Jobs at Malaria Consortium

Objective

• The objective of this consultancy is to engage qualified Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Consultant who will provide technical support for data collection, validation, analysis, reporting, and learning during the 2025 integrated SMC/ITN campaign in Yobe State.
• The M&E consultants will ensure evidence-based implementation, accountability, and delivery of high-quality data for timely decision-making and reporting.

Purpose of the Assignment

• The purpose of this ToR is to engage 1 consultant as M&E Officer who will support MC’s state implementation team in Yobe to carry out all M&E-related tasks across the SMC/ITN campaign lifecycle.
• These include planning, digital data collection, data quality assurance, supportive supervision, reporting, and documentation.
• They will provide M&E leadership to ensure tracking of programmatic indicators, timely submission of quality data, and triangulation of data across multiple sources for validation and learning.

Methodology
Engagement and Onboarding:

• The consultant will be engaged as short-term M&E personnel via MC’s standard HR recruitment protocols.
• Consultant will be introduced to program teams and oriented on campaign tools, digital systems (Kobo, ODK), data workflows, and validation processes.

Embedded Support Model:

• M&E Consultant will be embedded with MC’s state team and support all 17 LGAs remotely and through direct LGA visits.
• He/She will coordinate with MC’s State Technical Officer, M&E Officer, Program Officers, and ICT4D TTA.

Implementation Strategy:

• Leads pre-implementation data verification, support ICT4D tool deployment, track training attendance digitally, and support real-time supervision.
• Coordinates daily data analysis, conduct LQAS supervision, and validate treatment, mobilization, and logistics data.

Support and Supervision:

• The consultant will report to the State Technical Officer, with technical guidance from the Senior M&E Manager.
• Daily coordination meetings and regular joint reviews will be conducted.

Data Quality Assurance:

• Tracks and reconciles daily digital submissions from CDDs, HFWs, and LGA teams.
• Conducts field validation, spot checks, and data triangulation with physical and digital records.

Reporting:

• Submit weekly dashboards, error logs, LQAS summaries, and final M&E cycle reports.
• Documents lessons learned and contributes to knowledge products.

Timeline:

• The consultant will be engaged for 35 working days from July to October 2025.

Key Responsibilities

Daily Tasks:
Monitoring & Evaluation (70%)

• Leads deployment of data tools for pre-implementation and campaign phases.
• Ensures daily monitoring of e-attendance, treatment coverage, and supervision.
• Tracks submission rates and data discrepancies across LGAs.
• Supports LQAS implementation and analysis.

Data Validation & Reporting (20%):

• Analyzes and cleans treatment, stock, and mobilization datasets.
• Collaborates with ICT4D and LFO to resolve data errors.
• Produces weekly summary dashboards and trend analyses.
• Ensures accurate population-based coverage and program reports.

Coordination & Capacity Building (10%):

• Supports training of supervisors and HFWs on data tools.
• Participates in state-level review and validation meetings.
• Provides technical mentoring to LGA-level staff on data entry and tool use.

Deliverables:

• Verified databases of CDDs, supervisors, and distribution personnel with e-attendance records.
• LQAS supervision reports and daily review meeting summaries.
• M&E section of End-of-Cycle (EoC) reports.
• Weekly data analysis briefs and dashboards.
• Activity reports (LQAS, daily monitoring, validation sessions).
• List of flagged data issues and resolution summaries.
• Updated indicator tracking table (targets vs. achievement).

Accountability

• Reports directly to the State Technical Officer – Yobe.
• Functional reporting to the Senior M&E Specialist and Senior M&E Manager.
• Adhere to MC’s safeguarding, ethics, and data protection policies.

Expected Outcome:

• Timely and complete reporting from all LGAs.
• Quality-assured datasets with validated daily submissions.
• Active monitoring of program performance indicators.
• Early detection and correction of errors in submitted data.
• Contribution to data-informed decision-making at the state level.
• Strengthened capacity of LGA staff on M&E practices.

Consultancy requirements

• Degree in Public Health, Statistics, Data Science or a related field.
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in M&E roles, preferably in malaria campaigns.
• Proficiency in data collection tools (Kobo, ODK), Excel, and Power BI.
• Strong understanding of Nigeria’s public health systems and campaign structure.
• Excellent analytical, coordination, and communication skills.
• Ability to speak English and Hausa fluently; Kanuri is an added advantage.

