Independent Monitor at Treeshade Associates Limited - 5 Openings

Treeshade Associates Ltd(Rc: 478254, since April 2003)is Nigeria’s 1stindigenous firm of Health and Social Development Consultants. Our credibility, relationships, experience, capacities, track record, and unique blend of local expertise and global insight over two decades have seen us evolve into a strategic think tank and a nurturing ground for mentoring emerging start-ups and development initiatives.

Our consultants come with sound theoretical backgrounds and multiple skills, mainly in the areas of Health, Social and Human Resource Development. More specifically, our areas of interest and expertise include Capacity Building and Institutional Strengthening; Strategic and Operational Planning, Frameworks and Policy design/development; Operational and Implementation Research and Documentation. We also design and carry out Baseline Surveys and Assessments. We facilitate consumer engagement and participation with policymakers, funders, and service providers; including the generation of audience-specific reports. We have extensive experience in community development; with emphasis on mainstreaming participatory methodologies in supporting Community Based and Non-Governmental / Faith Based Organisations.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Independent Monitor

Locations: Adamawa, Benue, Ebonyi, Nasarawa & Taraba
Employment Type: Contract

Job Purpose

• The purpose of this position is to independently monitor Vitamin A distribution activities in all states supported by Helen Keller Intl duringthe November/December 2024round of Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Week (MNCHW) inAdamawa, Benue, Ebonyi, Nasarawa and Taraba states.

Campaign Independent Monitoring:

• The Independent Monitorswill support pre-implementation, implementation, and post implementation activities in assigned States and within specific LGAs, Wards, Health Facilities and Communities under the supervision of Treeshade Associates Limited in collabration with Helen Keller Int’l. He/she will do the following:

Pre-Implementation (2 non-consecutive days):

• Support cascaded LGA/Ward level training(s); including monitoring key messages disseminated, monitoring and compile training attendance and financial documents and submitting typed, verified and hardcopy of same after trainings.
• Support commodity distribution down to final service delivery points (facilities) and produce documented evidence of same (issue and receipt form) to Helen Keller M&E/Logistic team immediately after distribution. This distribution to final service delivery points and its accompanying documentation should prior to implementation/campaign day.
• Support the implementation of the MNCHW micro plan.
• Ensure compliance to safety measures, and security advice in the implementation of all MNCHW activities.

Implementation (5 days):

• Ensure that social and behaviour change communication (SBCC) activities is comprehensive/robust in assigned LGA/wards/health facilities.
• Participate in monitoring and supervision of the campaign in all service delivery points of assigned LGA, including supplementation/treatments in outreach sites, fixed posts and special/transient sites.
• Participate and make meaningful contributions in daily debriefing physical and virtual meetings at the LGA/ward level and with the state Helen Keller team.
• Support the daily data collection and validation at the LGA, Ward and Health facility levels.
• Compile daily implementation report, containing success stories, challenges, lessons learnt and recommendations.
• Validation, collection, typing and submission of both soft copy and hardcopy attendance and financial documentation of campaign service delivery personnel.
• Submission of monitoring data using SurveyCTO and daily call in data scaled to the facility level using stipulated reporting channels.
• In collaboration with the LGA and Helen Keller team, undertake advocacy visit, inform and solicit support of traditional rulers during implementation in each community.

Post-Implementation (5 non-consecutive days):

• Support final data validation across reporting channels (Health Facility summary – ward summary – call -in-data) consistency across reporting channels will be pegged at 80% and DQA will be done after campaign and 40% payment will be subject to the outcome of the DQA.
• Retrieve and submit duplicated copies of summary of summaries forms and other reporting tools for health facilities, wards, LGAs according to stipulated guidelines.
• Submit a comprehensive report of the campaign after the implementation using the approved reporting template to specified reporting channels within one-week postimplementation.
• Any other duty as assigned.

Application Closing Date
25th October, 2024.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should forward their CV to: [email protected] using the position as subject of email.

Note

• Data validation and submission of adequate report(s) is paramount to Treeshade Associates Limited. Any alteration or submission that is false under the supervision of any independent Monitor, will be treated as aiding and abetting data falsification and will attract termination of contract and blacklisting or non-engagement of the said Independent Monitor in subsequent campaigns and/or any other Treeshade Associates engagement.
• All interested Independent Monitors to be recruited are expected to be tech-savvy and possess a functional laptop, and an Android phone that will be used during implementation.
• Kindly note that Treeshade Associates Limited will not be paying transport allowance to any Independent Monitor by mileage since it is expected that the Monitors are resident in the states they apply for.
• While you are free to apply for any state, kindly note that there is no inter state travel allowance, and shortlisted candidates will be invited for an online written test.