Ref No: R186
Location: Abuja
Job Type: Full time

Overview

• Under the overall supervision of the Director of Finance and Administration, the Driver’s job is to provide transport support services to all technical program areas.
• The driver is also required to drive MSH vehicles while transporting staffs which include: Employees, Chief of Party, Country Directors/ Lead and VIP visitors. Drivers are also responsible for overseeing vehicle maintenance.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Drive project staff to activities and meeting within and outside of Abuja.
• Maintain accurate and up to date records relating to individual vehicle use.
• Ensure all aspects of vehicle policy are being followed and enforced during your assignments.
• Inspect vehicle prior to travel to assure all fluids, tires, wipers, belts etc are in good working order.
• Signal any sign of need for maintenance or other problem with the vehicle to the transport and logistic associate.
• Keep vehicle health log updated.
• Ensure the security of the vehicle when outside of the office.
• Ensure the safety of all passengers.
• Submit all expense reports in a timely manner to accounting, properly completed.
• Ensure that appropriate staff members are aware of and understand laws, contract/award and donor requirements, and MSH policies and procedures
• Monitor and ensure compliance.
• The responsibilities and duties are indicative only. The responsibilities and duties are subject to change to meet the needs of the project, the organization and the donor.

Qualifications

• High school degree. University degree preferred.
• 5 years of related work experience with International organizations in Nigeria.
• Sound judgment, non-aggressive driving style and good communication skills.
• Valid Driving License.
• Good knowledge of standard driving practices.
• Good driving record.
• Ability to travel to other states if required.
• Mental programs for interpreting and responding to events automatically; and motivations which activate and direct safe behavior and anticipate problems.
• Ability to organize and complete manual and routine tasks as assigned
• Ability to perform at an acceptable level of control skill.
• Excellent cross-cultural communication and active listening skills.
• Fluency in English and dominant language of Nigeria.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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Ref No: R164
Location: Ebonyi
Job Type: Full time

Overview

• The objective of the iCCM Data Officer position is to ensure reliable iCCM data management, including development of a database for iCCM services, trainings and mentoring of service providers.
• The position will support iCCM data collection, analysis and reporting through community HMIS, in line with the national iCCM guidelines and M&E framework.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Work with the state M&E/HSS Officer to develop system for iCCM data management.
• Be responsible for maintaining iCCM database in supported state, including data entry into the database.
• Serve as a resource person and provide technical support during iCCM trainings.
• Coordinate all iCCM related data management activities, including data on service delivery, service providers, data from supervision and trainings.
• Coordinate iCCM monthly data validation meetings in collaboration with LGA M&E officers.
• Conduct monthly data quality checks and ensure data is of high quality.
• Ensure that the iCCM program is utilizing national CHMIS data tools.
• Work in close collaboration with the iCCM Technical Advisor, DQA Officer and State Technical Malaria Lead to plan and conduct iCCM DQA exercises in selected service provider sites.
• Develop follow up action plans and ensure that all identified data quality issues are resolved by the LGA M&E officers and provider sites.
• Make available relevant data for iCCM programming and for use by technical working groups.
• Participate in supervisory visits to iCCM service provider sites to conduct on-the-job training on use of iCCM data tools and ensure that service providers are using the national data tools.
• Perform other roles as may be assigned by supervisor.
• Be an active member of the PMI-S SME team.

Requirements

• B.Sc. in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or closely related discipline with a minimum of 2 years relevant experience.
• Deep understanding of the malaria, iCCM or IMCI system in Nigeria.
• Familiarity with national iCCM and/or malaria indicators, data collection, and reporting tools.
• Excellent knowledge of DHIS2 and other statistical packages.
• Excellent report writing skills.
• Fluency in English. Knowledge of at least one local language of the project state is an added advantage.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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Ref No: R179
Location: Abuja
Job Type: Part Time

Objectives

• The key objective for this activity is to manage and supervise the vendor’s activities to ensure that the vendor develop and incorporate all the required additional modules/features on the identified existing EMR platform in country (NigeriaMRS)
• To ensure that it is interoperable (i.e. can communicate data) with the DHIS 2 national instance and the National Data Repository (NDR).

Problem statement:

• The use of EMR to manage patient level information at facility greatly helps to improve the quality of service provided to patients and it also increases the productivity of health care workers and, ultimately improve the efficiency of the health care system.
• The challenge faced by health managers include deciding which brand of EMR is ideal for use is the absence of standards to guide the development and deployment which could then be used to evaluate the EMRs before they are deployed.
• Consequently, there are several EMR solutions in use in Nigeria that will not meet up with the most basic standard of functionality if an evaluation is carried out. Another setback is the huge cost involved in procurement and deployment of such systems (as huge cost is required to pay for licensing and regular renewal of such license as agreed between both parties i.e. vendor and customer) as well as cost for the maintenance and upgrade of such systems.
• Often times, in a health facility, multiple software may be used to manage a patient, this puts a lot of demand on the part of the health care worker with respect to adapting to multiple brands of software to manage a patient.
• This current activity is to employ a lead consultant to work with the vendor (to be selected) to address the challenges enumerated above i.e. ensuring that the EMR provides a unified solution which to a large extent can support all the processes in one system at a more reasonable cost while meeting all the standards recommended in the report on the Nigeria Health Information Exchange (HIE) Architecture and E-Reporting platforms.

