National Consultant (Lead) at Malaria Consortium

Established in 2003, Malaria Consortium is one of the world’s leading non-profit organizations specializing in the comprehensive prevention, control and treatment of malaria and other communicable diseases, among vulnerable and under privileged populations. We increasingly find our work on malaria can be effectively integrated with other similar public health interventions for greater impact and therefore expanded our remit to include child health and neglected tropical disease interventions. We work in Africa and Asia with communities, governments, academic institutions, and local and international organizations, to ensure effective delivery of services, which are supported by strong evidence.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: National Consultant (Lead): Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention Commodity Audit and Malaria Commodity Survey in Abuja (FCT), Bauchi, Borno, Kebbi, Kogi, Nasarawa, Oyo, Plateau, and Sokoto

Location: Bauchi
Employment Type: Contract
Duration: November - December 2023

Description

• We require qualified supply chain personnel who provide objective and professional opinion on level of accountability demonstrated in the management of SPAQ during 2023 SMC intervention by carrying out a commodity management audit exercise.
• The Commodity Management Audit will be conducted in the nine (9) states (Plateau, Kogi, Nasarawa, Kebbi, Sokoto, Borno, Oyo, FCT and Bauchi). The exercise will involve reviewing documents and interviewing officials from Malaria Consortium and Government (State, LGAs, and health facility workers) in the nine states. The assignment will focus on supply chain management and survey of private outlets on malaria commodities.

Type of Personnel Required for the Audit
This assignment will require the following technical assistants:

• Consultants (National and State Level Consultants): A team of 10 Consultants (1 team lead and 9 others). The Lead Consultant will have oversight on all the activities and will be in Bauchi for the field work.
• S/he will be responsible for the review and finalization of the protocol for the commodity audit.

Specific Activities for the Personnel

Specific Tasks
The following activities will be undertaken by the lead consultant:

• Briefing of the state level consultant on the 2023 end of round commodity management audit
• Review revised and finalize draft protocol and templates for data/information capturing at all holding and transient points.
• Coordinate the activities of the state level consultants.
• Supervise the state level consultants in completing the assigned tasks.
• Debrief with MC team at the national on findings at the conclusion of assignment.
• Write a comprehensive report on the assignment making recommendations where necessary and using appropriate template.

Deliverables

• Revised protocol for the commodity management audit
• Consolidated Assignment report for all the survey states to include:
• Availability and use of commodity logistic tools
• The results of the physical count and reconciliation of SPAQ in the selected locations
• The result of assessment of Malaria Health Product stock and store conditions
• Result of the assessment of compliance with the laid down policies and procedures
• Report with recommendations for improvement (as appropriate) and next steps.
• Determine the number of data reviewers that will be required for the audit

Timelines for Activities:

• The timeline for the assignment is between November - December 2023.

Number of Contractual TA-Days:

• Lead Consultant- 18-days.

Qualifications and Experience
Profile requirements of the lead consultant (national consultant):

• The Lead Consultant will be a health system expert with experience in commodity and project auditing.
• S/he should have a Bachelor's Degree in Pharmacy or Health related discipline with a Postgraduate Degree in Pharmacy or Medical Sciences or Public Health.
• S/he will provide oversight and coordinate activities of other consultants engaged for this assignment.

Other requirements include:

• Minimum of 8 years experience in drug supplies and management systems in Nigeria especially in the Public Health Sector.
• Have experience in developing protocol for health commodity audit or assessment of supply chain systems in Nigeria
• Demonstrable experience in systems assessment/evaluation.
• Experience in report writing and communicating with stakeholders.
• Good understanding of what is feasible in highly resource-constrained environments.

Application Closing Date
13th November, 2023 by 8 a.m..