Program Manager, NPSCMP at the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA)

The National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) (formerly National Action Committee on AIDS) was established in February 2000 to coordinate the various activities of HIV/AIDS in the country.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Program Manager for National Product Supply Chain Management Programme (NPSCMP)

Location: Nigeria
Employment Type: Contract
Duration: February 2022 to December 2023

Background

• The Federal Ministry of Health through the National Product Supply Chain Management Programme (NPSCMP) of the department of Food and Drug Services in collaboration with implementing partners developed a National Health Products Supply Chain Strategy and Implementation Plan 2021-2025.
• Some of the aims of this strategic plan are to optimize the performance of NPSCMP, the change driver for the strategic plan, integrate management of essential medicines and public health commodities, increase ownership and capacity at state levels as well as performance improvement in all Procurement and Supply Chain Management (PSM) areas.
• NPSCMP is committed to optimizing health product supply chain services through strengthening capacities of every function area of the supply chain underpinned by a leadership that utilizes strategic information for learning and innovation.
• In collaboration with implementing partners, NPSCMP recently developed a National Health Products Supply Chain Strategy and Implementation Plan 2021-2025.
• The Country will use the strategy to institute a government-led sustainable supply chain system that is responsive, reliable, agile and cost-friendly.
• This will be anchored on a mission to empower governments at the three levels to function effectively as stewards of the supply chain, collaborating to implement a single channel of service to the client.
• The supply chain design is to harness the strengths of existing health supply systems known as DRF/SMSS/DMA/SDSS and federal-managed public health supply chain programme system in a new model that fosters the integration of systems.
• The task to drive the health supply chain in the new strategic direction and manage public health products (for HIV/AIDS, TB, Malaria, Family Planning etc.) in an integrated manner with essential medicines for an effective and efficient last mile delivery requires tremendous capacity and resources to implement.
• This will require amongst many others, excellent contract, financial, data and project management skills at all levels of governance.
• This is the basis for preparing NPSCMP on a set of new roles it must play as the lead programme in the country’s supply chain management for healthcare products.

Goal and Objectives
Specific objectives:

• NPSCMP is currently building up her technical capabilities for new roles as the change driver for the strategic plan and the integrated management of public health products and essential medicines.
• This will lead to increased government ownership and performance management of all supply chain functions. Therefore, NPSCMP is seeking to engage the services of Technical Assistants in:
• Program manager: who will work as a part of the NPSCMP human resource and build capacity of the staff to increase the national resource pool of experts in managing the transition to the integrated model.
• Their services will be needed to strengthen the existing state health supply system and capacitate state supply chain experts until the new model that fosters the integration of supply chain systems within the state is achieved as prescribed in the national SMSS guidelines.
• He/she is expected to travel extensively within Nigeria or reside for a period within selected states and engage with relevant stakeholders. This engagement will be from February 2022 to December 2023.

The scope of work and expected outputs / deliverables will be the following:

• In collaboration with other partners mobilize resources and set-up to facilitate maturity of NPSCMP to effectively drive supply chain activities in-country
• He/she also brings in the expertise that complements the project implementation units in creating a nexus between the DRF, the warehouse upgrade and the implementation of the 5-year strategic plan.
• Lead and coordinate the assessment of the states using the DMA assessment model. In addition, work with the states, the consultants and the NPSCMP to recommend monthly intervention to growing the states DRF through the DMA maturity model into a best-in-class model.
• Co-ordinate and lead the team of 2 DRF consultants and a finance expert in the designing and institutionalization of State DRF models and ensure the integration of the public health and the essential commodities
• Support state to conduct a situation analysis of the state health supply system and develop strategies to address gaps
• In collaboration with stakeholders in the public and private sectors mobilize resources required to achieve the maturity of the state health supply system
• Demonstrate capacity to plan and organize work effectively, including support to design, planning and implementation of projects, management of data and reporting.
• Strong analytic skill and strategic thinking including a sound understanding of the framework of PSM and project management.
• Ability to use knowledge and reasoning to identify the strength and weaknesses of alternate solutions, conclusions and approach to problem.
• Work in collaboration with the other members of the team and support the NPSCMP specifically on mainstreaming every operational efficiency of the program towards achieving organizational growth and goals, while providing strategic direction and support for the procurement and supply chain management (PSM); and strengthening activities of the NPSCMP.
• Coordinate and lead the development and Review of guidelines, SOP, manuals and other relevant documents for NPSCMP.
• Support and conduct training of national participants based on results of needs assessment
• Support states to set-up systems that will ensure compliance to standards in managing health commodities.
• Coordinate feedback to the GF/PR on any issues raised on implementation of activities
• Facilitation of meetings, workshops, seminars
• Submit periodic technical report to NPSCMP
• Any other duty that may be assigned by the National Coordinator, NPSCMP

Expected Deliverables
The specific tasks will include the following;

Output /deliverable:

• Monthly report of technical assistance/activities conducted in a format provided by NPSCMP
• Quarterly program implementation reports
• Training manuals, SOPs and other relevant documents.

Qualifications and Experience:
The prospective candidate for this assignment shall possess shall possess the required minimum education:

• A University Degree in Public Health, Pharmacy, Bioscience / Sciences, Project management, Clinical Pharmacy, Health Economics or Management
• Master’s Degree in Public health, Bioscience / Sciences, Project management or related field
• Requisite professional certification A minimum of Ten (10) years cognate experience in public and/or private sector including health organizations is highly desirable
• Significant experience / understanding in establishing DRF schemes or significant experience in operating, managing and evaluating DRF schemes in Nigeria or other sub-Saharan African countries
• A minimum of ten (10) years of progressively responsible professional level experience in Health Logistics, Hospital Pharmacy practice, Medication management
• Knowledge of the major issues affecting health products supply chain management and financing in Nigeria
• Good experience in strategic planning, operations management, organizational and change management, policy formulation and development are required
• Experience in working with government partners and other stakeholders in public sector development programs
• In-depth knowledge of Nigeria health system with emphasis on Essential Medicines Management, supply chain systems, National Drug Policy, public health etc.
• Competence in Logistics system design
• Experience of working effectively within a matrix management / project management environment
• Experience in the development of national tools and documents
• Experience of working on donor funded projects = Global Fund, PEPFAR etc.
• High proficiency in IT
• At least 7 years of experience in supply chain project management
• Past experiences in similar assignment
• Strong analytical, negotiation and communication skills.

Collection of Requests for Proposal (RFP) document

• The Request for Proposal (RFP) can be downloaded from this link; https://www.naca.gov.ng/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2021.01.17-RfP-for-NPSCMP-Program-manager.pdf .

Application Closing Date
Friday; 4th February, 2022 (12 noon).