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For each baby, Well being
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How will you make a distinction?
Background:
UNICEF, by assist from the worldwide fund to combat AIDS, TB and Malaria (the World Fund has offered nascent assist to the Ministries of Well being) in procurement and provide administration as a part of well being techniques strengthening (HSS) together with the next:
• Establishing PSM items on the ministries of well being each at federal and member states degree, with 4 officers, (Nationwide Provide Chain Supervisor, Forecasting and Quantification officer, logistic administration info system officer (LMIS) and stock & disposal officer)
• Offering primary workplace gear for the PSM workplaces on the MOHs.
• With companions comparable to WHO and UNFPA, offering primary coaching on completely different PSM features.
• Growing customary working procedures (SOPs) and coaching on forecasting and quantification and LMIS together with the coaching and roll out of the Quantification Analytics Device (QAT).
• Conducting LIAT and LSAT actions.
• Designing the stock administration system and creating and coaching SOPs in harmonized LMIS kinds to recurrently inform the MOHs on PSM actions inside the system at completely different ranges.
Whereas actions have been initiated with the PSM items/MOHs, there’s a want to offer ongoing assist to the MOHs and companions to have the ability to coordinate and implement and the SOPs, forecasting and quantification and different PSM system strengthening actions deliberate or already initiated. Ongoing capability constructing is important to make sure that the MOH takes possession and management in PSM.
Goals, Objective, Methodology and Anticipated Outcomes:
• Offering on job mentoring and coaching to the MOHs PSM unit personnels
• Following up on logistics administration info techniques (LMIS) and forecasting and quantification consultancy outcomes.
• Guaranteeing implementation of instruments (excel sheets and software program e.g., CHAI Easy Device, Quantimed and PIPELINE, Quantification Analytics Device (QAT)-this would require populating with related info and recurrently updating with consumption information)
• Helping MOHs with forecasting and quantitation excels/quantimed in addition to PIPELINE software program for provide planning in several forecasting and provide plan evaluate workout routines in HIV provide utilizing CHAI Easy Device and Quantification Analytics Device (QAT) is necessary.
• Guaranteeing SOPs developed are reviewed and endorsed by the MOH and carried out.
• Engaged on the forecasting and quantification and PSM elements for brand new funding idea notes/ funding requests for HIV (the brand new three-year HIV grant 2024 to 2026)
Working with WHO and UNFPA and different implementing companions on rolling out LMIS instruments and SOPs and different areas, as required.
• Growing and conducting coaching for program companions and counterparts on the MOH in PSM, with explicit concentrate on provide utilization and forecasting, distribution, and stock administration of HIV/AIDS commodities.
Methodology
The quantification advisor is anticipated to work carefully with the related MOH counterparts in addition to companions concerned in PSM (e.g., WHO, UNICEF and UNFP). A minimum of 50% of his/her time is to be spent within the discipline, offering ongoing mentoring and on the job coaching for the PSM items and different related stakeholders. He/she is anticipated to offer common suggestions to UNICEF on actions and deliverables, and any bottlenecks encountered.
Deliverables:
The advisor will present assist to the Ministry of Well being and its companions to evaluate earlier forecasts, produce nationwide commodity consumption forecasts for HIV commodities for the interval Jan 2021 to Dec 2023, and an accompanying provide plan for the interval April 2024 to Dec 2026, the train will cowl ARVs, fast diagnostic checks kits (RTKs), condoms and different associated provides.
Pre-quantification workshop:
• Conduct a doc evaluate (together with earlier quantification report) and develop a draft schedule and agenda for your entire train.
• Validate present underlying quantification assumptions, establish any information gaps, and decide plan to deal with gaps forward of go to.
• Work with Somalia employees to find out the required information for the quantification, collectively evaluate at the moment accessible information, and decide a plan to accumulate any lacking information.
• Coordinate with the Ministries of Well being to make sure stakeholders accumulate related info and information for forecasting and provide planning for all commodities underneath this scope.
• Develop the quantification strategy and draft instruments for use for the quantification primarily based on accessible information and dialogue with the Somalia crew and nationwide program.
The findings of the evaluation won’t solely be used to strengthen provide chain administration for important HIV/malaria provides however can even lay agency floor for the subsequent section of malaria provides quantification.
Quantification workshop:
• Assist technical conferences with Somalia employees and key HIV/AIDS program employees and different related stakeholders to analyse all related information, validate present assumptions, and develop forecasts for well being commodities.
• Present steerage to Somalia employees throughout the quantification workshop to assist them strain take a look at present quantification assumptions, evaluate, and replace assumptions, and procure stakeholder consensus.
