Pharmaceutical Facilitator at Idmibok International - (4 Openings)

Idmibok International is a 360° systems diagnostic and correction company. We offer holistic, pragmatic, and robust systems appraisals, to intervening in a targeted yet comprehensive manner to address critical organizational, business and development related issues. By collaborating with global and local development and private entities - such as governments, bilateral and multilateral donors, non-governmental organizations and the private sector, we draw on breadth and wealth of experience in diverse environments or ecosystems, globally and across Africa, including in South Sudan, and extensively in Nigeria.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Pharmaceutical Facilitator

Locations: Delta, Gombe, Kano, Kwara and Ogun
Employment Type: Temporary

Job Summary

• The Community Pharmacies (CPs) are among the most accessible health care professionals. They provide a unique opportunity for mentoring the Proprietary Patent Medicine Vendors (PPMVs).
• The PPMVs are primarily the first point of call for the poor and vulnerable in hard-to reach rural and semi urban areas. However, there is a need to support the PPMVs to improve the quantity and quality of their services and the reporting of data.
• Idmibok International is looking to hire a Pharmaceutical Facilitator in each of these states, Kano, Kwara, Gombe, Delta and Ogun. The Pharmaceutical Facilitator will coordinate the recruitment and mentoring of 150 CPs / PPMVs per senatorial zone to gain the knowledge and skills they need to drive their testing, treatment and reporting. This will last for 15 months, with a possibility of an extension. This is a consultancy for a proposal the organization is working on.

Key Responsibilities

• Recruit 450 CPs / PPMVs in the state
• Conduct capacity building workshops for the recruited CPs/PPMVs
• Coordinate hand-on mentoring, routine workshops and business support for the CPs and PPMVs to drive their testing, treatment and reporting
• Conduct data monitoring on the activities from the CPs/PPMVs
• Conduct monitoring and evaluation of CPs and PPMVs services through Data Quality Assurance and Quality of Care (DAQ & QoC)

Required Skills and Experience

• Ideally a Pharmacist / Pharmacist Technician
• Technical knowledge of malaria-based assignments
• At least 3 years of relevant experience in projects involving Malaria case management
• Experience conducting capacity building sessions for community pharmacies and PPMVs
• Experience in conducting large, national-level surveys.
• Experience of working with the NMEP or Pharmacists Council of Nigeria
• History of previous assignments looking to improve service delivery in the last 10 years.
• Demonstrated analytical and report writing skills.
• Ability to comply with the estimated project timelines and workdays.

Application Closing Date
9th May, 2021.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Curriculum Vitae, Cover letter (addressing previous related work, including 2 reference contacts- stating name, position, email, organization, address, telephone and relationship and daily rate), Passport photograph, and 3 written reports on past assignments looking to improve service delivery to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.

Note: Consultants from and living in Nigeria would be preferred.