University
of Maryland
School
of Medicine
Supply
Chain Management Specialist –
Migori & Nairobi
The
Health Supply Chain Advisor will provide leadership in fulfilling the core
functions of pharmaceutical and supply chain management within the
organization.
Duties
& Responsibilities
- Support
pharmacy team in management of medicines and logistics;
- Participate
in site capacity assessment activities and carry out analysis,
interpretation and dissemination of results for use by relevant
stakeholders in decision making and service improvement;
- Collection,
synthesis and transmission of data and information related to drugs and
health care supplies;
- Serve
as a member of the Regional Therapeutic Drug Committee and Provincial
mentorship team among other provincial and national committees;
- Utilize
site data to inform quality of care performance and utilization of
medicines;
- Mentor
pharmacy staff with the goal of performance improvement in overall patient
care;
- Examine
facility operations and systems and recommend ways to improve outputs and
outcomes;
- Provide
technical assistance on Procurement and Logistics of Pharmaceutical
commodities;
- Liaison
between MGIC and KEMSA as well as other donor related supply chain
organizations;
- Organize
and facilitate supply chain related trainings using the National
curricula;
- Ability
to evaluate outcomes of training activities and share recommendations; and
- Provide
mentorship on development and implementation of appropriate strategies to
create a dependable health supply chain system and support an integrated
health service delivery system covering ART and other health commodities.
Qualifications
- Master’s
degree in business, pharmacy, public health with emphasis in supply chain
management.
- Bachelor’s
degree in Pharmacy.
- Significant
relevant experience in supply chain management.
- Registration
with Pharmaceutical and Poisons Board (PPB)
- Five
(5) years’ experience in supply chain management in an NGO setup.
If you meet the above qualifications, you are requested to send your application and CV to hr@mgickenya.org by September 16, 2016.
Candidates are required to quote the TITLE & LOCATION of the position being applied on the subject line of the email.
Only shortlisted candidate will be contacted.
Maryland Global Initiatives Corporation is an equal opportunity employer.
