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Job Title: Health Marketplace Consultant – USAID Frontier Health Markets Engage Project

Location: Nigeria
Employment Type: Full-time
Duration of Assignment: This assignment is expected to be full-time based on a 5-day workweek from September 01-November 30, 2023, with the possibility of extending as a long-term role

Background
Chemonics International Inc. is a US-based international development consulting firm operating in over 80 countries, starting up the USAID- funded Frontier Health Markets Engage project in Nigeria. USAID Frontier Health Markets Engage (FHM Engage) is a global cooperative agreement to provide technical assistance (TA) supporting local actors to improve the ability of health markets to meet supply-side gaps and consumer preferences, contributing to equitable provision of and access to high-quality family planning (FP) and other health services and products in mixed health systems. Building on over 30 years of USAID investment, FHM Engage focuses on strengthening local health markets by addressing the root causes of market failures in the core market functions to create the necessary behavior change that catalyzes supply and demand and supports sustainable change.

In line with this approach, FHM Engage seeks achievement toward two main results:

• Result 1: Improved market environment for greater private sector participation in the delivery of health products and services.
• Result 2: Improved equal access to and uptake of high-quality consumer-driven health products, services, and information.

The FHM Nigeria team has conducted a thorough market diagnostics and co-creation exercise, identifying the root causes of market failures and interventions to address them. These interventions cover various components of the Market Development Approach. It is now necessary to analyze each intervention to assess feasibility, potential impact, and determine the most suitable implementation approach.

Objective
The objective of this activity is to conduct detailed market research for the identified FHM Engage market interventions in FCT and Ebonyi states. This will involve a health facility assessment (HFA) to facilitate an in-depth understanding of the scale and quality of RMNCH healthcare services delivery in the FCT and Ebonyi state. This effort will provide additional information on elements of the private sector community pharmacy (CP), patent and proprietary vendor (PPMV) and health facility ecosystems which provide an enabling business environment for the FP, CH and MNH markets.

The sub-recipient will support FHM Engage Nigeria lead a health facility assessment on private at community pharmacists (CPs), and patent and proprietary medicine vendors (PPMVs) and private health facilities in the FCT and Ebonyi state.

Tasks

• The health marketplace consultant will work with FHM Engage Nigeria and Global team to develop a marketplace design tailored to Nigeria. Below is a summary of tasks and anticipated level of effort (LOE).

Task 1: Baseline on Private Provider Aggregator

• Work with FHM Engage team to identify private provider aggregators. FHM-Engage team is landscaping different aggregators models. Support the team to collect data on aggregators capacity and interest to support member private healthcare businesses to access finance.

Deliverables:

• 10 slide deck with findings on private provider aggregators and recommendations to establish capacity to bundle applications / projects to access financing.

Task 2: Baseline on Business Solution Providers

• Work with FHM Engage team to identify and map business solution providers and their offerings. Potential business solution providers include training institutions offering business skills and financial management skills, consulting firms with service delivery business and clinical systems expertise, private medical training institutions, data / IT firms with health data, electronic medical records, and other digital technology)
• Conduct web search to gather preliminary information on:
  • Years of business,
  • Naira and US dollar total annual revenue and operation,
  • Range of activities,
  • Funding source.
• Conduct key informant interviews with selected business solution providers to develop in-depth information including but not limited to describe:
  • Contact information including key contact,
  • Total annual revenue and operation,
  • Funding sources and clients,
  • Range and cost of services,
  • Interest in participating in Health Marketplace.

