Background

Meeting Targets and Maintaining Epidemic Control (EpiC), a five-year global project funded by PEPFAR and USAID, is dedicated to achieving and maintaining HIV epidemic control. The EpiC project provides strategic technical assistance (TA) and direct service delivery (DSD) to break through barriers to 95-95-95 and promote self-reliant management of national HIV programs by improving HIV case-finding, prevention, care and treatment programming, and viral load suppression. EpiC is led by FHI 360 with core partners Right to Care, Palladium, Population Services International (PSI), and Gobee Group. The project also draws upon regional resource partners to provide TA, as well as global resource partners who bring unique capacities.

The EpiC team’s approach to TA is guided by four mutually reinforcing principles: (1) a focus on speed, scale, standards, and sustainability; (2) customization according to local priorities, financing, epidemiology, and the differentiated needs of target populations; (3) adaptive management based on results; and (4) transition of TA and DSD to local and regional partners to enable them to receive direct awards. In addition, EpiC applies human-centered design thinking to resolve persistent challenges along the HIV service cascade.

EpIC is currently being used as a funding mechanism by which to direct financial, programmatic, and technical resources to assist Indonesia’s health supply chain response. EpiC’s Health Supply Chain program portfolio will consist of (a) Logistic HIV coordination meeting; (b) Stock opname analysis at pharmacy warehouse facilities; (c) HIV sites monitoring, mentoring and analysis; (d) Order processing, replenishment, receiving and distribution of HIV commodities; (e) Viral load laboratory network optimization monitoring; and (f) HIV commodities forecasting and supply planning.

Job Summary:

The District Health Supply Chain (HSC) Time-Bound Consultant provides technical assistances on all aspects of HIV health supply chain management to District Health Offices (DHOs). This role involves coordination, collaboration, and providing recommendations and feedbacks to improve HIV health supply chain operations and management. This position will be based in North Jakarta. This position is consultant with 15 working days per month.

Duties and Key Responsibilities:

Provide technical assistances and/or supports to District Health Offices (DHOs) and PEPFAR sites in all relevant aspects of HIV Health Supply Chain operation and management including but not limited to collecting HIV logistics data, planning, forecasting, quantifying, order processing of HIV drugs at District and health facility level to ensure timely submission of logistics data reports and fulfilling the logistic requisition from health facilities.

1. Provide supports for DHO regarding Viral Load supply chain monitoring and tracking at laboratory facilities including GenXpert Sites to enable logistic data and analysis of GenXpert Utilization and Cartridge availability for Viral Load testing at health facility level.
2. Provide assistance to DHOs to manage stock information (including stock opname when necessary), prepare necessary documents required for ordering and requisition process, and other HIV logistics related tasks.
3. Provide technical assistance to DHOs and health facilities to minimize preventable ARVs, non-ARV including but not limited to HIV rapid tests, Opportunistic Infections screening, prophylaxis and treatments, and VL tests stock-out issues including providing feedback and recommendation as well as problem solving to improve HIV logistic data quality and reliability.
4. Provide technical support to DHOs and health facilities in ensuring good quality and timely reporting and recording at facility pharmacy and laboratories.
5. Support the implementation and acceleration of 3-month MMD (Multi Month Dispensing) in PEPFAR site, scaled-up of TLD initiation, Nevirapine (NVP) phasing-out, and improvement of Viral load testing and suppression achievements.
6. Maintain an effective recording and reporting system and make adjustments as necessary to ensure the availability of accurate and reliable data.
7. Work closely with District HSC Technical Officer, time-bound staff and report to HSC program manager and supervisors to ensure achievements of project indicators and monitoring systems.
8. Cultivate strong relationships and communication between relevant government stakeholders, other implementing partners as well as external technical partners.
9. Collaborate closely with other EpiC team members to facilitate joint implementation, sharing of information, and problem solving in HIV and TB programming.
10. Ensure achievement of evidence-based and high-quality results/deliverables in accordance with the targets identified in programmatic work plan(s).
11. Coordinate with the District HSC Technical Officer, Program Manager, other supervisors, and colleagues in preparing, developing, and submitting donor reports and other relevant materials (e.g. TA briefs), as per the requirements of each HIV project.
12. Stay current and up to date on HIV guidelines, strategies, and protocols, including Government of Indonesia and relevant international (i.e., WHO) guidance.
13. Support EpiC country team in managing other tasks as and when required.

Deliverables/Milestones & Due Dates:

Period of Performance

This consultancy is maximum two months starting from November 2024 to 31 March 2025. Each month, consultants will work not exceeding 15 LOE during contract.

Location of Work

North Jakarta.

Travel

Not anticipated

Other Expenses by reimbursement

• Communication
• Ground Transport

Timetable and Address for Submission

Due date for proposal is November 11, 2024. Required documentation listed below must be e-mailed to [email protected]

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in public health, pharmacy, laboratory analyst, logistics or business administration or other health-related expertise with minimum two years of relevant work experience.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with communities, civil society, local/national government representatives and other stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate and/or deliver health service interventions across multiple teams, local stakeholders and geographic regions.
• Demonstrated understanding of health commodity supply chain concepts.
• Ability to contribute to capacity building efforts and work with colleagues in diverse settings.
• Ability to work independently and to manage various priorities daily with minimal supervision.
• Computer literacy with demonstrated use of word processing, database and presentation software (Word, Excel, Power Point). Experience with database development.
• Excellent organization and time management skills, and strong attention to details.
• Well-developed written and oral communication skills in both Bahasa and English.

Evaluation Criteria

Applicants will be evaluated based on a weighted factor of the areas below:

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. Qualified candidates may also be asked to complete a writing/editing test, interview and complete FHI 360 Biodata form.

Required Documentation

Proposals must include the following components:

1. Applicant’s CV
2. Cover letter
3. Response SOW deliverable in each column and proposed daily rate, must be completed.

Please download the form using this link: https://shorturl.at/I8ZYg

4. 2 (two) references, including contact information.

Recruitment Steps:

1. Interested candidates please submit your application letter and CV to [email protected] by the latest of November 11, 2024
2. Please put on subject of email: (Position applied) – (your name).

Example: District Health Supply Chain Time Bound Consultant, North Jakarta – Fanesya

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