General Summary

The Cluster Medical Supply Chain Officer supports in monitoring and providing on-site support of medical logistics management in the supported districts/health facilities according to MOH standards. He/she will ensure close monitoring of medicines and health supplies. He/she will further ensure availability of quality medicines, responding to dynamic changes in demand, managing increased volumes of commodities and minimizing pilferage and misuse.

Key Responsibilities

• Capacity building of health facility staff in supply chain management systems and utilization of MOH LMIS tools including, NMS- ERP customer service portal, Rx Solutions, WAOS, TWOS, RASS and PIP.

• Support health facility forecasting, commodity ordering- through both manual and electronic Logistics Management Information Systems (eLMIS).
• Coordination of deliveries including inter facility and inter district stock transfers.

• Follow up on activity plans developed by the medicines management supervisors and organize collaboration meetings to assess progress.
• Coordinate and Leverage on SPARS for support supervision and mentorship of health workers.
• Establish facility surveillance systems to detect and notify adverse drug reactions to drug regulatory authorities in a timely manner.
• Support design and implementation of appropriate differentiated ART service delivery models in line with national policies and the PEPFAR community framework.
• Support health facilities to compile and submit accurate HMIS and programmatic reports according to project, donor and Ministry of Health timelines.
• Support health facilities to ensure quality and timely data collection and Logistics management Information Systems (LMIS) reporting - to the district, Ministry of Health, and other stakeholders that feeds into the national Stock Status Reports
• Support improved supply chain data quality through routine supply chain data quality assessments and CQI projects to systematically address the identified data quality gaps.
• Ensure accurate data collection and use of all supply chain data for proper commodities management
• Support health facilities to ensure appropriate accountability and use of health commodities.
• Any other assigned duties in line with your roles

Academic Qualification

• Diploma in Pharmacy with active registration with the Allied Health Professionals council.
• At least 2 years’ experience in pharmacy practice in HIV prevention, care, and treatment as well as knowledge in national medical logistics management systems.

Specific Experience

• 3. Excellent communication and organizational skills with basic computer literacy skills including word processing, excel, internet and power point

Person Specification

• At least 2 years’ experience in pharmacy practice in HIV prevention, care and treatment as well as knowledge in national medical logistics management systems.
• Excellent communication & organizational skills with basic computer literacy skills including word processing, excel, internet and power point

WAREHOUSE OFFICER (1)

As part of the Supply chain Team the warehouse officer will maintain and operate our regional warehouse containing a wide variety of supplies, parts and materials as per organization standards, maintaining up-to-date and accurate inventory records; and to receive and issue authorized supplies and materials according to established procedures.

PROCUREMENT ASSISTANT (1)

The Procurement assistant shall provide procurement support in all IDI procurement functions including both local and international purchases, covering a range of requirements from medical drugs, laboratory equipment and supplies, office supplies; IT related requirements, renovations, and service agreements among others.