SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- PMI RESIDENT ADVISOR - solicitation
- Notice Date
- 7/24/2018
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Agency for International Development, Overseas Missions, Malawi USAID-Lilongwe, Department of State, Washington, District of Columbia, 20521-2280
- ZIP Code
- 20521-2280
- Solicitation Number
- 72061218B00007
- Archive Date
- 9/8/2018
- Point of Contact
- Fiskani Mbeya, Phone: 265999668062, Martha T. Nanthoka, Phone: 265882360017
- E-Mail Address
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fmbeya@usaid.gov, mnanthoka@usaid.gov
(fmbeya@usaid.gov, mnanthoka@usaid.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- PMI RESIDENT ADVISOR SOLICITATION 1. General Statement of Purpose of Contract This position is located in the Health, Population and Nutrition (HPN) Office, USAID/Malawi, Lilongwe. The primary purpose of this supervisory position is to serve as the USAID/Malawi President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) Resident Advisor (RA), managing a US$ 23 million portfolio; it is one of the largest, most complex, and politically sensitive within the USAID Mission. Based in USAID/Malawi, the PMI Resident Advisor (PMI/USAID RA) shall provide leadership, guidance, and overall direction on the development and execution of the PMI-supported interventions in collaboration with the PMI/CDC Resident Advisor (PMI/CDC RA). The PMI/USAID RA shall liaise with backstops for PMI in USAID Washington, counterparts in CDC/Atlanta, and USAID personnel working within the Mission’s activities related to cross-cutting malaria control. These responsibilities include regular contact and collaboration with senior level ministerial counterparts such as those in the National Malaria Control Program (NMCP), Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI), Central Medical Stores Trust (CMST), and other government ministries and agencies, as well as in a wide range of civil society and private organizations, other donor and international organizations, and other United States Government (USG) entities working in malaria prevention and control. The PMI/USAID RA shall exercise extensive independent judgment in planning and carrying out tasks, in representing the USG in high level critical technical and policy forums, in resolving problems and conflicts, and in taking steps necessary to meet deadlines. The PMI/USAID RA will also perform inherently governmental functions such as officially representing USAID at functions; approving policy documents; managing contracts and grants; budgeting; and developing and preparing planning documents and work plans. 2. Statement of Duties to be Performed: The Malaria Advisor, in collaboration with the PMI CDC Technical Advisor, shall oversee the technical design, planning, implementing, and monitoring of the PMI. S/he shall work with the PMI CDC Resident Advisor as a team in liaising with backstops for the PMI in USAID Washington, counterparts at CDC Atlanta, USAID personnel working within and overseeing the Mission’s activities related to malaria control and providing technical and managerial support to the National Malaria Control Program (NMCP) Director and the staff and helping to build capacity within the NMCP. In addition, the Malaria Advisor shall represent USAID and the USG on various national and international technical and policy forums. Specifically, the Malaria Advisor shall provide: A) Technical Leadership (30%) The incumbent, working in collaboration with the NMCP and PMI staff in the US, will be responsible for developing and providing expert malaria technical guidance and advice to guide planning and implementation of malaria control interventions. The incumbent will be responsible for developing annual work plans in line with PMI objectives and goals. This will include but is not limited to case management of malaria in health facilities and at the community level, distribution of LLINs through health facilities, large-scale campaigns, and the private sector, intermittent preventive treatment of pregnant women, indoor residual spraying, and developing information, education and communications materials to promote the use of these interventions. As appropriate, collaborate with the U.S. agencies including CDC and the Embassy, USAID-funded grantees, international organizations and appropriate GOM officials to provide substantive technical and programmatic leadership in malaria analysis and planning. This includes: identifying achievable development results in collaboration with customers; establishing dialogue with and obtaining and maintaining support from in-country partners, customers and stakeholders; and identifying and obtaining GOM and Mission approvals for new opportunities to provide targeted support for activities related to malaria to be funded under the USAID/Malawi Health Results Framework and the President’s Malaria Initiative. Specific activities: 1. The incumbent, working in collaboration with the PMI CDC Resident Advisor, the USAID health team, especially Malawian professionals assigned to PMI, Malawi Ministry of Health authorities (in particular the NMCP) and PMI staff in the US, will be responsible for developing annual MOPs in line with PMI guidance health team’s objectives and goals. This will include but is not limited to case-management of malaria in health facilities and at the community level, distribution of long-lasting insecticide-treated nets (LLINs) through health facilities, mass campaigns, work with the private sector, intermittent preventive treatment of pregnant women (IPTp), indoor residual spraying (IRS), and development of information, education and communications materials to promote the use of these interventions. 