Fresh Jobs at Malaria Consortium

Duration: January- February-2023

Malaria Consortium requires a qualified National consultant with expertise in programme compliance review who will support the end of project compliance review of BMGF CHIPS project in Niger state.

Purpose/Scope of Assignment:

The compliance review will be conducted in Malaria consortium Country Office Abuja and physical verification may be required at the state level (Niger state). The process will involve reviews of:

project activities (finance, operation, HR, programs and technical) spot checks with beneficiaries across the LGAs of the state. review of compliance with MC and BMGF’s rules and regulations, and compliance with national CHIPs implementation guidelines. findings and recommendations for corrective actions to improve operations, quality of implementation (including technical quality), enhance internal controls will be expected.

Specific tasks for consultant

• Review the project’s activities compliance with the donor’s terms and conditions as contained in the grant agreement.

         i.      Review project reports and

         ii.      expense listings drawn from the 4-year life span of the project.

• Conduct end of project asset review and verifications.
• Document and follow up on observations for immediate corrective actions.
• Document unresolved observations for reporting.
• Assist the programs compliance unit to provide adequate compliance support to the BMGF teams during the project’s closeout period
• Work 8:00 am -5:00 pm (Monday to Friday) daily in the office or in the field as may be directed.
• Write and submit full report on the assignment.

Deliverables for Consultant

• Provision of final compliance report on the reviewed project activities (finance, program, operations HR and technical) indicating compliance or otherwise with the donor’s terms and conditions as stated in the grant agreement.
• Provision of compliance report on projects assets review and verifications.
• Submission of working documents (soft copies) of the review to the Programmes Compliance Manager.
• Carry out other compliance-related reviews on the project as may be directed by management.

Qualifications and experience:

• A graduate in any of the following fields: accounting, public health financing, public health economics, business statistics or finance and administration.
• Membership of a recognised professional body (e.g., ACA, ACCA, CIPFA, CIMA) is required.
• Must have at least 3-5-years post professional qualification experience in similar assignment within the NGO/INGO environment.
• Good numeracy, written and verbal communication skills
• Good attention to details and accuracy
• Good computer knowledge especially MS excel, PowerPoint and word applications
• Hands-on experience conducting large-scale compliance or internal control reviews
• Total TA days-
• National consultant( Programme Compliance) - 20 days
   

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VACANCY: Costing Consultants

 ITN Costing Studies

ANAMBRA NET CAMPAIGN M&E, NIGERIA

Position A: Senior Health Economist (1)

Position B: Finance Analyst (1)

Duration: January- February-2023

Malaria Consortium requires qualified health economists and field assistants that will carry out financial and economic costing of the universal coverage ITN campaign implemented in Anambra State.

Purpose/Scope of Assignment

Malaria Consortium in collaboration with the National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP) is planning to implement a campaign to distribute insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) in Anambra State in August 2022. Malaria Consortium will also implement a monitoring and evaluation (M&E) research in relation to the campaign. The Anambra Net Campaign M&E Project will gather comprehensive data to assess the outcomes of the campaign in terms of ITN coverage, cost, use rates and net durability, as well as to monitor relevant epidemiological and entomological indicators such as impact on malaria incidence rates reported from a sample of health facilities across the state, vector biting habits and insecticide resistance.

The consultancy assignment requires execution of the developed study protocol, including the methodology and, use of existing data collection tools for all financial and economic costs incurred in order to distribute ITNs in Anambra State during August 2022. Financial costs cover the actual expenses of running the ITN mass campaign. The economic costs include costs such as donated items and time of volunteers, which are not captured under financial costs.

 Personnel required

The following field staff will be required:

Senior health economist: 1 person
Finance Analyst: 1 person
Specific tasks

Senior health economist

• Leads a team to plan and implement a study to investigate the economic and financial costs of the 2022 Anambra ITN campaign.
• Leads the development of the work plan, methodologies and data collection tools for the costing study.
• Identifies key informants and data sources and liaises with focal points of contact to facilitate data collection and interviews.
• Leads the team during field visits and assigns team members to specific duties during data collection, analysis and report writing.
• Leads the key informant interviews to gather detailed data on economic and financial resource expenditures or costs in relation to the ITN campaign at different levels incurred by various stakeholders, including direct and indirect costs.
• Will be responsible for writing and submitting the final report, including the methods and processes, itemised cost data, major findings, conclusions and recommendations.

Financial analyst

• Assists the senior health economist in all activities of the project.
• Contributes to data cleaning, analysis, interpretation and academic report writing.

Deliverables

• A detailed work plan with methodologies and data collection tools.
• A comprehensive report on the costing study with summaries of financial and economic costs of the campaign expressed as cost per ITN delivered and components of the cost.
• Cleaned economic and financial cost data from all sources in relation to the Anambra 2022 ITN campaign.

