Malaria Consortium Nigeria is committed to tackling the large number of malaria cases and deaths in the country. Working in partnership with the Ministry of Health and other partners, we lead and support three major malaria control initiatives in the country: Support to the National Malaria Control Programme (SuNMaP); NetWorks and MAPS. Our areas of focus include: Technical support for malaria control Capacity building, harmonisation and training of health workers Heath systems strengthening Behaviour Change Communications and community outreach activities Operational research, policy and advocacy.
The role of ICC is to ensure quality implementation of delivery of SMC services at the IDP camps with the community oriented resources persons (CORPs) within the IDP camps and health facility workers responsible for these camps. S/he would ensure the timely delivery of SMC commodities and supplies, provision of supportive supervision, training and documentation of programme activities. S/he provides supportive supervision and training to the above actors and ensures respect of SMC administration protocols within the COVID 19 pandemic setting. He/she interacts with the Borno State Ministry of Health (SMoH), LGA management team, keeps them updated on the programme progress and ensures high-quality SMC implementation.
Key accountabilities
- Implement all SMC activities at all the IDP camps within each LGA, 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
- Review all field implementer reports, provide feedback on areas which needs correction and submit the final hard copy report to the ZPM after LGA Level approval;
- Assist Senior M&E Officer on the data quality queries and ensure identified issues are rectified in time;
- Responsible for overall planning and coordination of LGA and HFW/supervisors and CORPs during training and supervision visits;
- Liaise with key partners including LGA Administrator, SMoH, IDP camp leaders, other stakeholders (as necessary) for successful mass drug administration (MDAs);
- Ensure the development of individual and team action plans to ensure role complementarities in achieving the set treatment target; Participate in the follow-up of supplies consumption;
- Overall planning of stock levels, making sure that they are sufficient for the operations at SMC fixed points;
Qualifications and Experience
- Clinical Officer, Nurse or Public Health qualification.
- At least two years’ field experience in related field.
- Fluency in English, Kanuri, Hausa and/or other local languages is required.
- Experience working in drug/commodity supply management, M&E and logistics.
- Ability to communicate effectively with a variety of audiences including LGA staff, HFW, CORPs and IDP camp leaders.
- Experience working within IDP camp-like environments and complex operational environments. Experience of conducting quality supportive supervision and data use.
Interested and qualified candidate who are passionate and willing to contribute towards the achievement of our goals should send their updates CVs to: [email protected] and also fill the recruitment form using the link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc6KJf258WNXa5Br1JmdcD2MH0IcVuMZWxYkDwA54qNm9hbzQ/viewform?usp=pp_url&entry.1858084779=4+–+6+years
Interested applicants should kindly take note of the following:
- Contract duration for all positions is 7months
- For your application to be considered, it is mandatory to fill the recruitment form and send your application to the specified email address.
- Your email application should have the position being applied for as the subject title e.g when applying for Senior Security Manager, the subject should read ‘’Senior Security
Manager’’
- Include your state of Origin on your CV
- Send your cover letter and CV as a single document
- Considering the emergency situation of these positions, applications will be reviewed on rolling a basis and hence, early applications from qualified applicants are highly encouraged.
- The organisation reserves the right to close the application as soon as suitable candidate is identified for any of the advertised positions. ü Successful candidates should be ready to resume immediately
- Applications who do not follow this specification, will be disqualified.
Please note that the applications will be reviewed on rolling basis and hence early application is highly encouraged. Selection process will commence from Wednesday, July 14 and hence the application portal will be closed once successful candidates are identified.