2. Reviews and modifies the Health Results Framework with particular focus on malaria results, fully developing new and on-going activities, including technical, policy, social soundness, gender and budgetary analyses. 3. Prepares the Mission’s annual malaria operational plans and other required documentation and reporting of malaria required by USAID/Washington given Malawi’s status as a President’s Malaria Initiative focus country. 4. Drafts the Health DO sections of the Congressional Budget Justification materials for new USAID-financed results and activities related to malaria, and makes recommendations for the annual Health DO resource requests. 5. Prepares sections of the Health Development Objective narratives in the annual Operating Plan related to PMI activities and budgets. B) Management of Activity Implementation 25% The incumbent, in collaboration with the NMCP, will be responsible for the overseeing the management of projects being implemented under the PMI. This includes but is not limited to malaria prevention and control activities such as behavior change and communication activities, bednet purchase and distribution through the existing health services and at the community level, antimalarial drug purchase and distribution through the existing health services, IPT coverage and the diagnosis and treatment of acute malaria, and the indoor residual spraying conducted under the initiative. The incumbent, in collaboration with the PMI CDC Resident Advisor, will also be responsible monitoring and reporting the results of all PMI activities. The Malaria Advisor shall manage and oversee services and deliverables provided by contractors and grantees, in accordance with USAID program management regulations and procedures, and practices. Specific activities: 1. Leads the PMI activities: organizes regular meetings with implementing agencies, reviews progress reports and assessments, makes field visits to activity sites to document progress, conducts data quality assessments, completes environmental compliance and monitoring, identifies issues and problems, and facilitates problem solutions by identifying and securing technical assistance and other resources as appropriate. 2. Works with all of USAID’s implementing partners to identify appropriate implementers (could be FBO, PIO, private sector, consultants, etc.) to develop and carry out malaria prevention activities. Participates in the review and approval of technically sound proposals submitted by the applicants. Provides technical guidance to USAID’s partners to develop the malaria sections of their annual work plan, including identifying in-country participant training activities. Provides these partners and their clients’ guidance on malaria research results and lessons learned from interventions in Malawi and other countries and their implications for design and evaluation of PMI activities in Malawi. Makes recommendations for study tours and other information sharing activities both in and outside of Malawi, as appropriate. 3. Provides technical oversight on pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical supply chain to ensure that commodities quantification and required paper work for ordering supplies are completed in a timely manner and that stock outs of anti-malarial commodities minimized as much as possible. 4. Provides oversight for commodity pipeline to ensure the country has a constant supply of essential anti-malarial supplies while at the same time ensuring avoidance of overstocking either at central level or peripheral health facilities. 5. Develops scopes of work and coordinates visits for short-term advisors coming into Malawi, secures GOM and USG clearances for these visits, and ensures that results are consistent with MOH and Health Office and DOAG activities and requirements. Participates in regular meetings of the USAID HPN team and other malaria related meetings as appropriate, such as the CMST Steering Committee. Provides updates on GOM, implementing partners’ activities and activities of other organizations providing services related to malaria prevention, detection and treatment. Participates in quarterly meetings of the Malaria Technical Working Group (TWG), which includes representatives from the GOM, donor agencies, UN agencies and parastatal entities and major implementing partners, to keep all informed of progress and issues related to USAID-funded PMI activities. Provides updates to the Health Office Director and Mission Front office as necessary on progress and issues related to the TWG. Provides guidance to the DO Teams of Sustainable Economic Growth, Education and Democracy, Rights and Governance to ensure that viable malaria activities are incorporated within these Development Objectives. In this capacity the incumbent serves