Application Closing Date
12th August, 2025 

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Job Description / Purpose

• The job purpose is to work with the State Project Manager (SPM) to effectively manage project activities and resources, provide leadership and stewardship to the project team and maintain collaborative links with the project’s key stakeholders at the LGA level.

Scope of work:

• The Program Officer (PO), while reporting to the State Project Manager (SPM) and based at the state office, will line manage the LGA Field Assistants across the state.

Key working relationships:

• The PO would be line managed by the SPM and would line manage the LGA Field Assistants in-charge of the assigned LGAs. S/he would also maintain relationships with the country office departments, including Finance and Logistics.
• Key external relationships would be with staff at the LGA and State Malaria Elimination Programme (SMEP), LGA health staff and leading community members and gatekeepers.
• S/he would lead training and coordination, through drug administration and supportive supervision, to reporting of activities at the LGA level. S/he would maintain close communication with stakeholders and influential persons in the assigned LGAs through the agreed frameworks.

Responsibilities
Programme Management (70%):

• Support the SPM and the state management team to lead activities for smooth programme management in the assigned LGAs in the following areas:
• Line management – build and performance manage an effective and technically fit SMC project team in the assigned LGAs. Be conversant with and guided by Malaria Consortium, policies, guidelines and the SMC Handbook towards the delivery of SMC in assigned LGAs. Planning (microplanning, selection of implementers at the local levels, training, database finalization, last mile distribution, SPAQ admin and reverse logistics);
• Engagement of stakeholders including government, communities and beneficiaries.
• Implementation (SPAQ admin) including QA and innovations, including the use of technology.
• General management including security, HR including line management, risk management, work planning and budgeting, VFM, optimization of grant, etc.;
• Risk Free operations including ensuring that all staff comply with MC values and start-to-finish (SFG) policies; and
• Coordination with other levels of government and internally, all MC functions.

Technical (20%):

• Support M&E activities, including reporting of SPAQ admin and Support programme review including end of cycle (EoC) reviews, end of round (EoR) reviews and EoR coverage survey.

Representations & Knowledge Management (10%):

• Lesson identification and use including adaptive management;
• Harmonisation with other partners; and
• Representation especially at the LGA levels.

Requirements
Essential:

• Training in Nursing or Public Health;
• Five years’ experience of working in the Public Health sector;
• Experience in programme management at the LGA/state level;
• Excellent project planning, management and monitoring & evaluation skills.
• Experience managing project budgets;
• Experience in using digital data collection tools in SMC campaigns and other health programmes;
• Some practical experience in Health Information and Disease Surveillance Systems, interoperability, and international standards; open Global Health Information System software and open data sources, such as, but not limited to, DHIS2, ODK, KoboCollect;
• Experience working at the LGA and community levels;
• Experience working on campaign style interventions (delivery of interventions or social mobilization and SMC would be an added advantage).

Work-based skills and competencies:

• Good understanding of the Nigeria health system;
• Understanding of communication for behaviour change and social mobilisation;
• Team player and demonstrated ability to work within a team as well as individually;
• Ability to travel to LGAs outside of state capital at least 80% of the time;
• Ability to perform under pressure;
• Excellent communication skills in English and the dominant local language in assigned state.
• Evidence of being resident in state of assignment.

Note: For this position, previous working experience with MC and in SMC are added advantages.

Application Closing Date
12th August, 2025 (5:00pm).

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Objective

• The objective of this consultancy is to engage qualified LGA Field Officers (LFOs) who will provide technical, logistical, and coordination support to the Primary Health Care (PHC) teams at the LGA level to ensure effective planning, implementation, and monitoring of the 2025 integrated Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) and Insecticide-Treated Net (ITN) campaigns in Yobe State.
• The LFOs will serve as the key liaison between Malaria Consortium, state and LGA stakeholders, and frontline implementers, ensuring timely delivery of program activities, data quality assurance, commodity accountability, community engagement, and overall coordination of interventions across all phases of the campaign.

Purpose of the Assignment

• The purpose of this ToR is to engage 17 consultants as LGA Field Officers (1/LGA) who will support the Primary Health Care (PHC) departments in the local government areas (LGAs) of the intervention state to carry out SMC/ITN activities. The LGA PHC team for SMC implementation comprises of PHC Director, Malaria Focal Person, M&E officer Logistics Officer and the Health Educator.
• The consultant will embed within this LGA team to provide technical assistant in the implementation of SMC & ITN-related activities for pre-implementation/planning phase, during and post-implementation phases.
• These activities will, in turn be carried out by the community volunteers (Community Drug Distributors, CDDs carrying out door-to-door administration of SMC drugs and TAs carrying out mobilization of caregivers for SMC service uptake).

