordinating the RSA country profile for the 2016 State of the Social Services Workforce Report; supporting the PEPFAR/Global Fund community-based non-formal worker assessment and mapping; coordinating the national Department of Social Development to deliver three satellite sessions at the SA AIDS 2017 conference; and presenting to the 4th Global Forum on Human Resources for Health on the workforce Demand and Supply Modeling approach for South Africa’s social services sector. Show less Senior HRH and Systems Specialist/Director to the PEPFAR-funded Namibia Institutional Strengthening (NIS) program, responsible for domestic resource utilisation and workforce planning, supply, recruitment, deployment and retention initiatives for integrated HIV service delivery; stakeholder mapping and engagement; community and health system strengthening; mentoring and capacity building; data analysis and use; development and application of resource utilization strategies and solutions at national and regional level for the control and elimination of the HIV epidemic. Provided additional systems strengthening, workforce, costing, and data analysis input & oversight for OVC, Early Childhood Development (ECD) and child protection programming and interventions to Government of Namibia and partners. Produced a comprehensive assessment and profile of the HIV workforce for Namibia’s social services sector. Show less

  • Senior Health Human Resources & Systems Specialist | Director

    Jul 2015 - Apr 2018

  • Senior HRH and Systems Specialist | Director

    Feb 2014 - Jun 2015
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  Freelance

  Jul 2015 - Apr 2018

  Senior Workforce and Health Systems Specialist | Consultant

  Independent Health Systems and Workforce Specialist, with expertise in: - Institutional Strengthening - Capacity Building - Policy Analysis and Development - Health Systems Strengthening - Human Resources for Health - Financing and Costing - Social Services Workforce Strengthening - Program Design, Management & Implementation - Workforce Planning & Data - Human Resource Management & Development Systems and Processes - Strategic Planning - Governance & Leadership - Organizational Development - Advocacy - Measurement, Evaluation Results and Learning Show less

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  World Health Organization

  May 2018 - now

  Technical Officer: Health Workforce

  Health Workforce Team Lead for the joint WHO-ILO-OECD Working for Health programme and its Multi-Partner Trust Fund. Coordinator for the Global Health Workforce Network (GHWN) collaborative partnerships and its Strategic Advisory Committee. Specialist technical advisor on workforce policy, strategy, planning and management.