Employment
Opportunity at MDH, Pharmaceutical Support and Supply Chain Advisor (PSSA) –
Morogoro
JOB
ANNOUNCEMENT
Management
and Development for Health (MDH) is a non for profit organization in Tanzania
contributing to address public health priorities. MDH works with the Ministry
of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children; as well as
academic and non-academic institutions to address the problems of Tuberculosis,
Malaria, HIV/AIDS, Nutrition, Maternal and Child Health and to undertake
initiatives to advance public health research, education, and services for
improving the lives of people.
MDH
(Sub recipient) in collaboration with Deloitte Consulting Limited (Prime)
through USAID BORESHA AFYA SOUTHERN ZONE PROGRAM seeks to recruit a qualified
individual to fill the following position:
Pharmaceutical
Support and Supply Chain Advisor (PSSA) – Morogoro
Location:
Morogoro
Reports
to: Regional Technical Manager.
The
Pharmaceutical Support and Supply Chain Advisor (PSSA) is a self-motivated
individual who will be responsible for providing oversight for pharmaceutical
support and supply chain services for HIV commodities, Malaria commodities, TB
medicines, FP and related commodities at the regional/district and USAID
Boresha Afya Southern zone supported facilities. The PSSA’s main objective is
to guarantee the technical performance of the USAID Boresha Afya Southern zone
pharmaceutical support and supply chain services in the respective region.
She/he will responsible to the Regional Technical Manager and will work in
close collaboration with the relevant regional and district level health
management teams and programme supported facilities.
Duties:
The PSSA is responsible for ensuring that USAID Boresha Afya Southern zone
supported regions meets national standard for health commodities supply chain
management by:
Ensuring
that relevant staff at USAID Boresha Afya Southern zone supported
sites/districts are trained to provide high quality of services
Identify
training needs for sites, districts and regional pharmacists and facilitate
trainings on good practice in pharmaceutical and supply chains management.
Collaborate
with regional and district levels to conduct Supply chain mentorship
Ensures uninterrupted supply in HIV,TB, FP anti-Malaria and related commodities
at all USAID Boresha Afya Southern zone -supported sites by 2
Ensuring
that all supported facilities maintains agreed buffer stock off all HIV/TB, FP
and Malaria-related commodities including lab reagent and consumables and
assist in redistribution of products when out of stock
Providing
technical assistance to Regional/district pharmacists in reporting and ordering
of ARVs, Anti Malaria, FP commodities, TB medicines and related commodities
from the MSD.
Ensuring
that technical procedures for procurement, distribution, documentation and
dispensing are adhered to at all sites according to the standard operating
procedures.
Keep
track of health commodities flow between stores and USAID Boresha Afya Southern
zone supported sites and continuously update and educate site staff on
developments and issues related to new drug formulations, national and zonal
ARV and OI drugs stocks update
Provide
TA to USAID Boresha Afya Southern zone supported facilities to maintain the
inventory of medicines and laboratory commodities and reagents that are
present.
Make
sure that all dispensing rooms at the various sites have the necessary
infrastructure and are able to function efficiently.
Assist
R/CHMTs members to conduct monthly audit of 10 sites per district to ensure
that all supplies including drugs and laboratory reagents reach its intended
beneficiaries.
Preparing quarterly, semiannually and annually narrative reports for submission
to key stakeholders.
Follow up collection of monthly information about the stock at all USAID
Boresha Afya Southern zone supported sites/districts, and share with respective
key stakeholders.
Providing regular information to immediate line manager on any challenges
associated with ARV/TB/Malaria drugs, OI drugs and test kits availability at
the supported regions
Liaising
with the councils counterparts on monthly basis to address any concerns or
problems that they are facing with regarding supply chain issues of
HIV/AIDS/Malaria commodities and related supplies.
Actively perform supportive supervisions to USAID Boresha Afya Southern zone
supported sites, and use these supervisions to strengthen their capacity on
issues related to supply chain management.
Carry out any other job related responsibilities as assigned by the line
manager.
Requirements:
Experience, educational and professional qualifications
a)
A qualified Pharmacist or other Public Health professional with at least four
years’ experience in health commodities supply chain
a)
Three years’ experience in logistics/supply chain management and or public
health commodities management.
b)
Work experience working with HIV care and treatment programs will be considered
an advantage
TO
APPLY:
Interested
candidates should submit an application letter, a detailed copy of their CV,
and names and contact information (email addresses and telephone numbers) of
three work related referees.
Applications
should be submitted by July 22, 2018, to the Human Resource Manager through
email hr@mdh-tz.org or dropped by hand at the MDH Head Office in Mikocheni,
along Mwai Kibaki Road, Plot No. 802.
Kindly
note that only shortlisted applicants will be contacted
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