Deliverables:

• 10 slide deck with findings on and recommendations on business solution providers and capacity requirements

Task 3: Baseline on Business Finance Providers

• Work with FHM Engage team to identify potential business finance needs aligned to market strategies for FP, CH, and MNH. Categories of financing needs may include but are not limited to: (a) infrastructure rehabilitation and equipment leasing/purchases to improve quality, (b) financing commodity inventory, (c) expansion and scaling of services to underserved geographic and/or underserved population groups. Refer to FHM Engage health facility assessment to develop final classification of financing needs.
• Work with FHM Engage team to identify financing sources aligned to private healthcare financing needs. Through a web-search and interactions with FHM staff, develop list of different sources and types of finance. Examples included but are not limited to: USAID DFA banks, development partners (including USAID) investments and grants, commercial banks and micro-finance institutions, wholesalers/importers offering credit (receivable financing), medical equipment companies offering leasing agreements, and equity and venture capital firms.
• Conduct web search and key informant interviews. Information needed include:
  • Years of operation in Nigeria,
  • Naira and US dollar amount of investments,
  • Types of financing in health,
  • Terms of financing, and
  • Interest and conditions to participate in Health Marketplace.
• Convene a meeting with FHM Engage, Nigeria Mission and AORS. After the second round of data collection, convene a meeting to review findings on key business solutions and opportunities aligned to FP, CH and MNH market strategies and select preliminary cohort of business solution providers.

Deliverables:

• 20-25 slide deck with findings on types and sources of financing with recommendation of preliminary ‘matches’ between private provider aggregator and funding sources

Task 4: Health Marketplace Model Options

• Conduct literature review of other relevant “marketplace” models (including discussing with FHM Engage India and Liberia teams).
• Assess rules and regulations governing financing and investments to determine feasibility of the Health Marketplace and types of investments allowed under current law.
• Explore potential models to manage the Health Marketplace. Models may include:
  • Co-location of Health Marketplace within a
  • business solution provider,
  • Co-location with a firm currently managing a Health Marketplace, and/or
  • Hiring a full-time finance expert to manage the Health Marketplace.
  • Also explore financing mechanisms and/or revenue sources to fund the Health Marketplace (e.g. facilitation fee for matching aggregators with funding sources).
• Host a brainstorming session with FHM Engage team, Nigeria Mission and AORS to:
  • Weigh the pro’s and con’s of the different Health Marketplace models,
  • 1″ cohort of demand (e.g. private aggregators), business solution providers and business finance providers,
  • Preliminary finance ‘deals’ / ‘projects’ (e.g. match between demand and supply), and
  • Health Marketplace sustainability strategy.

Deliverables:

• 15-25 slide describing rules and regulations, different models and recommendations on which model to manage the Health Marketplace
• Facilitated meeting with FHM Engage and AORS to agree on general concept for Health Marketplace

Task 5: Health marketplace design, budget, and implementation plan

• Host a co-design session including interested business solution providers, selected Health Marketplace implementer, representatives from different private sector groups who will be potential investments and AORS.
• Draft a prototype design for the health marketplace: based on brainstorming sessions, to serve the two states
• Develop implementation plan for prototype with staffing plan and budget
• Share implementation plan with FHM Engage and Nigeria Mission
• Refine based on feedback

Deliverables:

• 20-25 slide deck describing design, budget and implementation plan Excel spreadsheet with budget.

Supervision of Consultant

• The Health Marketplace consultant will report technically to the Chief of Party.
• The consultant will work in collaboration with several individuals/firms including Solina, Health Products consultant, Technical Advisor Quality, Technical Advisor Health Financing, and the Monitoring and Evaluation Manager.
• A high level of interaction with the USAID Mission is expected.

Qualifications of Consultant

• Degree in Business, Finance, Economics, or relevant field; strong business acumen with MBA or equivalent work experience
• Experience in design, implementation, and management of financing, brokering deals, negotiating investments, and managing a portfolio of investments.
• Expertise in community lending (e.g., non-traditional financing mechanisms targeting small and medium-sized businesses).
• Experience in healthcare businesses preferred. Agrobusiness and livelihoods may be considered.
• Ability to engage and coordinate with a wide range of stakeholders within the health value chain (networked providers, small and medium enterprises, supply chain actors) as well as business solution providers.
• Strong technical writing and presentation skills, and ability to communicate effectively to diverse audiences.
• Ability to develop financial models in Excel.
• Fluency in English written and spoken.

