NGCA Specialist
VillageReach, Congo
Job Description
ABOUT VILLAGEREACH
VillageReach transforms health care delivery to reach everyone, so that each person has the health care needed to thrive. We develop solutions that improve equity and access to primary health care. This includes making sure products are available when and where they are needed and primary health care services are delivered to the most under-reached. Radical collaboration with governments, the private sector and other partners strengthen our ability to scale and sustain these solutions. Our work increases access to quality health care for more than 78 million people in Africa. VillageReach in incorporated in Washington State and has offices in Seattle (USA), Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, and Mozambique.
Summary
VillageReach offer this post to provide technical assistance to NGCA+ Technical Assistants to ensure the quality of their outputs, including review of their deliverables, work plans, dashboards and reports. In this position, He/She will be able to maintain the NGCA+ Provinces in the highest performance.
The NGCA+ Specialist will support strategic objectives of VillageReach in DRC.
Description
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties, responsibilities, and activities may change or be assigned at any time.
- Provide technical support to NGCA Technical Assistants and ensure quality implementation of the NGCA approach in selected provinces
- Provide technical support to NGCA Technical assistants to ensure the quality of their outputs, including review of their deliverables, work plans, dashboards and reports.
- Support the mapping of hard-to-reach health areas (storage sites) per province and per health districts in order to better monitor their supply of vaccines and other health products
- Support the follow-up of missed or zero dose communities and the recovery plan of zero dose and under-vaccinated children in collaboration with other stakeholders
- Develop project management mechanisms, processes and tools and ensure effective and timely monitoring and reporting of activities.
- Provide technical assistance to Ministry of Health programs involved in the supply chain of vaccines and other health products to achieve their objectives
- Ensure the effectiveness of the integration of the gender dimension in the process and activities relating to the implementation of the NGCA+ at the provincial levels
- Ensure the connection of the NGCA+ to other interventions in the supply chain at the provincial level, in this case the monitoring of preventive and curative maintenance of cold chain equipment and others,...
- Monitor and evaluate NGCA+ deliverables and submit them on time
- Monitor and evaluate the implementation of the NGCA+ and take timely corrective action
- Support periodic reviews and audits to assess indicators
- Support the documentation of success stories relating to the implementation of the NGCA+ in the Provinces where it is implemented
- Help build a culture of trust for VillageReach based on excellence, collaboration and information sharing among partners, and strong governance and accountability to the project.
- Attend partner coordination meetings, technical working groups, committees, government forums and conferences as appropriate.
- Contribute to publications produced by VillageReach and sharing with partners
- Strengthen the capacity of all technical assistants by identifying their weaknesses
- Develop relationships with key supply chain stakeholders, including government public health programs and establish yourself as a trusted expert on supply chain issues.
- Provide technical support for the implementation of the transition plan in Kwilu, Haut-Lomami and Tanganyika
- Research and assist in drafting published tenders
- Support advocacy missions in the provinces
- Promote integration of activities to minimize costs
- Support resource mobilization
- Perform other tasks as needed
Competencies:
The following competencies reflect what is expected of all VillageReach employees; including examples of how one might demonstrate each of these competencies in one’s role.
- Personal Motivation and Drive: Is self-directed in one’s approach to work, but asks for help when needed; holds oneself accountable; undertakes self-development activities; seeks to build and master new skills; looks for and takes advantage of opportunities within the organization
- Collaboration amp; Effective Communication: Establishes and maintains effective relations with coworkers, partners amp; stakeholders and external parties; works collaboratively with others to accomplish organizational and team goals