Lead Consultant: Newborn LMIS Integration

About the role

UNFPA is seeking a National Individual Consultant (Lead Consultant) to provide technical support for developing, harmonizing, validating and integrating newborn health commodity reporting tools into Nigeria's National Health Logistics Management Information System (NHLMIS). The assignment is home-based and remote, lasting 30 working days (6 weeks), and is open only to Nigerian nationals.

Key responsibilities

• Inception and desk review of existing NHLMIS tools, policies and procedures, and of the 41 newborn commodities onboarded, including opportunities to harmonize with MNH and Family Planning reporting tools
• Consult with stakeholders such as the Family Health Department, DFDS, NSCMP, DHPRS, development partners, state focal persons and NPHCDA, and document reporting requirements and integration needs
• Define standardized data elements (stock on hand, consumption, losses, receipts, issues, stock-out status, months of stock) and develop central, state and facility-level reporting tools, requisition forms, summary templates, data collection guidelines and indicator reference sheets
• Align newborn health indicators with MNH and Family Planning systems, ensure compatibility with NHLMIS architecture and workflows, and develop an integration framework and an integrated SOP
• Co-facilitate validation workshops, incorporate stakeholder feedback, develop training materials and job aids, and train key stakeholders
• Develop a phased implementation roadmap, recommend monitoring and data quality assurance mechanisms, and identify resource requirements and sustainability measures

Expected deliverables

• Standardized newborn health reporting tools, job aids and a training manual
• Harmonized newborn health logistics indicators
• Data flow and reporting procedures documented, and an NHLMIS integration framework
• Capacity-building materials, a ToT workshop and field testing, and a national implementation roadmap
• A comprehensive report of the whole process

The consultant works remotely, with in-person review and validation meetings in Abuja and a ToT and field testing in a state to be determined. The consultant reports to the Technical Specialist, Reproductive and Maternal Health, with technical guidance from the UNFPA specialist and the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, and oversight from NSCMP.