Short Term Consultant - PMI-S Task Order 04 Work Plan Development at Management Sciences For Health - MSH

Ref. No.: R220

Background

• The US President’s Malaria Initiative for States (PMI-S) project is a five-year USAID flagship malaria project managed by Management Sciences for Health (MSH) with consortium partners ThinkWell, Banyan Global, and the Nigeria Interfaith Action Association (NIFAA).
• The project goal supports the Government of Nigeria through its agencies at the federal, state, local government area (LGA), and community levels to reduce malaria-related mortality by delivering quality services for management of malaria and its complications, and prevention of malaria during pregnancy and in children under five. PMI-S is an indefinite-delivery indefinite-quantity contract with several task orders.
• Task Order 04 (TO 04) supports the SMEPs in Benue, Nasarawa, Plateau and Zamfara States to lead the response to malaria through four core interventions: (1) malaria case management, including malaria diagnosis and treatment for uncomplicated and severe malaria, including integrated community case management (iCCM); (2) surveillance, monitoring, and evaluation (SME); (3) drug-based prevention and treatment approaches, including IPTp and SMC; and (4) health systems strengthening, including State Malaria Elimination Programme (SMEP) planning, management, and program monitoring.

Overview of Consultancy:

• MSH seeks the services of a short-term consultant to lead the development of the TO 04 Year 1 (October 1, 2020 – September 30, 2021) workplan.
• The work plan is due to USAID no later than September 27, 2020. The consultant must be based in Abuja, Nigeria and will work remotely with the PMI-S staff, SMEP counterparts and other stakeholders.
• He / she may be asked to have in-person meetings in Abuja and travel to Benue, Nasarawa and Plateau to meet with stakeholders.
• The consultant will also be required to hold virtual meetings with the Zamfara SMEP/SMOH to gather information for the work plan.
• S / he will follow all MSH rules regarding COVID-19 and would only do any in-person work if / when MSH policies allow it.

The Consultant will to carry out the following:

• Contribute to the development, and manage a detailed timeline for all TO 04 work plan development activities. The timeline must include specific tasks, due dates and responsible parties.
• Convene and chair regular progress meetings (daily huddles, as needed) regarding work plan development. Meetings to include PMI-S Nigeria staff (Abuja and field) as well as Home Office staff as needed.
• Contribute to development of templates for Detailed Implementation Plan (DIP) and narrative, using existing formats.
• Gather all inputs, compile, edit and present a DIP for each of the 4 states.
• Prepare a well-edited and concise joint TO4 DIP and work plan narrative from the four individual state DIPs and narratives.
• Work with F&A Director to develop budget inputs for activity budget projections.
• Receive and incorporate feedback from reviewers, and prepare final version.
• Prepare a slide deck for PMI-S to present work plan to USAID.
• Incorporate USAID feedback, and work with the PMI-S Country Director to finalize all pieces of the work plan for submission to USAID.

Deliverables:

• Work Plan development timeline.
• DIP and narrative templates.
• Action items from meetings.
• A DIP draft for each of Benue, Nasarawa, Plateau and Zamfara States
• A final joint TO 04 DIP and work plan narrative.
• Slide deck for presentation to USAID.

Minimum Qualifications

• A Bachelor's Degree and postgraduate qualification in a relevant field is a must, and at least 5 years post qualification experience working on health development programs.
• Proven experience leading development of strategic or annual program work plans for government and NGOs in Nigeria is required. Experience developing work plans for USAID-funded organizations is desirable.
• Familiarity with the Malaria Program in Central and Northern States of Nigeria.
• Excellent writing and editing skills, Microsoft Excel and Word computer packages.