1. Recruitment, deployment and retention by Tim Martineau (T.Martineau@liv.ac.uk) Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK Meeting on the Regional Strategy and Initiatives on Human Resources for Health 24-26 August 2009, WPRO, Manila

2. There are a high number of vacant posts in the health service, especially in rural areas

3. We can’t just solve the problem by ‘scaling up’

4. Systems for staffing posts are often ineffective and outdated

5. But we must make the best of the current and potential supply of staff

6. We need better systems for filling vacant posts

7. First we need to appreciate the main concepts of workforce dynamics

8. The workforce flows can be represented as route from recruitment to resignation

10. We need appropriate systems to manage the flows effectively

11. The labour market is an important part of workforce dynamics Other countries

12. Then we turn to the systems for influencing the workforce dynamics and the challenges

13. Recruitment

14. Filling a vacancy can be a complex business! Source: Report of the Joint Design Mission to the Kenyan Health Sector, 2007.

15. Deployment

16. I can’t find your file! Good systems can be distorted

17. Retention

18. We can learn how to improve our systems from innovations tried by others

19. Recruitment examples

21. Streamlining the recruitment process (Kenya Emergency Hiring Programme)

22. Deployment examples

23. Retention examples

24. Zambian Health Workers Retention Scheme (c.2005)

25. Diagnose problems with recruitment, deployment and retention systems

26. Search for innovative solutions to reduce the number of vacant posts

27. Make sure you monitor the implementation and impact of your improved systems