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)
Interested and qualified candidates who are passionate and willing to contribute towards the achievement of our goals should kindly fill the application form above
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.