Polio OBR Program Support Consultant at Solina Centre for International Development and Research (SCIDaR)

Purpose of the consultancy

• The objective of this consultancy is to engage suitable, qualified, and skilled experienced polio campaign personnel to support the planning, coordination, and monitoring of the campaigns. The successful consultant will play a critical role in contributing to the effectiveness and impact of the initiatives to improve the quality of campaigns by implementing robust planning and coordination systems at the national and sub-national levels, assisting in data analysis, and facilitating knowledge transfer.
• He/She will be involved in the day-to-day management of all campaign workflows with a focus on planning, coordination, and data analysis. He/she will primarily work under the leadership of the national GPEI coordinator. However, He/She can be deployed to provide support at the sub-national level under the supervision of a provincial GPEI coordinator. The Consultant will also be responsible for providing regular campaign updates to his/her line managers and supporting to improvement of the quality of the interventions and campaign deliverables.

Key responsibilities

Planning and coordination of the polio outbreak response

• Support the country Polio team to conduct a situational analysis of the coordination structures and develop an improvement plan accordingly;
• Support the GPEI coordinator to set up/boost the sub-technical Working Groups at the sub-national level;
• Provide meeting facilitation support for daily and weekly coordination meetings including preparing and sharing discussion documents with stakeholders, taking meeting notes, and tracking the implementation of action items;
• Conduct risk assessments and identify potential challenges to campaign success, proposing mitigation strategies for improved program performance;
• Support in drafting the chronogram of activities and any relevant campaign deliverables.

Data analytics and data management support, and documentation of OBR activities

• Support the data quality efforts, including data cleaning and validation for all campaign data: campaign preparedness dashboard, ODK, PowerBi, administrative coverage;
• Support to conduct daily analysis of campaign data to identify poor-performing districts, and root causes and to develop a tailored improvement plan;
• Support the country Polio team to develop, submit, and track the timely completion of the Quality Improvement Plans including the review of their accuracy and quality;
• Support the data management team to develop electronic data collection, visualization systems, and dashboards for consideration of the EOC;
• Support to conduct data analytics and GIS mapping tasks including the collection, analysis, and evaluation if required.

Education, experience, and language requirements

• Relevant graduate-level degree (International Development, Applied Sciences, and Technology, Policy and Strategy Development, Public Health, Epidemiology, Health Management, or similarly relevant field;
• At least two years’ country experience with supporting planning and implementation of disease outbreak responses (Polio, Measles, Cholera, etc.);
• Proven strong project management, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills;
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills;
• Proven work experience in countries affected by a conflict is an advantage.