Recruitment of NCD Supply Chain Analyst — Ministry of Health, Kingdom of Eswatini

HEALTH STRENGTHENING FOR HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT

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REQUEST FOR CURRICULUM VITAE FOR NCD SUPPLY CHAIN ANALYST FOR THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH

KINGDOM OF ESWATINI

Reference Number: SZ-MOH-250075-CS-INDV

The Government of Eswatini (GOE) through the Ministry of Health (MOH) is undertaking the COVID-19 Emergency Response Project (Eswatini COVID-19 ERP; P173883) and Health System Strengthening for Human Capital Development in Eswatini Project (HSS4HCDP; P168564) with support from the World Bank.

Project Context

To meet the National Health Sector Strategic Plan’s (NHSSP II 2019-23) policy objective – “build an efficient, equitable, client-centred health system for accelerated attainment of the highest standard of health for all people in Eswatini” – the MOH recognizes the need to invest in health system strengthening to improve the coverage of essential services and the quality of care. Modernizing the foundations of the health system and applying evidence-based improvements are key to achieving better quality care and, through that, reduced child and adult mortality and stunting for human capital formation.

To address key sector challenges in the health sector, the MOH is implementing the HSS4HCDP with the aim of improving the coverage and quality of key reproductive, maternal, neonatal, child and adolescent health (RMNCAH), nutrition and non-communicable disease (NCD) services (hypertension and diabetes) in Eswatini. The project focuses on strengthening the health system and ramping up investments in RMNCAH, nutrition and NCD services to address critical human capital challenges, including stunting and child and adult mortality, applying a life course approach. The project includes the following components: Component 1. Improve health service delivery to increase the coverage and quality of health services to build human capital; Component 2. Increase community demand for RMNCAH, nutrition and NCD services; Component 3. Strengthen the MOH’s stewardship capacity to manage essential health and nutrition services and project activities; and Component 4: Contingent Emergency Response Component.

The project is complementary to the Eswatini COVID-19 ERP and is designed to deepen and extend the COVID-19 ERP’s investment impact through focusing on medium-term structural changes and the modernization of the health sector.

Background to the assignment

The Kingdom of Eswatini has a very high prevalence of risk factors for NCDs, including overweight and obesity and poor diet; as well as a very high prevalence of cardiovascular diseases, hypertension, and type 2 diabetes. The majority of those living with NCDs are currently undiagnosed. The National NCD Clinical Management Unit within the Eswatini MOH is responsible for the operational and technical oversight of service-level interventions to address the burden of NCDs and NCD risks in the Kingdom.

In line with the Government’s vision of Universal Health Coverage and the attainment of the highest possible level of human capital, the NCD Clinical Management Unit is being tasked to deliver an increasing range of services within a limited domestic resource envelope and against headwinds of an increasing dual burden of NCDs and infectious diseases like HIV and TB. Under the strategic direction of the National NCD Clinical Management Unit and the Central Medical Stores Data Management Unit the Eswatini Ministry of Health is looking for an experienced professional who can support the relevant department to ensure continued supplies of essential NCD commodities in the country.

Objectives

The objective of the position is to support the implementation of the NCD Logistics Management Information System (LMIS) and the overall monitoring and evaluation, research, and learning framework for Central Medical Stores (CMS). The officer will work with various programmes for the supply chain management system of CMS.

Qualifications and required skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Social Science, statistics, Economics, or another quantitative subject

• 3+ years’ experience in national quantification, forecasting and/or other analyses of commodity supplies or data.

• Proven experience as a Supply Chain Analyst, Logistics Coordinator or similar role

• Familiarity with supply chain processes (e.g. inventory planning, warehouse management)

• Experience in data mining, analysis and reporting

• Experience in conducting data quality assessments

• Experience in managing and providing training to partners and target beneficiaries

• Competence in database software such as MS Office (MS Excel, MS Access, MS Word), Commodity Tracking Systems, SPSS, Stata and experience maintaining a computerized database an advantage

• Ability to work under time pressure and meet deadlines.

The MOH now invites interested, qualified candidates to indicate their interest in providing technical support and services under this consultancy. Selection shall be on the basis of examination and comparison of the qualifications and experience of the individual candidates as evidenced by their CVs. The selected individual shall be requested to submit a costed offer to undertake the work

APLICATIONS:

Interested consultants should submit a detailed copy of updated curriculum vitae (duties inclusive), references, copy ID and scanned copies of notarized academic or professional certifications. Application should be addressed to:

The Principal Secretary, Ministry of Health; 2nd Floor Ministry of Justice Building, Mbabane. Postal address: The Principal Secretary, Ministry of Health P.O. Box 5; Mbabane, Eswatini.

Electronic applications should be sent to Project Coordinator; [email protected] copy to [email protected] and [email protected] no later than 11.00 hours on 14th September, 2021. All applications will be acknowledged but only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Contacts: (00268) 24045514; (00268) 24042431