Methodology
To ensure effective and efficient delivery of the integrated SMC/ITN campaign across Yobe State, the following methodological approach will guide the engagement, deployment, and performance management of the LGA Field Officers (LFOs):
Engagement and Onboarding:

• The LFOs will be engaged as short-term consultants through a transparent recruitment and selection process led by Malaria Consortium’s HR department.
• Each LFO will be assigned to one of the 17 implementation LGAs in Yobe State.
• An orientation and capacity-strengthening session will be conducted to familiarize the LFOs with the campaign objectives, operational strategy, technical protocols, and reporting requirements.

Embedded Coordination Approach:

• LFOs will be embedded within the LGA Primary Health Care (PHC) departments and serve as technical assistants to the LGA health teams.
• They will coordinate with the LGA Director of PHC, Malaria Focal Person, M&E officer, Health Educator, and Logistics Officer.
• The embedded model will ensure continuous alignment with local health structures, promote ownership, and facilitate smoother implementation.

Implementation Strategy:

• The consultants will support the LGA teams across the campaign’s three phases: pre-implementation (microplanning, training, logistics), implementation (drug distribution and ITN redemption), and post-implementation (data collation, stock reconciliation, report writing).
• LFOs will monitor field activities, supervise CDDs and HFWs, and troubleshoot emerging issues in real time.
• They will facilitate effective integration between the SMC drug administration and ITN distribution workstreams, ensuring logistical and operational synergy.

Supervision and Support Structure:

• LFOs will report to the Program Officer and be technically supported by the State Technical Officer.
• A dotted-line reporting will also be maintained with the State M&E and Supply Chain Officers, depending on activity focus.
• Daily review meetings, joint supervision visits, and bi-weekly check-ins will be held to ensure LFOs receive regular feedback and technical guidance.

Monitoring and Data Quality Assurance:

• LFOs will ensure that all treatment, mobilization, and stock data are properly documented using approved digital tools and validated before submission.
• They will oversee the use of e-attendance and treatment tracking tools during the MDA and provide regular updates to the central coordination team.
• Data validation, real-time monitoring using dashboards, and daily reconciliation of stock and treatment records will form key components of the quality assurance process.

Reporting and Knowledge Sharing:

• LFOs will be responsible for timely submission of field reports, trip reports, training summaries, and end-of-cycle documentation.
• They will also document lessons learned and operational insights to improve campaign delivery in subsequent cycles.
• Templates and reporting schedules will be shared at the start of deployment to standardize documentation across all LGAs.

Timeline and Level of Effort:

• Each LFO will be engaged for a total of 35 working days over a 4-month period from July to October 2025.
• The timeline has been distributed as follows: 5 days in July (pre-implementation), 8 days each in August and September (implementation), and 14 days in October (final implementation and wrap-up).

Key Responsibilities
Daily Tasks:

• Implement all SMC & ITN activities at health LGA level, including timely implementation of work plan, planning meetings, commodity distributions and monitoring to avoid any stock out, Community mobilization activities, supervision, monitoring and reporting.
• Ensure accountability of received commodities and supplies through tracking consumption levels and review of reconciliation reports
• Responsible for capacity building of field partners (Supervisors, HFW, CDDs, and community mobilisers) through training, on-job support and quality supervision.
• Track program targets and timely implement the planned activities to ensure program meets targets and review reports from LGAs and HFW for accuracy and completeness prior to submission.
• Ensure implementation of activities is in line with the laid down protocols, by continuously monitoring and conducting supervision and on-the-job training of LGA, HFW and CDDs
• Maintain a good relationship and work jointly with – Public Health Officers and other partners to undertake home visits, meetings and to ensure health LGA’s ownership.
• Support the micro positioning of ITNs, ITN distribution, community household mobilization and ITN Reverse logistics.

Reporting & data quality control (10%):

• Review all field implementer reports, provide feedback on areas that need correction, and submit the final hard copy report to the Program Officer
• Assist M&E Officer with the data quality queries and ensure identified issues are rectified in time
• Ensure submission of EoC Report, success stories, trip reports etc., to keep the Program Officer and State Programme Manager abreast with the project implementation at LGA level.

