Technical Workstream Consultant at Catholic Relief Services (CRS)

Details:

Short Term Consultancy for Technical Work stream as a member of the State Support Team (SST) for 2018-2019 Global Fund supported LLIN mass campaign in 7 states – Ogun, Jigawa, Katsina, Gombe, Kano, Kaduna and Niger.

Terms of Reference

This Terms of Reference (TOR) provides the description and work to be done during the implementation of long lasting insecticidal net (LLIN) mass campaign across 6 states in Nigeria.

Summary and Purpose of the Consultancy

The State Support Team (SST) structure was established to support states with the planning and implementation of the LLIN distribution activities. The SST play a critical function for the initial mass distribution campaigns, a role focused on planning, facilitation, capacity-building, monitoring, data management and reporting during the replacement campaigns. The SST will support a broadened state structure for the replacement campaigns.  Each SST is composed of work streams - technical, logistics and demand creation.

The purpose of this consultancy is to serve as a member of the state support team (SST) and provide state-level technical assistance and oversight on technical-related activities for the successful coordination of the 2018 and 2019 long lasting insecticide treated nets (LLIN) replacement mass campaigns. S/he will provide training, accompaniment and technical support to the State Ministries of Health in one or more mass campaign states listed above

Objective of the Consultancy
The overall objective of this consultancy is to support CRS in the implementation of the 2017 LLIN mass campaign distribution across 7 states by providing technical assistance and oversight on activities to State Malaria Elimination Programmes.

Main Tasks/Deliverables

• Develop state campaign training plans, facilitate trainings and collate training reports.
• Coordinate in-process monitoring during household mobilization and LLIN distribution, and support state implementation teams to analyze data for presentation at daily review meetings.
• Support and coordinate the sharing and distribution of LLIN campaign materials to LGAs.
• Coordinate daily review meetings and ensure timely resolution of bottlenecks.
• Support management and collation of data from household mobilization to feed into final pre-positioning plan.
• Collate data 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).

Specific Deliverables

• Develop training plans for all trainings
• Prepare weekly activity report and share with your workstream advisor for review and further actions
• Prepare detailed trip reports at the end of each trip to the campaign states which should include detailed follow-up steps to be submitted within 2days of return from the State.
• Prepare and submit detailed microplanning and LLIN campaign report 2day after an activity.
• Submit detailed activity report clearly highlighting your specific tasks/role during the activity at least 7days after completion of the activity.

Schedule of Deliverables
The work will be completed over a period of 2weeks for microplanning and 50 days for LLIN campaign implementation per State campaign implementation schedule between February 2018 and December 2019.

Management Arrangements and Follow-up
The Global Fund Malaria project unit will provide overall supervision and management of the consultancy. Focal contact person on this consultancy shall be the Senior Manager Vector Control.

Key Working Relationships/Organizations

Internal: Logistics, Technical and Demand Creation work stream Advisors, Global Fund Malaria Program Team, Deputy Country Representative, Country Representative, Operations Manager, Finance, Procurement and Administration Staff, Regional and Senior Technical Advisors, Deputy Regional Directors for Program Quality and Management Quality.

External: State Ministries of Health (SMOH), National Malaria Elimination Program (NMEP) within the Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH), technical and financial Partners, partner health facilities, Local Fund Agent (LFA), Global Fund Country Team, Chemonics, relevant Third-party logistics agents.

Time and Level of Effort
This activity is expected to take place within a period of not more than 70 days per State Campaign implementation schedule, between February 2018 and December 31, 2019. The deliverables are expected to be timely and reports should be submitted no later than 7 days after the completed state campaigns.

Location of the Consultancy
The consultancy will take place in any of the campaign states listed above.

Payment Schedule

• A daily rate of N15,000 will be paid as consultancy fees. This will be paid upon completion of specific deliverables listed above and submission detailed activity report, consultant report and timesheet reviewed by your workstream advisor, then mass campaign officer and duly signed by the Senior Manager Vector Control.
• All hotel accommodation and transportation required during the period of the consultancy will provided by CRS and per diems will be paid according to CRS’ policies.
• Please note that CRS will deduct and remit to the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) a 5% withholding Tax from the total consultancy fees in accordance with the Nigerian Tax Law.

Interested candidates should send their expression of interest (EOI) along with a detailed resume as attached MS word documents indicating your state of interest to tenders.ngr@crs.org . Completed applications should reach us before close of business, Monday, January 22, 2018. Only applicants who send in the required format will be considered and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.