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Immunization Supply Chain - Consultant (Drive M & E)
Closing: Apr 15, 2024
This position has expiredPublished: Apr 9, 2024 (23 days ago)
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Requirements / Key Competencies
- Bachelor's Degree in Basic Sciences, Health & Allied / Material Management / Engineering or equivalent (minimal) with a minimum of five years of progressively responsible work experience in supply chain management with emphasis on vaccine delivery systems, vaccine management & cold chain, monitoring & similar years of progressively responsible work experience in data validation & triangulation & quality assurance.
- Experience in public health data science a strong asset.
- Demonstrated expertise / skills in data analyzing for immunization health commodities.
- At least four years of experience working with PowerBI, Tableau, ODK, LMIS.
- Fluency in English is required.
- Proven ability to conceptualize, develop, plan & coordinate.
- Demonstrated experience with global health surveys & data validation / analysis.
- Logistics activities as well as to transfer knowledge & skills.
- Proficiency in computer applications including Excel & Power Point.
- Good analytical & negotiating skills.
- Ability to work as a team member.
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Requirements / Key Competencies
- Bachelor's Degree in Basic Sciences, Health & Allied / Material Management / Engineering or equivalent (minimal) with a minimum of five years of progressively responsible work experience in supply chain management with emphasis on vaccine delivery systems, vaccine management & cold chain, monitoring & similar years of progressively responsible work experience in data validation & triangulation & quality assurance.
- Experience in public health data science a strong asset.
- Demonstrated expertise / skills in data analyzing for immunization health commodities.
- At least four years of experience working with PowerBI, Tableau, ODK, LMIS.
- Fluency in English is required.
- Proven ability to conceptualize, develop, plan & coordinate.
- Demonstrated experience with global health surveys & data validation / analysis.
- Logistics activities as well as to transfer knowledge & skills.
- Proficiency in computer applications including Excel & Power Point.
- Good analytical & negotiating skills.
- Ability to work as a team member.
Overview of Position
- Providing immunization services to children & others has been identified as one of the most cost effective development interventions, with both health & economic benefits. Nigeria’s Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) has made significant efforts at ensuring increase in immunization coverage over the last three decades. However, there are gaps at national & sub national levels.
- To mitigate against iSC challenges in Nigeria, last mile vaccine delivery initiatives have been proposed or implemented including outsourcing, direct delivery in a few states, supply chain level skipping etc. all of these contributing to increased product availability, reduction in stock outs etc.
- Nigeria’s direct Delivery of Routine Immunization Vaccines (& other PHC commodities) for Equity (DRIVE) initiative is designed to scale innovative direct delivery (& similar supply chain) interventions up to the last mile, prioritizing the most underserved & unreached populations. This will support Nigeria’s immunization program’s objective of increasing vaccines (& other child health commodity) availability for every child (& others), reducing the time spent on logistics by health workers, reducing out of pocket expenses for logistics (a disincentive for health workers) & contributing to higher coverage & increasingly targeting & reaching underserved & zero dose populations.
- Therefore, one Data Analyst is required to support DRIVE implementation across selected states, engage in active data collection, lead Monitoring & evaluation efforts.
Role Objectives
- Facilitation of the implementation of DRIVE at national & subnational level.
- Facilitate the development of M&E mechanism for the implementation of DRIVE, including the tools for data collection & analyses.
- Facilitation of the digitalization of tracking of last mile delivery of vaccines using open LMIS & other relevant tools.
- Tracking of the distribution of all EPI vaccines to subnational level & maintenance of distribution records.
- Support the analysis of temperature monitoring data from vaccine storage facilities & in transit & share regular feedback to state & national level.
- Triangulate, analyze & provide feedback on vaccine utilization (including wastages) & management data collected using open LMIS, DHIS2 / Thrive 360, CCE & temperature monitoring records or any other relevant iSC tools use for DRIVE implementation.
- Support the collection & analysis of stock performance data & share feedback on weekly / monthly basis.
- Maintain record of distribution of CCEs & performance of maintenance in collaboration with SLWGs & NLWG.
- Develop & manage dashboar d /matrix for monitoring the timeliness & completeness of stock management data submission from DRIVE implementing states.
- Facilitate capacity building on logistics data management for Vaccine Managers & handlers.
- Any other relevant tasks as may be assigned by the our client / NLWG.
- Deliverables:
- Availability of M&E mechanism for the implementation of DRIVE, including the tools for data collection & analyses.
- Weekly report / feedback by tracking vaccine utilization (including wastages) & management using open LMIS & other relevant tools.
- Weekly tracking of the distribution of all EPI vaccines using vaccine distribution plan.
- Weekly report / review of temperature records for each distribution routes & delivery points.
- Monthly / weekly stock performance report / feedback.
- Monthly / weekly CCE inventory distribution & performance of maintenance update.
- Availability of dashboard / matrix for monitoring the timeliness & completeness of stock management data submission from DRIVE implementing states.
- Trained competent vaccine managers on logistic data management.
- Consultant must submit a detailed work plan to his / her supervisor at the beginning of the contract period for the entire contract period.
- Supervisors will have the flexibility to review with the consultant as needed on a monthly or quarterly basis.
- A monthly progress report should be provided by each consultant to their supervisor for payment of consultant’s fees.
- A detailed assignment report will be required at the end of the current contract period.
Project reporting:
- This role reports to the line manager.
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