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Organizational Context

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The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is the world\\xe2\\x80\\x99s largest humanitarian organization, with a network of 191-member National Societies. The overall aim of the IFRC is \\xe2\\x80\\x9cto inspire, encourage, facilitate, and promote at all times all forms of humanitarian activities by National Societies with a view to preventing and alleviating human suffering and thereby contributing to the maintenance and promotion of human dignity and peace in the world.\\xe2\\x80\\x9d The IFRC works to meet the needs and improve the lives of vulnerable people before, during and after disasters, health emergencies and other crises.

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The IFRC is part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (the Movement), together with its member National Societies and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). The work of the IFRC is guided by the following fundamental principles: humanity, impartiality, neutrality, independence, voluntary service, unity, and universality. At Geneva level, the Health and Care Department\\xe2\\x80\\x99s (HCD) New Strategic Direction 2023 focuses on Health Systems Strengthening and WASH Systems Strengthening through four pillars: Global Health Security, Global Health Protection (UHC), Global WASH Services and Transformative Partnership.

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The Global Health Protection (UHC) pillar houses and chairs the Alliance for Malaria Prevention (AMP), a partnership of more than 40 organizations, including government, private sector, faith-based and humanitarian organizations, focused on three main activities: (1) coordination of partners involved in insecticide-treated net (ITN) campaign and continuous distribution (CD) activities; (2) development of operational guidance for planning and implementing of ITN distribution based on an iterative process; and (3) providing technical assistance to national malaria programmes and partners based on requests. AMP\\xe2\\x80\\x99s activities support achievement of the WHO Global Technical Strategy (GTS) targets for high coverage and use of ITNs. AMP is a workstream within the RBM Partnership to End Malaria. Harnessing the global leadership and management systems of IFRC, AMP is uniquely positioned to support and advance country-level efforts to optimize ITN distribution and ensure that the right nets reach the right people at the right time through both campaign and continuous distribution channels.

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In 2020, IFRC/AMP was awarded a three-year grant by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) to identify ways to improve operational efficiency for ITN campaigns and develop associated operational guidance for national malaria programmes and partners. AMP\\xe2\\x80\\x99s work under this grant provided key lessons learned and practical guidance for improving the implementation of ITN distribution through multiple channels. In 2023, a new grant was awarded to IFRC/AMP by BMGF focused on optimizing ITN access in the face of limited resources for the fight against malaria. In this grant, AMP will focus on implementing activities across five workstreams designed to address identified gaps. The primary objectives are to enhance data utilization for informed decision-making and to leverage digital tools for optimization of ITN campaigns. These workstreams ultimately aim to reduce the malaria burden through effective malaria prevention with ITNs.

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Job Duties and Responsibilities

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The overall objective of this consultancy is to support the IFRC/AMP malaria team with activities related to the Optimizing ITN Access in Africa project (OPITACA), particularly under Workstream 1 (Optimizing ITN Distribution), Workstream 2(campaign digitalization), Workstream 4 (ITN quality and performance, and plastic/waste management) and Workstream 5 (Supplemental Capacity Building, Mentoring, and Technical Assistance), as detailed below:

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Workstream 1: Planned level of effort (LOE) \\xe2\\x80\\x93 30 days

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• To support work with national malaria programs and partners focused on tailoring and prioritizing ITN distribution strategies and approaches (urban or other area targeting), including identifying areas that will not receive ITNs.\\n
• To support the development of tools, lessons learned, and best practices for micro-stratification of ITN distribution in heterogenous urban zones or for non-coverage of all or parts of urban or other previously targeted areas.\\n
• To support AMP with operationalization of an urban vector control strategy through development of operational guidance (as needed).\\n
• To support the development of a framework or guidance that supports programmes asking the right questions and using more quantitative methods to inform vector control prioritization.\\n
• To support national malaria programmes that are starting ITN community CD to develop comprehensive data, monitoring and evaluation frameworks building on national (DHIS2) and sub-national (community health workers) systems in place to track ITN access and use over time.\\n
• To support the development of operational considerations on door-to-door versus fixed site campaign strategy.\\n
• Support the review and updating of the AMP toolkit (selected briefs to be defined).\\n
• Document review to provide guidance on strategies and adaptations for ITN distribution, including for complex operating environments.\\n
• Develop a case study focused on providing best-practice examples of quantification and verification and/or difficult decision-making processes.\\n

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Workstream 2:

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• Participate in campaign digitalization trainings and provide support to countries planning to transition to the use of digital tools.\\n
• Support the organization of country-to-country missions for programs to observe the implementation of the digitalized campaigns upon request by the programs.\\n

