National Consultant: Multiple Micronutrient Supplement Market Shaping Consultant at UNICEF

Scope of work:

Under the overall guidance of the Chief of Nutrition and the Chief of Supply and the direct supervision of the Nutrition Manager, Abuja, the consultant will:

• Follow-up on the report of UNICEF’s Supply Division Visit to Nigerian manufacturers/suppliers of MMS.
• Assess the size of the local MMS market and the inputs required by local manufacturers to meet international standards and formulations, particularly the UNIMMAP formulation.
• Identify capacity gaps and areas of improvement to meet international requirements.

Follow up on the capacity assessment of local manufacturers of MMS;

• Production capacity and internal quality assurance measures
• Certification and related documentation of manufacturers e.g. NAFDAC, Standard Organization of Nigeria (SON).
• Assess the size of the local MMS market and inputs required by local manufacturers to meet international standards and formula.
• Identify and quantify annual country requirements of MMS for the medium to long term in alignment with the country scale-up plan.
• Under the guidance of the UNICEF supply team, identify capacity gaps and areas of improvement to meet international requirements.
  Map the regulatory requirements in Nigeria for manufacturing of MMS
  Document the capacity needs of local manufacturers and areas of strengthening to meet national and international standards.
  Identify programs and projects to provide support to local manufacturing in Nigeria.
  Prepare gap analysis and certification roadmap for selected vendors requiring technical and/or financial assistance to become certified.

Expected results:

The consultant will contribute to shaping the local market in Nigeria to produce MMS.  

• Certification roadmap for the identified local manufacturers.
• Regular updates on the status of local manufacturers with respect to certification/approval by UNICEF

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have… 

Education:  

• Master’s degree in pharmacy or a field relevant to global health and procurement.

Experience: A minimum five (5) years progressively responsible professional work experience relevant to medicines and nutrition products to include product dossier assessments for procurement or regulatory registration.

• Experience with the UNICEF Supply Manual, guidelines for public procurement, and the procurement process.
• Experience evaluating technical information such as stability studies, comparative dissolution, analytical methods, certificates of analysis, manufacturing processes, manufacturing quality control measures, product usability.
• Experience with product introduction, WHO Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) standards, UNICEF approval processes, NAFDAC and SON processes, etc
• Demonstratable knowledge of International Council for Harmonization (ICH) quality guidelines (http://www.ich.org/products/guidelines/quality/article/quality-guidelines.html)
• Proficiency in MS Excel, PowerPoint, and Word
• Experience related to global public health is an asset.