Field Assistant

Qualifications and Experience:

Essential:

• Clinical Officer, nurse, science, or Public Health qualification at minimum of BSC level
  
• 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, M&E 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 supporting teams
  
• Experience working at LGA level
  

Programme Implementation, treatment tracking and management (70%)

• Support implementation of SMC activities at health LGA level, including timely implementation of route 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
  
• Provide administrative support to training events field partners (Supervisors, HFW, CHWs, and community mobilisers).
  

Reporting & data quality control (10%)

• Review distributors’ tally sheet, making corrections where necessary and entering the data on relevant data capturing platform
  
• Assist ME Officer on the data quality queries and ensure identified issues are rectified in time.
  
• Ensure submission of other reports to keep the STOL and State Project Manager abreast with the project implementation at LGA level.
  

Coordination and representation (10%)

• Ensure planning and coordination meetings are conducted as planned at LGA and community levels.
  
• Attend data validation meetings at LGA level and as directed by STO
  

Administrative and other duties (10%)

• Ensure the development of individual and team action plans to ensure role complementarities in achieving the set treatment target.
  
• Participate in the follow-up of supplies consumption.
  
• Provide information for 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