on the Expanded Mission Teams and will contribute to program design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of malaria activities. Participates in Southern African regional meetings and activities related to USAID-financed regional malaria interventions. Recommends and identifies funding for research activities, mentors Malawian project managers and researchers to develop their skills and carry out research studies and present and publish findings. Participates in and makes presentations at professional meetings related to malaria. Drafts sections of the semi-annual portfolio reviews and quarterly financial reviews related to malaria activities describing progress, identifying implementation issues, technical problems and administrative bottlenecks that could impede results achievement and outlining technical assistance and activities planned for the following period. Coordinates PMI activities of all the USG-implementing agencies working in Malawi. Organizes semi- or annual meetings to coordinate all USG inputs. Works closely with the Financial Analyst assigned to the Health team to review and analyze the financial status of each malaria activity. C) Partner Relationships (25%) Successful performance in this position depends upon establishing and maintaining productive collaborative relationships with a wide range of partners and stakeholders, the MOH, World Bank, Global Fund, WHO, UNICEF, other Donors, and NGOs dealing with issues focusing on malaria, The Advisor shall, therefore, develop and maintain relationships with these partners and stakeholders in order to effectively assure that all of USG PMI’s activities are complementary and enhance all other malaria activities being implemented in Malawi. The incumbent will participate in meetings hosted by the NMCP on malaria. D) Coordination with Other PMI Personnel (10%) The incumbent will be required to communicate regularly and work jointly with other members of the USAID/Washington Global Health Bureau, USAID Malawi Country Office Health Team, CDC/Malawi and CDC Atlanta. E) Monitoring & Evaluation 10% Monitoring and evaluation is a key component of the PMI. The Malaria Advisor shall be responsible for working with the PMI CDC Malaria Resident Advisor developing a monitoring and evaluation plan in line with the PMI targets, as well as ensure that PMI partners develop project monitoring plans and report in a timely manner on their activities. It is also expected that the Malaria Resident Advisor shall provide expert advice and practical experience in helping the MOH, the NMCP and other partners to monitor inputs and outcomes, progress towards RBM goals, and how to execute it jointly. S/he will provide leadership for assessing PMI activities by ensuring that PMI performance monitoring systems are in place and that periodic, reliable measure and indicators of impact and performance are established and tracked, which will include data quality assessments and helping build partner’s capacity to assure valid and verifiable source data. S/he will ensure that PMI-related indicator datasets are being tracked using Mission-wide data tracking applications like DevResults currently being used by the Mission. S/he will ensure that environmental compliance is up to date and that implementing partners continue to comply with the Mission initial environmental examination and related ongoing environmental compliance and mitigation monitoring and activities. Specific activities: 1. Provide technical guidance to GOM and cooperating agency implementing partners to develop adequate monitoring and evaluation (M&E) plans for USAID-funded PMI activities, and assists them in establishing monitoring systems that will provide regular measurements of outputs and results. 2. Provide leadership in establishing performance monitoring systems for the PMI-related activities under the Health Results Framework and the PMI. Collaborates with the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Specialist for data quality assessments and the Mission Environmental Officer for compliance and mitigation plans and monitoring. 3. Responsible for ensuring that the M&E plan meets the requirements outlined by USAID/Washington for adequately tracking PMI activities. 4. Collect performance data from all partners implementing USAID-financed activities, as well as from GOM and donor agencies, and drafts the PMI portion of the HPN DO sections of the Annual Report. Assures accuracy and reliability of data by performing annual data quality assessments. 5. Provide leadership for coordinating the analysis of the malaria data from the Malaria Indicator Survey and Malawi Demographic and Health Surveys in collaboration with the National Statistics Office, the MOH and Macro International (the DHS contractor) including development of plans for analysis and dissemination of results. 