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 advocacyPurpose of the Assignment

The purpose of this Terms of Reference (ToR) is to engage LGA Technical Assistants to support training, Mass Drug Administration (MDA) of Azithromycin (AZM), coordination and supervision at the LGA, reverse logistics, reporting, network assessment and overall personnel management. Jigawa (13), Kaduna (14) & Kebbi (16) states respectively.

Scope of work

The role of the LGA Technical Assistants (TAs) is to ensure proper planning, execution, and monitoring of the Mass Drug Administration (MDA) of Azithromycin and reverse logistics at the LGA level in the state.
They are expected to collaborate with LGA teams, health facility supervisors, traditional leaders, and Officers in Charge (OICs) of all AZM-implementing facilities.
These stakeholders are required to adhere to established AZM administration protocols and implementation strategies.
The TAs will also engage with the State Ministry of Health, the NTD team, and LGA management teams, where applicable, to keep them informed about program progress and to ensure high-quality implementation of activities across the Local Government Areas in the States.

Specific Deliverables for LGA TA

The LGA TA supports the implementation of activities at LGA, health facilities and household level.
He/she is responsible for planning, implementation, reporting and coordination with local government representatives and community level stakeholders.
The role of LGA TA assists the quality implementation of delivery of AZM services at the community level by HFW/supervisors and CDDs through the timely delivery of AZM commodities and supplies and documentation of program activities.
He/she interacts with the LGA management team, keeps them updated on the program progress and ensures high-quality AZM implementation.
The LGA TA takes instructions from the Program Officer (PO) on the implementation of AZM activities.
S/he gives feedback to the PO in form of basic documentation and to the M&E Officer in form of data entry for administrative coverage and supply chain management.
S/he will also support the Finance Officer in getting account details of distribution personnel for payment.
Ensure the conduct of Mass Drug Administration (MDA) of Azithromycin (AZM) across implementing health facilities (HFs) in the assigned LGA.
Support last-mile distribution of commodities from the State Central Medical Store (CMS) to the health facilities.
Support the roll out of robust SBC interventions in the assigned LGA.
Support the conduct of refresher training for Health Facility Workers (HFWs) and Community Drug Distributors (CDDs) to ensure effective program delivery.
Monitor and report any issues related to digital HCM and non-compliance with AZM administration protocols to the Command-and-control center and HCM team.
Manage the delivery of all AZM-related activities assigned by the supervisor.

Qualifications and Experience

Science, Social Science, or Public Health-related qualification with at least two years’ field experience in related field.
Fluency in English, Hausa / Fulani 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 and community leaders.
Must be familiar with the use of Kobo Collect, SurveyCTO, and Microsoft Office suite.
Experience in conducting quality supportive supervision and data use.

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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 advocacyPurpose of the assignment

The purpose of this ToR is to engage TA support that will serve as support to the field assistants in high burden LGAs due to the large number of facilities, SMC personnel to ensure proper coverage of households during implementation.
The high burden LGAs are 4 LGAs of Sokoto state (Gada, Wamakko, Bodinga and Sokoto North)

Scope

The role of LGA Technical Assistant is to ensure quality implementation of delivery of SMC services at the community level by HFW/supervisors and CDDs through the timely delivery of SMC commodities and supplies, provision of supportive supervision, on the job capacity building and documentation of program activities.
S/he provides supportive supervision and training to the above actors and ensures adherence to SMC administration protocols.
He/she interacts with the State Ministry of Health, LGA management team, keeps them updated on the program progress and ensures high-quality SMC implementation in high burden LGAS.

Specific Activities of the TA
Programme Implementation, treatment tracking and management:

Support implementation of all SMC 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.
Work with the LGA Field officer or Cluster Supervisor in ensuring accountability of received commodities and supplies through tracking consumption levels and review of reconciliation reports.
Support capacity building of field partners (Supervisors, HFW, CDDs/CHWs, Lead Mothers (LMs) and community mobilisers) through 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-job training of LGA, HFW and CHWs.
Maintain a good relationship and work jointly with Public Health Officers and other partners to undertake home visits, meetings and to ensure LGA’s ownership.

Reporting & data quality control:

Review all field implementation reports, provide feedback on areas which needs correction and submit the final hard copy report to the Program officer after LGA Level approval.
Assist M&E Officer on the data quality queries and ensure identified issues are rectified in time.
Ensure submission of EoC Report, success stories, trip reports etc. to the Program Officer and SPM.

Coordination and representation:

Responsible for overall coordination of LGA and HFW/supervisors and CHWs during training and supervision visits.
Liaise with key stakeholders and partners including LGA Administrator, State MOH, Community leaders, other stakeholders (for their support and buy-in, resolution of disputes/conflicts etc.) during SMC activities.
Attend data validation meetings at LGA level and as directed by LGA cluster supervisor /State project manager.
Establish and maintain links with health and other nutrition services with special attention to referral cases while working closely with the State/LGA NAFDAC focal persons.

Administrative and other duties:

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 sites.
Ensure physical inventory of all SMC commodities supplied to all HF at the end of each cycle.
Any other duties as required by the line manager.

Deliverables

Comprehensive End of Cycles Reports within two days after implementation.
Complete Reverse Logistics of used and unused SPAQ after each cycle.
Follow up on Personnel payment.
Attend all Meetings at LGA level (planning meeting, EOC, DVM).
Support SPAQ distribution to HF from the LGA transit point.

Qualifications and Experience

Clinical Officer, Nurse, Social Science, Science, or any other Public Health-related qualification with at least five years field experience in SMC implementation.
Fluency in English, Hausa/Fulani 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 and community leaders.
Must be familiar with the use of Survey CTO and Microsoft Office suite.
Experience in conducting quality supportive supervision and data use.

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