Supply Chain Specialist at Maryland Global Initiatives Corporation Nigeria

Maryland Global Initiatives Corporation Nigeria (MGIC) is a non-profit affiliate of UMB with a mission to administratively support international operations of UMB Principal Investigators. Our purpose is to provide the administrative infrastructure for sizable and sustained operations outside of the U.S.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Supply Chain Specialist

Location: Abuja

Essential Functions

• To provide technical and programmatic support to NPHIIA Project in health supply chain management, including capacity building for individual service delivery points (SDPs) supply chain management,

Duration:

• One Year, with the possibility of renewal subject to the availability of fund.

Responsibilities

• The incumbent would ideally be a highly competent team player who enjoys taking initiative.
• Attributes would also include immense patience, tenacity and creative thinking

Primary Responsibilities:

• Provide technical support to service delivery points in ensuring best practices in health commodities commodity management
• Ensure timely receipt and review of utilization of consumption reports from the field
• Update and manage a logistic management system for all health commodities
• Provide feedback to field staff at the SDPs assigned on LMIS reports/ADR reports
• Prepare accurate commodity requirements/delivery order for commodities and ensure an uninterrupted supply of commodities for program needs
• Conduct monitoring and support visits to assigned service delivery points to ensure smooth implementation of supply chain and pharmacy activities
• Ensure supply chain activities in SDPs are aligned with the government of Nigeria standard operating procedure treatment support.
• Provide professional clinical supervision and mentorship to other pharmacists and pharmacy support personnel at the SDPs
• Actively develop and contribute to medication safety initiatives such as Adverse Drug Event (ADE) monitoring, reporting, analysis and prevention.
• Participate in practice-based research and drug utilization evaluation (DUE) studies for increased knowledge on medication use outcomes.
• Contribute to the identification and documentation of best practices and success stories on the NPHIIA project.

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum of a first degree in Pharmacy (BPharm), or a related degree, Certificate inLogistics Management of Health Commodities or its equivalent
• Experience: Minimum of three (3) years’ work experience in a donor funded public health program e.g. HIV, Malaria, etc.

Application Closing Date
9th February, 2018.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online
 
Note: Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.