National Individual Consultant: Newborn Logistics Management Information System (LMIS) Integration - Lead Consultant

The consultant will provide technical support for the development, harmonization, validation, and integration of Newborn Health commodity reporting tools within the National Health Logistics Management Information System (NHLMIS) to enhance inventory management, commodity visibility, forecasting, and quantification for national supply chain data management and decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Conduct a desk review of existing NHLMIS tools, reporting systems, policies, guidelines, and standard operating procedures.
• Review the list and categorization of the 41 newborn commodities onboarded on NHLMIS.
• Review existing MNH & Family Planning logistics reporting tools and identify opportunities for harmonization.
• Support preparation of an inception report detailing methodology, work plan, timelines, and expected outputs.
• Consult with relevant stakeholders including Family Health Department, Department of Food and Drugs Services, National Supply Chain Management Programme, Department of Health Planning, Research and Statistics, development partners, state logistics and newborn health focal persons, and National Primary Health Care Development Agency.
• Document reporting requirements, information needs, and system integration considerations.
• Define standardized logistics data elements for newborn health commodities including stock on hand, consumption, losses and adjustments, receipts, issues/distribution, stock-out status, months of stock, reporting rates and data quality indicators.
• Develop central, state and facility-level reporting tools, requisition and reporting forms, summary reporting templates, data collection and reporting guidelines, and indicator reference sheets.
• Align newborn health indicators with existing MNH & Family Planning reporting systems.
• Ensure compatibility with NHLMIS architecture and reporting workflows.
• Develop an integration framework outlining data flow between MNH and Family Planning reporting systems.
• Develop an integrated SOP for reporting.
• Co-facilitate technical review meetings and validation workshops.
• Incorporate stakeholder feedback into final tools.
• Develop training materials and job aids.
• Develop and share report of every meeting held.
• Orient key stakeholders on the use of the tools and reporting procedures.
• Develop a phased implementation roadmap for nationwide rollout.
• Recommend monitoring, supervision, and data quality assurance mechanisms.
• Identify resource requirements and sustainability measures.

Requirements

• Possess a postgraduate degree in public health, pharmacy, health informatics, supply chain management, health information systems, statistics, or related field.
• At least seven (7) years of relevant experience in health supply chain management, logistics management information systems, health information systems, or related field.
• Experience coordinating or managing national programmes on RMNCAEH, SRHR, maternal, newborn and or child health, family planning, and or humanitarian supply chain.
• Previous experience working with the National Health Logistics Management Information Systems (NHLMIS), District Health Information Systems (DHIS2), health commodity reporting systems, or national health information systems.
• Experience facilitating national stakeholder consultations and technical working groups, including capacity building workshops.
• Experience working with the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, UN agencies, development partners, and or NGOs.
• Strong drafting and writing skills with attention to detail.
• Good organizational, coordination, and time-management skills, and experience in programme support and management.
• Self-starter, proactive, with a passion for issues relevant to the UNFPA mandate.
• Computer literacy and proficiency in Microsoft Office and digital collaboration tools are mandatory.

Skills

• Health Supply Chain Management
• Logistics Information Systems
• Health Information Systems
• National Programme Coordination
• RMNCAEH Programme Management
• Stakeholder Consultation Facilitation
• Capacity Building Workshops
• Health Commodity Reporting Systems
• District Health Information System 2 (DHIS2)
• Programme Support and Management
• Technical Report Preparation
• Microsoft Office Suite
• Digital Collaboration
• Inventory Management
• Commodity Forecasting
• Quantification
• Data Management

Languages

English