Technical Work Stream Assistant at Malaria Consortium

Malaria Consortium is one of the world’s leading non-profit organisations specialising 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 are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Technical Work Stream Assistant 

Location: Ondo
Employment Type: Temporary

Job Description
Rationale:

• The Campaign Technical Assistants Team (CTAT) structure was established to support states with the planning and implementation of the LLIN distribution activities. 
• The CTAT plays a critical function for the ITN mass distribution campaigns, a role focused on planning, facilitation, capacity-building, monitoring, data management and reporting during the ITN campaign. 
• The CTA will support a broadened state structure for the 2025 ITN campaigns. Each CTAT is composed of three (3) work streams - Technical, Logistics and Demand Creation.

Goal of the Assignment

• The purpose of this TOR is assembling consultants that will serve as members of the CTAT and contribute towards the provision of state-level technical assistance and oversight on demand creation-related activities for the successful coordination of the 2025 LLIN mass campaign in Ondo State. 
• Each CTAT member will provide training and technical support to the Ondo State Ministry of Health (SMoH) towards the mass campaign rollout in the state.

Specific Objectives

• There would be three (3) members of the CTAT along the different work streams; viz: Technical (1), Logistics (1), and Demand Creation (1). The overall objective of this consultancy is to support the lead advisors / consultants / TAs, Malaria Consortium (MC) and Ondo state SMoH in the implementation of the 2025 LLIN mass campaign distribution in Ondo State by providing technical assistance and oversight as per this Terms of Reference (ToR).

Methodology

• The support would be via a combination of trainings, hand-holding, supervisions, monitoring and evaluation. Each CTA will work in sync with other CTAs, but would oversee the areas of their core competence, working closely with the work stream adviser, NMEP, SMEP, MC Senior Project Manager, MC Campaign Manager, MC M&E manager. The activity will commence with training and conclude after the campaign (net distribution) with the submission of a report. Data collection/reports would be via the ICT4D technology.

Scope

• The support would cover all the distribution points in all wards in all 18 LGAs of Ondo State. 
• The exercise will commence during the training and will be concluded with a report, after the campaign (net distribution) proper.

The specific tasks include:

• Working under the respective work stream advisors in the implementation of ITN campaign in Ondo state using the ICT4D technology.

Responsibilities

• Support the development of state campaign training plans, facilitate trainings and collate training reports.
• Support in-process monitoring during household mobilization and LLIN distribution, and support state implementation teams to analyze data for presentation at daily review meetings.
• Support the sharing and distribution of LLIN campaign materials to LGAs.
• Support daily review meetings and ensure timely resolution of bottlenecks.
• Support management and collation of data from household mobilization using ICT4D platform.
• Collate data using ICT4D from LLIN distribution to ensure timely reconciliation and reverse logistics planning.
• Work with data manager to input data from activities into the state summary.
• Support planning for end process evaluation.
• Train and oversee work of independent monitors.
• Participate in planning for post-campaign LLIN coverage and use survey (as applicable).

General Requirements

• Previous training by NMEP as a CTA and experience in LLIN mass distribution campaigns.
• Familiarity with the use of ICT4D technology during mass campaigns is desirable
• Knowledge of malaria and its prevention, diagnosis and treatment is required.
• Previous experience working in Ondo state will be an added advantage.
• Experience with a flexible approach to managing and prioritizing significant workloads and multiple tasks, in a fast-paced environment, with tight deadlines is required.
• Training and supervision skills.
• Excellent technical writing and oral presentation skills are highly desired.
• A proven ability to work as part of a team and independently.
• Excellent experience in using Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Ability to work under stressful conditions and to remain flexible and calm under pressure.
• Experience of proactively identifying and addressing bottlenecks/issues desired.
• Experience of establishing strong working relationships with team members and state personnel.
• Experience and understanding of technical and M&E issues related to mass LLINs campaign required.
• Previous experience in electronic data monitoring systems desired.

Qualifications

• Minimum of First Degree in Sciences or related fields, with at least 3 years post-graduation experience.
• Excellent leadership qualities.

Application Closing Date
2nd April, 2025.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Note

• For this position, previous working experience with MC and in SMC are added advantages.
• Kindly note that applicants who do not follow this specification will be disqualified.
• Only Shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
• Kindly note that applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and as a result, the process may conclude before the advertised deadline. Therefore, early applications are highly encouraged.
• Malaria Consortium does not accept or ask for payment during recruitment. We also would not accept hardcopy CVs; all applications should be sent through the above link.