Vacancy at John Snow Incorporated (JSI)

John Snow Incorporated (JSI) is a public health research and technical assistant firm dedicated to improving the health of individuals and communities throughout the world. It manages the USAID/DELIVER PROJECT and the Supply Chain Management System (SCMS) project in the Nigeria office.

We are recruiting to fill the below position:


Job Title: Senior Technical Advisor

Location: Bauchi, Nigeria
Starting Date: 02/06/2017

Description

• For the past 3 years, JSI has been supporting UNFPA/Nigeria to analyze and document the findings of their annual commodities survey. This support will continue through 2017.
• In August 2016, JSI facilitated a workshop on behalf of UNFPA, for 9 states, focused on increasing their knowledge and understanding of the processes around setting up a distribution system for health commodities, and enable them to implement the steps related to distribution system design.
• During this workshop, states developed implementation plans for operationalizing the distribution systems.
• In response to the workshop findings and facilitators’ recommendations, the state LMCU will be supported to finalize state selected distribution model and present same in a standard document.
• The document will also lay out action plans to guide implementation and to facilitate close tracking of the implementation activities.

Responsibilities
Objective 1: Support States to move forward with implementing state level distribution activities

• Direct technical support:
  • Regularly meet and communicate (via email and phone) with 9 State logistics focal people (Head of Pharmaceutical Services/Heads of LMCUs) in charge of last mile delivery (LMD) system development/implementation. Track progress against implementation plan, and identify bottlenecks
  • Document the status of implementation, regularly sharing updates with UNFPA, and present the to the PSM subcommittee and or the RHCS WG (if UNFPA is agreeable)
  • Provide support to address identified bottlenecks at the State level; when there are areas beyond the scope and level of effort of JSI, escalate these to UNFPA
  • Review state LMD model documentation and provide support to finalize it
  • Provide support to review and strengthen advocacy material to request MOH approval for roll out of LMD as required
  • Once approved, review and support finalization of SOP for review by SMOH stakeholders
• Resource mobilization and coordination support:
  • Based on the tracking of implementation, identify the resource gaps required for successful implementation (financial, technical, etc.).
  • Develop advocacy and resource mobilization materials for supporting State-level distribution
  • Work with UNFPA to coordinate current and potential stakeholders and funders to fill the identified gaps

Objective 2: Support annual commodity survey

• Provide support for analysis and report writing for annual survey
• Facilitate recruitment of qualified consultant to support this task.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years of professional experience of working in public health supply chain management programs, specifically with reproductive health (RH) products
• Good knowledge of donor and partner landscape for RH in Nigeria
• Excellent client engagement skills
• Ability to be self managing of own time and results, and to be a proactive and clear communicator.
• Strong consulting, facilitation, stakeholder management and client management skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.

Remuneration
Salary commensurate with experience.

Application Closing Date
2nd March, 2017.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online