Coordination and representation (10%):

• Responsible for overall planning and coordination of LGA and HFW/supervisors and CDDs during training and supervision visits.
• Liaise with key partners, including LGA team, State MOH, Community leaders, other stakeholders (as necessary)
• Attend data validation meetings, daily review meetings at the LGA level and as directed by the Program Officer/State Programme Manager
• Attend and support ICT4D Device Provisioning & device synchronization/batch retrieval
• Participate in daily evening review meetings and ensure data is entered in templates shared.

Administrative and other duties (10%):

• Ensure the development of individual and team action plans to ensure role complementarities in achieving the set treatment target
• Participating in the follow-up of supplies consumption
• Overall planning of stock levels, making sure that they are sufficient for the operations at SMC sites
• Ensure that all HF release physical inventory of all SMC commodities supplied at the end of each cycle.
• Any other duties as required by the line manager.

Deliverables

• Electronic record (database) of all distribution personnel in the LGA
• Training plan for training of distribution personnel
• Evidence of distribution and judicious utilization of drugs as well as training and implementation materials and tools. There must be distribution plans, evidence of receipt and utilization as well as stock reconciliation of the following items at LGA level:
• SPAQ
• Visibility materials
• Implementation forms (Attendance sheets, ICCs, waybills, etc)
• EoC reports and meeting notes
• Activity reports
• Training report, including training monitoring
• Community mobilization
• Supply chain reports
• Supervision report
• Notes of review meetings
• Administrative coverage report (End-of-cycle report)
• M&E report.

Accountability:

• Directly accountable to the State Technical Officer – Yobe State.
• Functionally report to the M&E Officer and State Technical Officer.
• Must maintain confidentiality and adhere to MC's safeguarding and data protection policies.

Expected Outcome:

• Timely implementation and coordination of all SMC and ITN activities across assigned LGAs in collaboration with the PHC team.
• Achievement of targeted treatment coverage through effective supervision of CDDs and mobilization teams during each campaign cycle.
• Submission of accurate and complete treatment and supervision data, with timely resolution of data quality issues flagged during validation.
• Successful planning and facilitation of training for all frontline implementers, with complete documentation including attendance and training reports.
• Full accountability and reconciliation of all commodities (SPAQ, ITNs, and tools) received and utilized at the LGA level with validated stock records and distribution logs.
• Enhanced community awareness and uptake of SMC and ITNs through coordinated SBCC activities and engagement with local leaders.
• Execution of routine supportive supervision and on-the-job mentoring of health facility workers and community volunteers, with documented feedback and corrective actions.
• Complete electronic attendance records for all training and distribution personnel submitted within each cycle.
• Timely submission of all required reports, including end-of-cycle reports, supervision summaries, and review meeting notes.
• Quick adaptation to field challenges including logistics and environmental constraints (e.g., flooding), ensuring continuity and integrity of service delivery.

Consultancy Requirements

• Clinical Officer, nurse or Public Health, sciences or development-related qualification.
• At least two years field experience in related field.
• Fluency in English, Hausa and/or other local languages is required.
• Experience working in drug/commodity supply management, ME and logistics.
• Ability to communicate effectively with a variety of audiences including LGA staff, HFW and community leaders.
• Experience of conducting quality supportive supervision and data use Desirable:
• A broad range of experience including logistics, training and capacity building ability.
• Experience of managing teams.
• Experience working at LGA level Work-based skills.
• Good planning and organizational skills.
• Basic computer skills particularly Microsoft Office.
• Flexible, ability to work both as an individual and as a team member and under stress in what can be a harsh environment.

Application Closing Date
8th August, 2025, 5:00pm

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Purpose of the Assignment

• The purpose of this ToR is to engage 16 consultants as LGA Field Officers who will support the Primary Health Care (PHC) departments in the local government areas (LGAs) of the intervention state to carry out SMC/ITN activities.
• The LGA PHC team for SMC implementation comprises PHC Director, Malaria Focal Person, M&E officer Logistics Officer and the Health Educator.
• The consultant will embed within this LGA team to provide technical assistant in the implementation of SMC & ITN-related activities for pre-implementation/planning phase, during and post-implementation phases.
• These activities will, in turn be carried out by the community volunteers (Community Drug Distributors, CDDs carrying outdoor-to-door administration of SMC drugs and TAs carrying out mobilization of caregivers for SMC service uptake).

