Technical Officers - Logistics at Achieving Health Nigeria Initiative (AHNi)

Achieving Health Nigeria Initiative (AHNi) - A non-profit organization that promotes socio-economic development by supporting global health and economic initiatives in Nigeria. It was established as an affiliate of the Family Health International (FHI360) to sustain FHI's achievements in strengthening indigenous organizational capacity in Nigeria.

AHNi currently has its headquarters in Abuja, Nigeria. To strengthen our operations in the country, we are seeking qualified candidates for the vacant position below:

Job Title: Technical Officer - Logistics

Location: Edo

Job Description

• The Technical Officer - Logistics will work with the state team in the development of AHNi in-house capacity among the various departments, implementing agencies (LAs) and all tiers of government in all aspects of logistics and supply chain management of health commodities for the state.
• S/He will provide technical support and leadership to Nigeria's efforts to strengthen the procurement and supply chain management system of health commodities using evidence based data from the Logistics management information system, to reduce stock-outs, lower costs and eliminate wastage at the state level.

Requirements

• MPH or M.Sc. in relevant degree with at least 3-5 years post NYSC experience with at least 1 year experience in mananaging a PSM cycle, including rational health commodities selection, forecasting/quantification, quality assurance spanning the PSM cycle, warehousing/storage, distribution, and LMIS.
• Or B.Pharm, B.Sc in Logistics, Pharmacy, Microbiology, Biochemistry, or any relevant field with 5 to 7 years post NYSC experience managing a PSM cycle, including rational health commodities selection, forecasting/quantification, quality assurance spanning the PSM cycle, warehousing/storage, distribution, and LMIS.
• Familiarity with Nigerian public sector health system and NGOs and CBOs is desirable

Application Closing Date
12th September, 2014.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should forward their suitability statement (application) and resume (CV) as a single MS Word document to: [email protected]

Note: Only applications sent electronically (i.e. by e-mail) with the job title and location clearly indicated as the subject of the mail will be considered and only short listed candidates will be contacted.