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Workstream 4: Planned LOE \\xe2\\x80\\x93 5 days

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• Support the work of the AMP on waste management by contributing to meeting and providing input on various aspects in guidance documents developed by the partnership.\\n
• To identify 2-3 countries and develop case studies on better practices on waste management.\\n
• Support for framework development and discussions with national programmes about post-market surveillance.\\n

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Workstream 5: Planned LOE \\xe2\\x80\\x93 30 days

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• Provision of AMP light-touch technical assistance (TA) or backstopping of technical assistance teams for ITN mass campaigns, including surge support as needed on an ad hoc basis.\\n
• Respond to requests for review of documents, including campaign overall plans of action and other specific action plans as well as supporting documents.\\n
• Facilitate regular skill-building, mentoring, and experience sharing sessions for TA providers.\\n
• Support organization of TA team monthly technical discussions.\\n
• Support country exchange, experience sharing and technical capacity strengthening from in-country peer-to-peer interactions.\\n
• Provide quality control and oversight to TA deliverables (work products) and reports.\\n

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Job Duties and Responsibilities (continued)

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• Support for framework development and discussions with national programmes about post-market surveillance.\\n
• Participate in AMP weekly calls and provide updates on countries; support update of the ITN campaign tracker on a monthly basis.\\n
• Ensure familiarity with all ongoing AMP TA through review of situation reports and calls with specific TA providers or TA teams as needed.\\n
• Support the planning and deployment of technical assistance for ITN campaigns and fill gaps in TA as needed due to late requests, gaps between contracts or other reasons.\\n
• Support organization of training sessions, webinars and meetings, including support for development of curricula for online learning courses.\\n

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Deliverables:

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• Operational considerations document for door-to-door vs. fixed-site campaign strategies.\\n
• Review and update of selected sections of the AMP toolkit.\\n
• Case study on best practices in quantification, verification, or difficult decision-making processes.\\n
• Case studies on best practices in waste management for two countries.\\n
• Technical assistance support provided to countries based on request.\\n
• Backstopping and surge support for AMP TA teams.\\n
• Organization of TA team monthly technical discussions.\\n
• Situation report reviews for ongoing AMP TA.\\n
• Organization and support for training sessions, webinars, and online learning courses.\\n

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Alignment to the IFRC\\xe2\\x80\\x99s objectives and strategy:

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The Alliance for Malaria Prevention\\xe2\\x80\\x99s mandate aligns to the Federation\\xe2\\x80\\x99s Strategy 2030 as it supports the achievement of strategic aims:

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1) Save lives, protect livelihoods and strengthen recovery from disasters and crises

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2) Enable healthy and safe living

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Project objectives and timelines:

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Objective #1: Scaling up and maintaining universal coverage targets of malaria prevention with ITNs through all available channels including mass distribution campaigns and continuous distribution channels.

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Desired outcomes: Successful support to the AMP team with technical assistance provision and high-quality TA outputs.

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Support to be provided to the consultant

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The consultant will be supported by the Manager \\xe2\\x80\\x93 Malaria Programmes, Senior Officer \\xe2\\x80\\x93 Optimizing ITN Access project in Africa, the Officer \\xe2\\x80\\x93 AMP Coordination and the Officer \\xe2\\x80\\x93 AMP Country Support Coordination.

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Time Allocation, for budget purposes

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The total budget for the contract is CHF 53,550.

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This budget is based on an estimate of 65 billable days working days at CHF 600 per day.

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Compensation for distance support within the consultancy is based on a daily rate, with eight billable hours equaling one day for billing purposes.

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The consultancy timeframe will be from 04 December 2023 to 04 October 2023.

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Notes

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The consultant will be contracted by the IFRC and the standard contractual terms will apply.

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Knowledge, Skills and Languages

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Required

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• Fluently spoken and written English.\\n

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Preferred

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• Good command of another IFRC official language (French, Spanish or Arabic).\\n

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Competencies, Values and Comments

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Values: Respect for diversity; Integrity; Professionalism; Accountability.

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Core competencies: Communication; Collaboration and teamwork; Judgement and decision making; National society and customer relations; Creativity and innovation; Building trust.

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Application Instructions

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• Please submit your application in English only.\\n
• Please include in your motivation letter your availability and your current Daily Fee Rate in CHF.\\n

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IFRC values equal opportunity, diversity and inclusivity. We encourage applications from all suitably qualified candidates, irrespective of sex, gender, sexual orientation, marital or parental status, nationality, class, political opinions, ethnic or social origin, disability, religion, or belief.

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