3. USAID Consultation or Orientation (if applicable): The selected applicant shall proceed to the Washington, DC area for one week of mandatory training to complete the Foreign Affairs Counter Threat (FACT) course prior to proceeding to USAID/Malawi to commence duties as outlined in the statement of duties. FACT is a mandatory course for service in Malawi. Supervisory Relationship: Directly supervised by the Health Office Deputy Team Leader, who provides instructions on an as-needed basis and review work for conformance to policy and procedures. The Health Office team collaborates on the performance evaluation based primarily on accomplishments and compliance with policies and procedures. Work is reviewed by the Health Office Deputy Team Leader for adequacy, accuracy and compliance with instructions. Supervisory Controls: Provides leadership and specific supervision to selected technical advisors within the team as deemed appropriate and advantageous to the program. Directly supervises the Malaria Specialists. 2. AREA OF CONSIDERATION: US Nationals and US Resident Aliens · Be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident/registered alien (“green card holder”); · Submit a complete application as outlined in the solicitation section titled APPLYING; · Be able to attain a Secret security clearance; · Be able to obtain a Department of State medical clearance; · Be willing to travel to work sites and other offices as/when requested; 3. PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The primary location of work will be on the USAID/Lilongwe, Malawi. The work requested does not involve undue physical demands. 4. POINT OF CONTACT: Any questions about this solicitation may be directed to: Fiskani Mbeya, Human Resources Specialist fmbeya@usaid.gov I. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED FOR THIS POSITION In order to be considered for the position, a candidate must meet the Minimum Qualifications. Applications will be pre-screened and only those that meet the Minimum Qualifications will be considered. These are the minimum qualifications necessary to be considered for the position: Education: Have a graduate degree (Master’s Degree or Medical Degree) in public health, international health, or social sciences from a recognized institution. Prior Work Experience: The PMI/USAID RA will have at least 10 years of progressively responsible experience in designing, implementing, and managing communicable disease or maternal and child health programs with a preference for experience with malaria or parasitic diseases and other health programs in developing countries. Demonstrated technical leadership, program management, strategic planning, policy experience and problem solving skills working on complex projects in a highly sensitive environment are required. In addition, experience in resource management (staff and budget) and program management is required. Preference will be given to those candidates with proven knowledge and experience with international, bilateral donor program management. The successful candidate will also have strong technical skills in such areas as program planning, design and development, and oversight of health management systems such as laboratory, information, human resource management, procurement, monitoring and evaluation. Knowledge Skills and Abilities: (a) Analytical ability to interpret public policies on malaria and assist in the development of revised policies. (b) Management and administrative skills are required to develop and implement effective malaria prevention and treatment program activities involving financial and human resources. Administrative skills are required to assist in the oversight of cooperating agency technical advisors and institutional contractors. (c) Skill in conceptualizing programs, policies, and plans and developing strategies for their management and implementation. The candidate must be able to integrate short and long‑range objectives of the USAID Health Team and the PMI with the cultural/organizational needs of the government. (d) Knowledge and skills in quantitative and qualitative evaluation methods; experience in designing and evaluating activities. The PMI/USAID RA must have proven skills in capacity building and mentoring local staff in a developing country. (e) Demonstrable skills are required in working effectively with health personnel of diverse cultural backgrounds, negotiating agreements on matters of program strategy and performance, writing, administration, and management. Ability to navigate and manage politically sensitive issues related to malaria control/infectious diseases. Communication Skills: The PMI/USAID RA must have the following: (a) Proven ability to communicate quickly, clearly, and concisely – both orally and in writing in English. Must have demonstrated ability to make sensitive and persuasive oral presentations to senior USG and Government of Malawi officials and other donors. (b) Excellent verbal communication skills, tact, and diplomacy are required to establish and develop sustainable working relationships at the highest level and a high level of trust with public/private organizations. Verbal communication skills are also used to negotiate activity plans and resolve activity implementation issues with counterparts, partners, and team members Ability to communicate technical information to health and non-health audiences. Excellent written communication skills are required to prepare regular and ad hoc reports, activity documentation and briefing papers.
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- Address: LILONGWE, Maine, Malawi
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