1. HR training at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine Tim Martineau Human Resources for Health Knowledge Hub Pre HRH Forum Informal Meeting: HR Training Needs in the Asia & Pacific Regions Sydney, 7th April 2010

2. HR training and development activities • Human resource planning and management short course/masters module (annually in February) • HR leadership development (with Capacity/CapacityPlus Project)

3. Human resource planning and management short course Purpose • To provide health service managers with the skills to develop and sustain a high performance workforce Participants • MPH participants • Short course applicants

4. Structure

5. Methods Philosophy • Breadth rather than depth • Broad principles rather than detailed practice Delivery • Presentations • Exercises • Graduated case studies (3) • Assignment based on case study

6. Workforce planning case study

7. Case study 3: the “difficult one”

8. Future plans • From 3 to 2 weeks with minimal reduction in content (24 Jan – 4 Feb, 2011) • Accommodate humanitarian assistance students • Increasing number of resources and self-learning exercises • Offer with other management courses • Offer as free-standing course that be run outside Liverpool

9. HR leadership development (with Capacity/ CapacityPlus Project) Purpose • To develop and support a critical mass of HRH champions and knowledge brokers with the right skills and “clout” to articulate the issues and advocate for appropriate strategies and HRM systems to address HRH challenges that their organizations face Participants • The target audience was/will be a carefully chosen mixed group of 25-30 leaders and practitioners with responsibility for HRH planning and management, including public sector, FBO, NGO’s and selected private sector players.

10. Structure • 3 four-day workshops in Kenya (January, March and July 2009) • Content based on HRH Action Framework ‘bubbles’ • Activities and support between workshops 1 & 2, and 2 & 3 • Review of activities at beginning of each subsequent workshop

11. Methods Philosophy • Minimal theory • Emphasis on doing and reflection on relevance from implementation • Developing a common language to help sustain a critical mass of HRH champions • Built-in M&E process – especially for pilot phase Delivery • Short presentations • Group activities based on real situation in Kenya • Agreeing activities to be tried between workshops • Some support and meetings between workshops • Sharing achievements at next workshop • Social time

12. Future plans for CapacityPlus • Reflect on Kenya experience • Improve the design of the programme • Link with local institutions to make the programme sustainable

13. Resources • Human resource planning and management course at LSTM (TROP915): www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/learning_teaching/masters/BioCPDV/documents/LSTMModulecatalogue.pdf • Strengthening Human Resources Management: Knowledge, Skills and Leadership Legacy Series No. 11, September 2009: http://www.capacityproject.org/images/stories/files/legacyseries_11.pdf • T.Martineau@liv.ac.uk