• Present steerage for in-country stakeholders to validate and replace underlying forecasting assumptions for the assorted commodity areas.
• Develop draft forecasts utilizing the suitable forecasting instrument.
• Evaluate up to date databases to assist the replace of the provision planning databases.
Publish-quantification workshop exercise:
• Take part in distant conferences with related stakeholders on draft forecast to develop closing forecasts for all HIV commodities underneath this scope.
• Develop a closing revised 3-year provide plan for all HIV commodities (April 2024 to Dec 2026).
• Develop a funding hole evaluation to find out the wanted extra funding for procurement of the required commodities.
• Work with Somalia ministries of well being employees to develop a closing quantification report:
• Detailing quantification course of, information high quality evaluation, key assumptions, and outputs of the quantification.
• Recommending technique/course of for routine monitoring of assumptions by the quantification committee of Somalia for guiding procurement and provide plan contributions.
Quantification Coaching:
• Present back-to-back coaching on the rules of Quantification of Well being commodities.
• Present coaching on the instruments used within the quantification course of.
Anticipated Outcomes:
1. March 2024 to Dec 2026 Nationwide Quantification Report (forecast and provide plan) produced for ARVs, fast diagnostic checks (RTKs), condoms and different provides. The report ought to embody recognized processes, validated assumptions, systemic points, and suggestions for addressing challenges.
2. Reviewed quantification assumptions and consensus constructing workshop plan/agenda to make sure alignment with anticipated outputs.
3. Up to date nationwide provide plan databases for ARVs, fast diagnostic checks (RTKs), condoms and different provides. [Note: Forecasts will be reviewed annually after this exercise per standard practice as forecast accuracy over multiple years is highly subject to error]
4. Hole analyses for ARVs, fast diagnostic checks (RTKs), condoms and different provides.
5. Workers skilled on the rules and instruments used within the quantification of well being commodities.
Anticipated Deliverables.
1. March 2024 to June 2026 Nationwide Quantification Report (forecast and provide plan) produced for ARVs, fast diagnostic checks (RTKs), condoms and different provides. The report ought to embody recognized processes, validated assumptions, systemic points, and suggestions for addressing challenges.
2. Reviewed quantification assumptions and consensus constructing workshop plan/agenda to make sure alignment with anticipated outputs and hole analyses for ARVs, fast diagnostic checks (RTKs), condoms and different provides.
3. Up to date provide plan databases for ARVs, fast diagnostic checks (RTKs), condoms and different provides. [Note: Forecasts will be reviewed annually after this exercise per standard practice as forecast accuracy over multiple years is highly subject to error]
4. Workers skilled on the rules and instruments used within the quantification of well being commodities.
| Duties |
Product/Deliverable |
Timeframe |
| Evaluate of related documentation and improvement of labor plan |
Inception report/Workplan |
March 2024 |
| Finalization and endorsement of the SOPs for PSM items |
Endorsed SOPs |
March 2024 |
| Refresher coaching/workshops for Somalia |
Coaching report from workshop submitted |
April 2024 |
| CHAI Easy Device software program put in, populated and coaching offered to PSM items |
Software program put in and populated; up to date with consumption information each month |
April 2024 |
| Replace on PSM progress, trainings, capability constructing, mentoring and suggestions on approach ahead |
Report of PSM progress, evaluate of achievements and discussions on approach ahead |
April 2024 |
| Main the ultimate FAQ train with PSM items |
FAQ undertaken with PSM items of MOH |
April 2024 |
| Ultimate report of the consultancy with suggestions on approach ahead & classes learnt |
Ultimate report submitted. |
Might 2024 |
To qualify as an advocate for each baby you should have…
- A complicated college diploma (Grasp’s or increased) in logistics, provides and procurement techniques.
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A minimal of 8 years of related skilled expertise in logistics administration info system at worldwide degree
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Demonstrated expertise in improvement of information assortment instruments, report writing, getting ready displays.
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Organizing and facilitating workshops.
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Sturdy data and expertise in monitoring and analysis of provide chain techniques
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Sound data of the info assortment, information evaluation and administration and report writing.
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Expertise in establishing and sustaining cordial working relationships with Ministries of Well being, governmental businesses different organizations.
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Good interpersonal, communication abilities and analytical abilities
- Growing nation work expertise and/or familiarity with emergency is taken into account an asset.
- Fluency in English is required. Information of one other official UN language (Arabic, Chinese language, French, Russian or Spanish) or an area language is an asset.
For each Baby, you exhibit…
UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Belief, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS).
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Remarks:
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