LGA Field Assistant (Consultant) at Malaria Consortium - Kaduna

Malaria Consortium, established in 2003, is one of the world’s leading non-profit organisations specialising in the prevention, control and treatment of malaria and other communicable diseases among vulnerable populations. Our mission is to save lives and improve health in Africa and Asia, through evidence-based programmes that combat targeted diseases and promote universal health coverage.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: LGA Field Assistant (Consultant)

Location: Kaduna

Purpose of the Assignment

• The purpose of this ToR is to engage 16 consultants as LGA Field Officers who will support the Primary Health Care (PHC) departments in the local government areas (LGAs) of the intervention state to carry out SMC/ITN activities.
• The LGA PHC team for SMC implementation comprises PHC Director, Malaria Focal Person, M&E officer Logistics Officer and the Health Educator.
• The consultant will embed within this LGA team to provide technical assistant in the implementation of SMC & ITN-related activities for pre-implementation/planning phase, during and post-implementation phases.
• These activities will, in turn be carried out by the community volunteers (Community Drug Distributors, CDDs carrying outdoor-to-door administration of SMC drugs and TAs carrying out mobilization of caregivers for SMC service uptake).

Scope

• The intervention is community-based; however, the consultants are expected to work with the LGA-level team, health facility workers and community volunteers who serve as the frontline service providers.
• There are three basic work streams in SMC implementation: Logistics, Social and Behavioural Change Communication (SBCC) and the technical stream that deals with door-to-door safe administration of SMC drugs to eligible beneficiaries as well as household mobilization for issuance of E-Tokens for ITN redemption.
• The consultant will coordinate all the work streams for the ultimate delivery of SMC & ITN services. Overall, while working directly with the LGA stakeholders and MC’s implementation team, the consultant will also serve as the link of the LGA with State stakeholders (relevant MDAs) and the implementing partner (Malaria Consortium), PR and National Malaria Elimination Programme in the process of providing oversight for SMC activities in the LGA.
• The consultant will report directly to a Program Officer and will have dotted-line management relationship with the State Technical Officer who is the state-level technical lead for SMC.
• The consultant will also relate appropriately with other state MC team such as the State Programme Manager, State Technical Officer, Supply Chain Officer, M&E Officer, Admin Officer and Finance Officer as may be necessary.

Specific Activities for the personnel
Programme Implementation, treatment tracking and management (70%):

• Implement all SMC & ITN activities at health LGA level, including timely implementation of work plan, planning meetings, commodity distributions and monitoring to avoid any stock out, Community mobilization activities, supervision, monitoring and reporting.
• Ensure accountability of received commodities and supplies through tracking consumption levels and review of reconciliation reports
• Responsible for capacity building of field partners (Supervisors, HFW, CDDs, and community mobilisers) through training, on-job support and quality supervision.
• Track program targets and timely implement the planned activities to ensure program meets targets and review reports from LGAs and HFW for accuracy and completeness prior to submission.
• Ensure implementation of activities is in line with the laid down protocols, by continuously monitoring and conducting supervision and on-the-job training of LGA, HFW and CDDs
• Maintain a good relationship and work jointly with – Public Health Officers and other partners to undertake home visits, meetings and to ensure health LGA’s ownership.

Reporting & data quality control (10%):

• Review all field implementer reports, provide feedback on areas that need correction, and submit the final hard copy report to the Program Officer
• Assist M&E Officer with the data quality queries and ensure identified issues are rectified in time
• Ensure submission of EoC Report, success stories, trip reports etc., to keep the Program Officer and State Programme Manager abreast with the project implementation at LGA level.

Coordination and representation (10%):

• Responsible for overall planning and coordination of LGA and HFW/supervisors and CDDs during training and supervision visits.
• Liaise with key partners, including LGA team, State MOH, Community leaders, other stakeholders (as necessary)
• Attend data validation meetings at the LGA level and as directed by the Program Officer/State Programme Manager
• Attend and support ICT4D Device Provisioning & device synchronization/batch retrieval.

Administrative and other duties (10%):

• Ensure the development of individual and team action plans to ensure role complementarities in achieving the set treatment target
• Participating in the follow-up of supplies consumption
• Overall planning of stock levels, making sure that they are sufficient for the operations at SMC sites
• Ensure that all HF release physical inventory of all SMC commodities supplied at the end of each cycle.
• Any other duties as required by the line manager.

Key deliverables for the consultant

• Electronic record (database) of all distribution personnel in the LGA
• Training plan for training of distribution personnel
• Evidence of distribution and judicious utilization of drugs as well as training and implementation materials and tools. There must be distribution plans, evidence of receipt and utilization as well as stock reconciliation of the following items at LGA level:
  • SPAQ
  • Visibility materials
  • Implementation forms (Attendance sheets, ICCs, waybills, etc)
• EoC reports and meeting notes
• Activity reports
  • Community mobilization
  • Supply chain reports
  • Supervision report
  • Notes of review meetings
  • Administrative coverage report (End-of-cycle report)
  • M&E report.

Qualifications and Experience

• Clinical Officer, Nurse or Public Health, Sciences or Development-related qualification
• At least two years field experience in related field
• Fluency in English, Hausa and/or other local languages is required
• Experience working in drug/commodity supply management, ME and logistics
• Ability to communicate effectively with a variety of audiences including LGA staff, HFW and community leaders
• Experience of conducting quality supportive supervision and data use Desirable:
• A broad range of experience including logistics, training and capacity building ability
• Experience of managing teams
• Experience working at LGA level Work-based skills
• Good planning and organizational skills
• Basic computer skills particularly Microsoft Office
• Flexible, ability to work both as an individual and as a team member and under stress in what can be a harsh environment.

Application Closing Date
12th August, 2025; 5.00pm.