Consultant - Health Supply Chain Management at Axios Foundation Nigeria

The Axos Foundation is a US based non-profit organisation dedicated to improving health systems and building local capacity to strengthen communities and increase access health care in developing countries.

Medical Access is a not-for-profit organization based in Kampala, Uganda specialized in the provision of health technical assistance, supply chain management services for management of health commodities in Africa.

Axios Foundation in collaboration with Medical Access is recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Consultant - Health Supply Chain Management

Location: Global
Report to: Director of Program

Job Summary

• Axios Foundation in collaboration with Medical Access are seeking Potential Consultants in areas of Medical Waste Management
• The consultants shall provide strategic and technical support seeking to strengthen laboratory services in several developing countries globally.

Job Responsibilities

• Develop health commodity national supply chain strategies, plans and policies
• Strengthen national health commodity forecasting systems and develop national quantification & procurement
• Provide technical support to national procurement systems
• Assess warehouse management systems and provide technical support on infrastructural enhancement and optimization of use
• Strengthen health commodity distribution systems through distribution network analysis, and optimization
• Develop an effective logistics and information management system to support the coordinated response to public laboratory events of national concern.
• Provide technical support to strengthen quality assurance systems.
• Develop logistics information management policies and protocols including clearance /information sharing requirements in accordance with existing country policies

Qualifications and Key Competencies

• Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy, Procurement, Supply Chain Management, Health Sciences or any other Health related field.
• Master's degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Logistics and Inventory Management, Operations and Public Health or any other related field.
• Language fluency in English, French is required.
• Ability to work in Spanish, and Portuguese is an asset.
• At least 10 years' experience in the provision of support in the 3 areas
• Demonstrated experience in low resource settings, in Africa in particular

Application Closing Date
23rd March, 2019.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidate should submit their detailed CV to: [email protected]

Note

• Axios Foundation is an equal opportunity employer, committed to diversity within the work place.
• Axios does not in any way encourage or facilitate any form of canvassing far jobs, solicit for money or gifts from anyone that is applying for a job. Should anyone contact you for any money, facilitation or gift to procure a vacancy, they MUST be immediately reported to the relevant authorities.