Qualifications and experience

• Senior health economist
• A PhD in health economics.
• At least 5 years’ experience in costing or health economics studies in disease control interventions.
• Demonstrated report writing skills.
• Proficient use of STATA software
• Experience with statistical analysis and authorship of relevant publications would be an advantage.
• Finance analyst
• A post-graduate degree in accounting, finance or economics.
• At least 3 years’ experience in accounting or financial management in the health sector or in health economics.
• Demonstrated report writing skills.
• Experience with statistical analysis would be an advantage.
• Activity timelines (January – February 2023)

Total TA days-

• Senior health economist- 15 days
• Finance Analyst: 15 days

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VACANCY: Research Consultants

Short Term Technical Assistants (STTAs): Costing Studies Anambra -Jan 2023

Position A: Coordinator (Supervisors)

Position B: Research Assistant- Abuja

Position C: Research Assistant- Akwa

Experience: 2-5 years’ experience

Location: Anambra state

Duration: January -Febraury-2023

Malaria Consortium requires qualified health economists and field assistants that will carry out financial and economic costing of the universal coverage ITN campaign implemented in Anambra State.

Purpose/Scope of Assignment

Malaria Consortium in collaboration with the National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP) is planning to implement a campaign to distribute insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) in Anambra State in August 2022. Malaria Consortium will also implement a monitoring and evaluation (M&E) research in relation to the campaign. The Anambra Net Campaign M&E Project will gather comprehensive data to assess the outcomes of the campaign in terms of ITN coverage, cost, use rates and net durability, as well as to monitor relevant epidemiological and entomological indicators such as impact on malaria incidence rates reported from a sample of health facilities across the state, vector biting habits and insecticide resistance.

The consultancy assignment requires execution of the developed study protocol, including the methodology and, use of existing data collection tools for all financial and economic costs incurred in order to distribute ITNs in Anambra State during August 2022. Financial costs cover the actual expenses of running the ITN mass campaign. The economic costs include costs such as donated items and time of volunteers, which are not captured under financial costs.

Personnel required

Twelve teams will be required in total: 1 supervisor, 2 research assistants (Abuja), 9 research assistants (Awka).

Specific tasks

Supervisor

• Will be responsible for three or four teams of research assistants
• Will be required to attend training prior to survey.
• Leads the team to conduct FGDs/interviews to gather economic cost data and conduct desk reviews to extract financial costs.
• Makes sure that ward level data collection is completed, and the team completes the work in assigned wards.
• Makes sure that LGA data collection is completed, and the team completes the work in a total assigned LGAs within the allocated number of days.
• Ensures data collection in the State and National is completed in the specified number of days.
• Supervises the interview process and resolves any issues, working with the stakeholders at all levels.
• Ensures that the data is collected accurately and shared with the senior health economists and finance analyst.
• Enters financial and economic data using Ms Excel software.
• Ensures data security policy is adhered to.
• Ensures accurate review, validation and submission of data.
• Responsible for ensuring that activities of data collectors are carried out while observing COVID-19 prevention measures and keeping respondents’ data confidential.
• Writes a short report on the team’s achievements, encountered challenges and recommendations.

Research assistant

• Will be required to attend training prior to the exercise.
• Carries out data collection in sampled wards, including obtaining written consents, conducting FGDs or KII and administering interviews with all malaria focal persons across health facilities, CBOs/CSOs that supported the campaign in selected wards.
• Support with interview note taking, recording and transcribing.
• Extract different cost data retrospectively from the financial, logistic and operational records kept by Malaria Consortium (both in the Nigeria office and the head office) and across the LGAs, all relevant stakeholders such as SMEP and NMEP involved in the 2022 Anambra State ITN mass campaign.
• Shares completely filled data collection forms at the required frequency according to relevant guidelines.
• Ensures confidentiality of respondents’ personal data during and after interviews.
• Reports to the supervisor any issues and helps to solve problems.
• Support supervisors when necessary, on data entry using Ms Excel software.
• Ensures data security policy is adhered to.

Deliverables

• Training materials and, field guide.
• Activity report.
• A detailed high-quality academic report on the Anambra costing study.

Qualifications and experience

Supervisor

• A post-graduate degree in health sciences.
• At least 5 years’ experience in coordinating household surveys.
• Demonstrated report writing skills for quantitative studies or surveys.
• Good knowledge of the Igbo language.

Research assistant

• A minimum of university degree.
• At least 3 years’ experience in conducting research interviews.
• Good knowledge of the English language.
• Ability to give attention to detail.
• Excellent proficiency in Igbo language.

Activity timelines (January -Febraury-2023)

Total TA days-

1.       Coordinator (Supervisors) – 16 days

2.       Research Assistant- Abuja- 6-days

3.       Research Assistant- Akwa- 14-days