Scope of Work:

• Review the HIE e-reporting report and other documents
• Ensure that the vendor selected to develop the EMR reviewed all the requirement documentation, identified all required data collection forms to be configured on the EMR, develop a realistic workplan for the activity
• Attend the meeting with the vendor, DHIS 2 team and NDR teams to address interoperability issues
• Ensure that the EMR solution meet all required set standard Work with vendor to ensure that the internal testing on the solution to be sure it can be used by the users and make the report available to RSSH
• Use case scenarios for the UAT is in line with the expected functionality in the requirement documentation of the UAT is conducted
• All the findings of the UAT are addressed before final release of the solution
• Review relevant documentations provided by the vendor and ensure that they facilitate the use of the EMR application.

Estimated level of effort:

• 30 working days

Deliverables:

• Certification of the technical soundness of the following documents from the vendor engaged to work on the EMR solution
• Vendor workplan.

Requirements Specification:

• Internal testing of the updated EMR solution
• Use case scenarios for the UAT
• UAT report
• Technical documentation for the EMR solution
• Report on the independent testing of the EMR solution by the consultant to ascertain its conformity with the required specifications Trip report (if any trip was made during the consultancy period) End-of-Contract report with recommendations of field deployment.

Qualifications

• The lead expert must be an individual/organization with at least 8 years experience in developing EMR/e-reporting platforms/systems and; have evidence of work done in Nigeria
• Lead expert must possess professional qualification in project management
• Lead expert must demonstrate good knowledge of SDLC process Expertise on use of OpenMRS
• Competence in previous Health System Strengthening with special emphasis on EMR/e-reporting platform development Proven expertise in EMR design, development and implementation (including development of interoperability).

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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Ref No: R178
Location: Abuja
Job Type: Part Time

Job Description

• To evaluate DRF operation in Nigeria factoring the history and the current practices with a view to identify gaps, weaknesses and strengths to pave way for effective and efficient management that will reposition the scheme for sustainable drugs supply systems in Public health institutions in Nigeria.
• He/she will assess various DRF structures and operations with emphasis on the financial systems in different states and do a thorough appraisal and analysis of the current situation.
• He/she will design a financial system for state-level DRF operations that will promote sustainable financing for health care services

In collaboration with technical consultants, prepare a presentation to stakeholders a blueprint document for the intended purpose. This document should clearly demonstrate the operationalization of the following factoring economic and socio-political structures in Nigeria:

• Situation analysis
• Continued or increasing levels of government funding for health
• Business model for financing and financial management
• Business like orientation to personnel,
• Efficient and Audit-wise financial management (effective and transparent fund management) and supply management
• Strict measures to ensure accountability
• Audit and financial oversight
• Capital & investment opportunities
• Required human resource and capacity building for financial management
• Use of appropriate devices and technology, eg QuickBooks
• Measures for sustainability & ownership
• Implementation method: in phases or through a well-conceived pilot approach etc.
• The Consultant may also assume any other related duty that may be assigned by the Director, Supply Chain Management.

Qualifications
Required Minimum Education:

• A minimum of a university Degree in Accounting/Accountancy, Economics, Management or Related Disciplines.
• A Master Degree in Business Administration, MBA, Health Economics or Management
• A national or international certification in finance, accounting, and auditing. E.g. ACA, CFA

Required Minimum Experience:

• A minimum of fifteen (15) years cognate experience in public and/or private sector including health organizations is highly desirable
• Significant experience/understanding in establishing DRF schemes OR significant experience in setting up, operating, managing and evaluating Financial system for DRF schemes in Nigeria or other Sub-Saharan African countries
• A minimum of ten years of progressively responsible professional level experience in, Financial Analysis, Audit, Administration and Financial Management
• Expert knowledge of health economics and financing
• Knowledge of the major issues affecting health products supply chain management and financing in Nigerian
• Good experience in strategic planning, operations management, organizational and change management, policy formulation and development are required
• Rich background in health economics/Pharmacoeconomics
• Sound knowledge of Nigeria drug market and Public procurement policy
• Experience in public health financing, coordination, leadership, governance, Innovation and research
• Experience of working effectively within a matrix management/ project management environment
• Experience in the development of national tools and documents
• Experience of working on donor funded projects- Global Fund, PEPFAR etc.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

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