Application Closing Date
22nd September, 2023.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send an email with CV and Cover Letter attached to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.

Note: No telephone inquiries, please. Chemonics will contact finalists.

Job Title: Finance & Administrative Officer – USAID Frontier Health Markets Engage Project

Location: Nigeria
Employment Type: Full-time
Estimated Start-Date: The estimated start date for the position is expected to be around early October 2023

Background
Chemonics International Inc. is a US-based international development consulting firm operating in over 80 countries, starting up the USAID- funded Frontier Health Markets Engage project in Nigeria. USAID Frontier Health Markets Engage (FHM Engage) is a global cooperative agreement to provide technical assistance (TA) supporting local actors to improve the ability of health markets to meet supply-side gaps and consumer preferences, contributing to equitable provision of and access to high-quality family planning (FP) and other health services and products in mixed health systems. Building on over 30 years of USAID investment, FHM Engage focuses on strengthening local health markets by addressing the root causes of market failures in the core market functions to create the necessary behavior change that catalyzes supply and demand and supports sustainable change.

In line with this approach, FHM Engage seeks achievement toward two main results:

• Result 1: Improved market environment for greater private sector participation in the delivery of health products and services.
• Result 2: Improved equal access to and uptake of high-quality consumer-driven health products, services, and information.

The FHM Nigeria team has conducted a thorough market diagnostics and co-creation exercise, identifying the root causes of market failures and interventions to address them. These interventions cover various components of the Market Development Approach. It is now necessary to analyze each intervention to assess feasibility, potential impact, and determine the most suitable implementation approach.

Objective
The objective of this activity is to conduct detailed market research for the identified FHM Engage market interventions in FCT and Ebonyi states. This will involve a health facility assessment (HFA) to facilitate an in-depth understanding of the scale and quality of RMNCH healthcare services delivery in the FCT and Ebonyi state. This effort will provide additional information on elements of the private sector community pharmacy (CP), patent and proprietary vendor (PPMV) and health facility ecosystems which provide an enabling business environment for the FP, CH and MNH markets.

The sub-recipient will support FHM Engage Nigeria lead a health facility assessment on private at community pharmacists (CPs), and patent and proprietary medicine vendors (PPMVs) and private health facilities in the FCT and Ebonyi state.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

• We seeks a Finance and Admin Officer for FHM Engage, Nigeria. Based in Abuja and reporting to the Frontier Health Markets (FHM) Engage Operations and Finance Director, the Finance and Admin Officer will provide support in the management, tracking and reporting on financial management and tracking of activities implemented under the FHM Engage Nigeria Project
• Applications for this position will be reviewed on a rolling basis. We are looking for individuals who have a passion for making a difference in the lives of people around the world.

Financial Management:

• Monitor budgets and expenditures and contribute to budget planning and revision.
• Ensure the financial transactions are authorized, recorded, filed with adequate supporting documentation, and maintained.
• Assisting FHM Engage staff with working advances settlement in monthly/quarterly basis.
• Ensure supporting documents for Abacus settlement are completed based on agreement and technical guidelines.
• Assist programme staff with travel expenses and working expenses reimbursement/settlement.
• Assist programme and operations for requisition submission as needed.
• Support line management to prepare budget monitoring and analysis for all pledges under operations, including accrual report. Support line management collecting data to create Budget versus Actual Analysis under FHM Engage operations budget.

Administration / Operations:

• Prepare and submit timely and reliable financial updates, reports and statements.
• Provide adequate administrative technical support to programme and operations.
• Coordinate visa issuance and other arrangement for HQ staff, visitors and national staff.
• Responsible for all travel arrangements of staff, flight bookings, purchase tickets; make hotel/accommodation reservations and clear the payments and keep records thereof.
• Ensure proper welcome arrangements for staff, visitors/consultants including pick up/drop from/at airport.
• Support in identification and recruitment of vendors based on project rules and regulations.