Scope

• The intervention is community-based; however, the consultants are expected to work with the LGA-level team, health facility workers and community volunteers who serve as the frontline service providers.
• There are three basic work streams in SMC implementation: Logistics, Social and Behavioural Change Communication (SBCC) and the technical stream that deals with door-to-door safe administration of SMC drugs to eligible beneficiaries as well as household mobilization for issuance of E-Tokens for ITN redemption.
• The consultant will coordinate all the work streams for the ultimate delivery of SMC & ITN services. Overall, while working directly with the LGA stakeholders and MC’s implementation team, the consultant will also serve as the link of the LGA with State stakeholders (relevant MDAs) and the implementing partner (Malaria Consortium), PR and National Malaria Elimination Programme in the process of providing oversight for SMC activities in the LGA.
• The consultant will report directly to a Program Officer and will have dotted-line management relationship with the State Technical Officer who is the state-level technical lead for SMC.
• The consultant will also relate appropriately with other state MC team such as the State Programme Manager, State Technical Officer, Supply Chain Officer, M&E Officer, Admin Officer and Finance Officer as may be necessary.

Specific Activities for the personnel
Programme Implementation, treatment tracking and management (70%):

• Implement all SMC & ITN activities at health LGA level, including timely implementation of work plan, planning meetings, commodity distributions and monitoring to avoid any stock out, Community mobilization activities, supervision, monitoring and reporting.
• Ensure accountability of received commodities and supplies through tracking consumption levels and review of reconciliation reports
• Responsible for capacity building of field partners (Supervisors, HFW, CDDs, and community mobilisers) through training, on-job support and quality supervision.
• Track program targets and timely implement the planned activities to ensure program meets targets and review reports from LGAs and HFW for accuracy and completeness prior to submission.
• Ensure implementation of activities is in line with the laid down protocols, by continuously monitoring and conducting supervision and on-the-job training of LGA, HFW and CDDs
• Maintain a good relationship and work jointly with – Public Health Officers and other partners to undertake home visits, meetings and to ensure health LGA’s ownership.

Reporting & data quality control (10%):

• Review all field implementer reports, provide feedback on areas that need correction, and submit the final hard copy report to the Program Officer
• Assist M&E Officer with the data quality queries and ensure identified issues are rectified in time
• Ensure submission of EoC Report, success stories, trip reports etc., to keep the Program Officer and State Programme Manager abreast with the project implementation at LGA level.

Coordination and representation (10%):

• Responsible for overall planning and coordination of LGA and HFW/supervisors and CDDs during training and supervision visits.
• Liaise with key partners, including LGA team, State MOH, Community leaders, other stakeholders (as necessary)
• Attend data validation meetings at the LGA level and as directed by the Program Officer/State Programme Manager
• Attend and support ICT4D Device Provisioning & device synchronization/batch retrieval.

Administrative and other duties (10%):

• Ensure the development of individual and team action plans to ensure role complementarities in achieving the set treatment target
• Participating in the follow-up of supplies consumption
• Overall planning of stock levels, making sure that they are sufficient for the operations at SMC sites
• Ensure that all HF release physical inventory of all SMC commodities supplied at the end of each cycle.
• Any other duties as required by the line manager.

Key deliverables for the consultant

• Electronic record (database) of all distribution personnel in the LGA
• Training plan for training of distribution personnel
• Evidence of distribution and judicious utilization of drugs as well as training and implementation materials and tools. There must be distribution plans, evidence of receipt and utilization as well as stock reconciliation of the following items at LGA level:
  • SPAQ
  • Visibility materials
  • Implementation forms (Attendance sheets, ICCs, waybills, etc)
• EoC reports and meeting notes
• Activity reports
  • Community mobilization
  • Supply chain reports
  • Supervision report
  • Notes of review meetings
  • Administrative coverage report (End-of-cycle report)
  • M&E report.

Qualifications and Experience

• Clinical Officer, Nurse or Public Health, Sciences or Development-related qualification
• At least two years field experience in related field
• Fluency in English, Hausa and/or other local languages is required
• Experience working in drug/commodity supply management, ME and logistics
• Ability to communicate effectively with a variety of audiences including LGA staff, HFW and community leaders
• Experience of conducting quality supportive supervision and data use Desirable:
• A broad range of experience including logistics, training and capacity building ability
• Experience of managing teams
• Experience working at LGA level Work-based skills
• Good planning and organizational skills
• Basic computer skills particularly Microsoft Office
• Flexible, ability to work both as an individual and as a team member and under stress in what can be a harsh environment.

Application Closing Date
12th August, 2025; 5.00pm.