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 Provincial Health Supply Chain (HSC) TBS provides technical assistances to Provincial Health Offices (DHOs) by utilizing collected and analyzed key logistic data to enable supports on all aspects of HIV health supply chain management. This role involves coordination, advocation, providing recommendations, and problem solving to sustain and improve HIV health supply chain operations and management. This position will be based in provinces of West Java (Bandung). This position is consultant with 15 working days per month.

DUTIES AND KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Support the development, implementation, coordination and/or oversight of EpiC Health Supply Chain TA services to ensure stock for HIV commodity are adequate to support Fast Track and PEPFAR target.
2. Provide technical assistances and/or supports to Provincial Health Office (PHO) 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 fullfilling the logistic requisition from health facilities.
3. Provide analysis and initiate for relocation of ARVs or Non ARV commodity if there is shortage and over stock in facilities.
4. Provide supports for PHO regarding Viral Load supply chain monitoring and tracking data from laboratory facilities including GenXpert sites to enable optimum GenXpert Utilization and Cartridge availability for Viral Load testing at health facility level.
5. Provide assistance to PHO to manage stock information, prepare necessary documents required for ordering and requisition process, coordination with Ministry of Health and DHOs regarding logistic requisitions and distributions, and other HIV logistics related tasks.
6. Provide technical assistance to PHO to minimize preventable ARVs, non-ARV including but not limited to HIV rapid tests, opportunistic infections screening kits, prophylaxis and treatment, and VL test stock-out issues including providing feedback, recommendations, and problem solving strategies to improve HIV logistic data quality and reliability.
7. Coordinate and support the development and continuous capacity building of district lab and pharmacy mentors in and Greater Jakarta.
8. Support, provide innovations, and develop strategies to 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 and other indicators as required by the project.
9. Maintain an effective recording and reporting system, and make adjustments as necessary to ensure the availability of accurate and reliable data.
10. Report to and work closely with HSC program manager and supervisors, and coordinate with District HSC Technical Officers and other District HSC Time-bound consultant to ensure achievements of project indicators and monitoring systems.
11. Cultivate strong relationships and communication between relevant government stakeholders, other implementing partners as well as external technical partners.
12. Collaborate closely with other EpiC team members to facilitate joint implementation, sharing of information, and problem solving in HIV and TB programming.
13. Ensure achievement of evidence-based and high-quality results/deliverables in accordance with the targets identified in programmatic work plan(s).
14. Coordinate closely with HSC 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.
15. Stay current and up to date on HIV guidelines, strategies and protocols, including Government of Indonesia and relevant international (i.e., WHO) guidance.
16. Support EpiC team in managing other tasks as and when required.

Deliverables/Milestones & Due Dates:

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

This consultancy is 1 months starting September 2024. Consultants will work not exceeding 15 LOE during the contract.

LOCATION OF WORK

West Java (Bandung)

TRAVEL

Anticipated around Greater Jakarta and Jakarta

Other Expenses by reimbursement

• Communication
• Ground Transport

Timetable and Address for Submission

Due date for proposal is September 19, 2024. Required documentation listed below must be e-mailed to [email protected]

Qualifications

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

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/NeLuO

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 September 19, 2024, at 23.59 WIB
2. Please put on subject of email: (Position applied) – (your name).

Example: [Application] Provincial Health Supply Chain (HSC) Time Bound Consultant- Budi

3. Only short-listed candidates will be notified and will be called for a written test and completed FHI 360 Biodata form.
4. Only candidates who pass the written test will be called for an interview.

FHI 360 Disclaimers

1. FHI 360 may perform a background check on any selected Consultant
2. FHI 360 may cancel the solicitation and not
3. FHI 360 may reject any or all responses
4. Issuance of the solicitation does not constitute an award commitment by FHI 360
5. FHI 360 reserves the right to disqualify any offer based on failure of the offeror to follow solicitation
6. FHI 360 will not compensate any offeror for responding to solicitation
7. FHI 360 reserves the right to issue award based on initial evaluation of offers without further discussion.
8. FHI 360 may choose to award only part of the activities in the solicitation, or issue multiple awards based on the solicitation
9. FHI 360 reserves the right to waive minor proposal deficiencies that can be corrected prior to award determination to promote
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