Filing System and Record Management:

• Ensure there is a Standardized filing system applied through the whole programme/operations.
• Develop a process to review the filing system (hard and soft files) on a monthly/quarterly basis.
• Keep track of all admin documents including registration all internal & external correspondence and records updated.
• Responsible for proper record keeping of programme/operations admin activities.
• Ensure good and clear communication, knowledge and information sharing mechanism with FHM Engage staff members.

Supervision and Reporting:

• The Finance & Administrative Officer will report to and be supervised by the Operations and Finance Director.

Job Qualifications

• B.Sc / HND in Accounting, Finance and Administration, or a related Degree.
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience in financial management and program administration.
• Experience on the USAID, BMGF or U.S. Government funded programs is preferred.
• Excellent excel and Microsoft office skills is required, especially for functions relevant to financial management and accounting.
• Excellent expertise in the use of Accounting Software is preferred.
• Must be conversant with financial and accounting terminology.
• Excellent communication skills in English language
• Excellent time management skills and proven capacity working on complex projects..
• Superb customer service skills-must be able to work effectively with colleagues from diverse cultural backgrounds and technical expertise. 10. Demonstrated leadership, versatility, integrity, and creativity.
• Excellent administrative, organizational, and written and verbal communication skills.
• Must be authorized to work in Nigeria.

Application Closing Date
22nd September, 2023.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send an email with CV and Cover Letter attached to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.

Note: No telephone inquiries, please. Chemonics will contact finalists.

Job Title: Health Products Consultant – USAID Frontier Health Markets Engage Project

Location: Nigeria
Employment Type: Full-time
Duration of Assignment: This assignment is expected to be full-time based on a 5-day workweek from September 01-November 30, 2023, with the possibility of extending as a long-term role

Background
Chemonics International Inc. is a US-based international development consulting firm operating in over 80 countries, starting up the USAID- funded Frontier Health Markets Engage project in Nigeria. USAID Frontier Health Markets Engage (FHM Engage) is a global cooperative agreement to provide technical assistance (TA) supporting local actors to improve the ability of health markets to meet supply-side gaps and consumer preferences, contributing to equitable provision of and access to high-quality family planning (FP) and other health services and products in mixed health systems. Building on over 30 years of USAID investment, FHM Engage focuses on strengthening local health markets by addressing the root causes of market failures in the core market functions to create the necessary behavior change that catalyzes supply and demand and supports sustainable change.

In line with this approach, FHM Engage seeks achievement toward two main results:

• Result 1: Improved market environment for greater private sector participation in the delivery of health products and services.
• Result 2: Improved equal access to and uptake of high-quality consumer-driven health products, services, and information.

The FHM Nigeria team has conducted a thorough market diagnostics and co-creation exercise, identifying the root causes of market failures and interventions to address them. These interventions cover various components of the Market Development Approach. It is now necessary to analyze each intervention to assess feasibility, potential impact, and determine the most suitable implementation approach.

Objective
The objective of this activity is to conduct detailed market research for the identified FHM Engage market interventions in FCT and Ebonyi states. This will involve a health facility assessment (HFA) to facilitate an in-depth understanding of the scale and quality of RMNCH healthcare services delivery in the FCT and Ebonyi state. This effort will provide additional information on elements of the private sector community pharmacy (CP), patent and proprietary vendor (PPMV) and health facility ecosystems which provide an enabling business environment for the FP, CH and MNH markets.

The sub-recipient will support FHM Engage Nigeria lead a health facility assessment on private at community pharmacists (CPs), and patent and proprietary medicine vendors (PPMVs) and private health facilities in the FCT and Ebonyi state.

Tasks
The health products consultant will work with FHM Engage Nigeria and Global team to identify health products suppliers to function within a marketplace tailored to Nigeria. Below is a summary of tasks and anticipated level of effort (LOE).

