CON 2026 041 | Birthing Facility Operationalization and Sustainability Consultant

International Organization for Migration; Cotabato City; On-site; PHP 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is recruiting a consultant under its BRIGHT-BARMM health program in BARMM, Philippines, to provide technical guidance, mentorship, and strategic advice to MOH-BARMM, LGUs, and RHUs. The assignment focuses on governance, health financing, data management, and sustainable facility development for Safe Motherhood and ARH initiatives.

The consultant will document lessons learned, good practices, challenges, and recommendations, reporting to the

Job description

The International Organization for Migration (IOM)’s health program in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) aims at strengthening the resilience and responsiveness of the region’s health system and improving access to healthcare, as part of the organization’s strategy to alleviate the driver of unwanted migration and to reduce health-related risks during displacements and migration cycle. IOM has implemented various health-related projects that contributed to better health outcomes in the BARMM.

IOM’s project “Building Resilience through Inclusive Governance and Healthcare Transformation in BARMM (BRIGHT-BARMM), funded by Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), aims to enhance the local capacity of Ministry of Health (MOH) and its provinces and cities/municipalities, to pursue key and cross cutting reforms in health systems. It will strengthen Health Systems (HS), particularly in areas of health governance and leadership, financing, and data and information, to provide a more conducive setting for implementing Safe Motherhood (SM), Adolescent Reproductive Health (ARH), and Global Health Security (GHS) programs.

Under Safe Motherhood and Adolescent Reproductive Health initiative, the project supportsupgrading of birthing facilities through infrastructure improvements, equipment provision, technical assistance, mentoring, and capacity building to improve the quality, accessibility, and continuity of maternal and newborn care services across selected municipalities in BARMM.

While significant investments have been made in strengthening health facilities and personnel, there remains a need for dedicated technical assistance to ensure that project-supported systems, equipment, and service delivery mechanisms are effectively managed and sustained beyond the project period. The consultant shall serve as a strategic advisor to IOM, MOH-BARMM, LGUs, and RHUs to ensure that facility development investments are supported by the necessary policy, regulatory, governance, operational, and sustainability mechanisms required for long-term functionality and service delivery.

Under the overall supervision of the Head of Sub-Office/Program Manager, and the direct supervision of the National Migration Health Programme Coordinator, and in close coordination with the Ministry of Health (MOH), Local Government Units (LGUs) and Integrated Provincial Health Officer (IPHOs), the successful candidate provide technical guidance and facilitation, and document lessons learned, good practices, challenges, and recommendations arising from mentoring and technical assistance activities.