Task 1: Market Sizing and Supply Planning

• Work with FHM Engage team to identify a list of health products to be included on the health marketplace: Health products will include medicines, equipment, and consumables etc.
• Health products market sizing: estimate the potential demand and revenue (up to three years) for a suite of health products to be offered on the health marketplace.
• Three-year supply planning for selected health products to guide coordination of procurements to be delivered through the private sector in target states (may include engaging with GHSC-PSM and state quantification teams)

Deliverables:

• 15-20 slides deck with recommendations for health products, pricing, estimated market size and forecasted revenue (for aggregators). A10-15-page word supply plan detailing private sector focused FP and MNCH supply plan plus accompanying excel estimation model.

Task 2: Identification and Selection of Health Products Aggregator(s)

• Support the FHM Engage team to collect data on potential health products aggregator capabilities (sourcing, procurement, warehousing, distribution, and logistics management), capability of providing product financing and interest to participate in the health marketplace:
  • Years of business,
  • Naira and US dollar total annual revenue and operation,
  • Range of products,
  • Funding source, etc.

Task 3. Facilitate meeting with FHM Engage, Nigeria Mission and AORS to agree on selection criteria for health products aggregator(s)

• Draft request for proposals/application for health product aggregator(s)
• With FHM Engage Operations, host a pre-bid workshop with interested health product aggregators providers, regulatory bodies, representatives from different private sector groups and suppliers who have the capability to provide health products through credit financing. Discussions will include ethical considerations, product pricing, regulatory requirements, data management and tracking user needs.
• With FHM Engage Operations team, support the selection of health product aggregator(s).

Deliverables:

• 10-15 slide deck with standard aggregator capacity requirements.
• A 5-10 page report in word listing potential health product aggregators and their capabilities (to meet standard aggregator requirements)

Supervision of Consultant

• The health products consultant will report technically to the Chief of Party.
• The consultant will work in collaboration with several individuals/firms including and not limited to Solina, the Health Marketplace Consultant, Technical Advisor Quality, Technical Advisor Health Financing, and the Monitoring and Evaluation Manager.
• A high level of interaction with the USAID Mission is expected.

Qualifications of Consultant
Nigeria Health Marketplace (draft)

• Degree in Pharmacy, Business, Marketing, or relevant field; strong business acumen with MBA or equivalent work experience
• Experience in design, implementation, and management of health products marketplaces
• Ability to engage and coordinate with a wide range of stakeholders within the health products value chain (networked providers, small and medium enterprises, supply chain actors) as well as business solution providers.
• Strong technical writing and presentation skills, and ability to communicate effectively to diverse audiences.
• Ability to develop financial models in Excel.
• Fluency in English written and spoken.

Application Closing Date
22nd September, 2023.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send an email with CV and Cover Letter attached to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.

Note: No telephone inquiries, please. Chemonics will contact finalists.

Job Title: Technical Director – USAID Frontier Health Markets Engage Project

Location: Nigeria
Employment Type: Full-time

Background
Chemonics International Inc. is a US-based international development consulting firm operating in over 80 countries, starting up the USAID- funded Frontier Health Markets Engage project in Nigeria. USAID Frontier Health Markets Engage (FHM Engage) is a global cooperative agreement to provide technical assistance (TA) supporting local actors to improve the ability of health markets to meet supply-side gaps and consumer preferences, contributing to equitable provision of and access to high-quality family planning (FP) and other health services and products in mixed health systems. Building on over 30 years of USAID investment, FHM Engage focuses on strengthening local health markets by addressing the root causes of market failures in the core market functions to create the necessary behavior change that catalyzes supply and demand and supports sustainable change.

In line with this approach, FHM Engage seeks achievement toward two main results:

• Result 1: Improved market environment for greater private sector participation in the delivery of health products and services.
• Result 2: Improved equal access to and uptake of high-quality consumer-driven health products, services, and information.

The FHM Nigeria team has conducted a thorough market diagnostics and co-creation exercise, identifying the root causes of market failures and interventions to address them. These interventions cover various components of the Market Development Approach. It is now necessary to analyze each intervention to assess feasibility, potential impact, and determine the most suitable implementation approach.

Objective
The objective of this activity is to conduct detailed market research for the identified FHM Engage market interventions in FCT and Ebonyi states. This will involve a health facility assessment (HFA) to facilitate an in-depth understanding of the scale and quality of RMNCH healthcare services delivery in the FCT and Ebonyi state. This effort will provide additional information on elements of the private sector community pharmacy (CP), patent and proprietary vendor (PPMV) and health facility ecosystems which provide an enabling business environment for the FP, CH and MNH markets.

The sub-recipient will support FHM Engage Nigeria lead a health facility assessment on private at community pharmacists (CPs), and patent and proprietary medicine vendors (PPMVs) and private health facilities in the FCT and Ebonyi state.

Responsibilities

• We seek a Technical Director for FHM Engage, Nigeria. Based in Abuja, and reporting to the FHM Engage Chief of Party, the Technical Director is a senior management position that assumes responsibility for the implementation of technical activities by FHM Engage in Nigeria. The Technical Director will manage a small efficient team of six (four central technical advisors and two field staff) including a Technical Advisor, Health Financing, a Technical Advisor, Quality, a Technical Advisor, Health Market Place and Technical Advisor, Health Products. The role will initially focus on introducing a market development approach to private sector engagement in Nigeria and establishing a health marketplace to serve target states. This position represents an opportunity to advance locally driven development initiatives and systems change to drive sustainability through a co-creation and co-design process with multiple stakeholders, coaching and mentoring in-country actors as they apply systems-thinking approaches.
• Applications for this position will be reviewed on a rolling basis. We are looking for individuals who have a passion for making a difference in the lives of people around the world.
• Provide technical and program management oversight to technical and state-based staff to operationalize tools and methodologies to implement the four step MDA process (i) Diagnose, (i) Design, (i) Deliver, and (iv) Adaptand Learn.
• In collaboration with the Chief of Party, ensure high quality of all major technical deliverables and field programs. Established a quality oversight system to ensure timely delivery of activities and products such as tools and methodologies, technical reports, case studies, and agreed-on deliverables.
• With the Nigeria Technical Advisors and/or global project experts in market system functions (stewardship, market intelligence, rules and regulations, financing, and quality), define, develop/adapt tools and methodologies specific market functions and to support FHM Engage state staff to implement them to shape the different market system functions.
• Oversee state-based Market Systems managers and ensure field alignment on the direction of technical activities, and quality assurance and problem solving on implementation challenges.
• Provide thought leadership to ensure that the FHM Engage Nigeria is well-positioned as a thought leader for the implementation of the market development approach
• Provide technical oversight for Nigeria FHM Engage, design activities and workplan development and tracking, as appropriate.
• Establish and maintain collaborative working relationships with local implementing partners, government counterparts, and other stakeholders.
• Collaborate with the project’s monitoring, evaluation, and adaptive learning (MEAL) team to identify and document accomplishments and track program indicators. In addition, facilitates sustainable data use through existing and innovative platforms.
• Collaborate with the communications team to disseminate key learnings for internal and external audiences through different communication channels.

Qualifications

• Advanced Degree in Public Health, Management, Organization Development or related field.
• At least 10 years of professional experience in managing global health or related projects including developing and implementing work plans and managing a diverse technical team.
• Demonstrated experience on a USAID-funded project required.
• Proven capacity engaging with and working with different stakeholders, including Nigeria government officials, and private sector actors. Experience managing complex relationships with a variety stakeiders in a multiple partner consortium, including host governments at different levels; experience mentoring staff and working wi
• Must be authorized to work in Nigeria.

Application Closing Date
22nd September, 2023.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send an email with CV and Cover Letter attached to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.

Note: No telephone inquiries, please. Chemonics will contact finalists.