Principal Technical Advisor, Supply Chain Management at the Management Sciences for Health (MSH)

Management Sciences for Health (MSH) is an International Non-Governmental Organization working with countries and communities to save lives and improve the health of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people by building strong, resilient, and sustainable health systems in 150 countries around the world.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Principal Technical Advisor, Supply Chain Management

Job ID: R2800
Location: Abuja, Nigeria
Job Type: Full time

About the Project

• About the USAID Medicines, Technologies and Pharmaceutical Systems (MTaPS) program:
• Funded by USAID and implemented by a consortium led by MSH, MTaPS aims to help low- and middle-income countries strengthen their pharmaceutical systems to ensure sustainable access to and appropriate use of safe, effective, quality-assured, and affordable essential medicines and pharmaceutical services.
• The five-year program builds on the work of its predecessor program, the USAID-funded Systems for Improved Access to Pharmaceuticals and Services (SIAPS) Program.
• As a core part of its work, MTaPS supports USAID’s efforts under the Global Health Security Agenda to combat AMR.
• These efforts are directed toward building countries’ capacity to optimize their use of antimicrobials and avert infectious disease threats, thus securing health nationally and globally.

About this Role

• MSH is seeking a qualified candidate to serve as a Principal Technical Advisor, Supply Chain Management (PTA) on the global MTaPS activity.
• The PTA provides technical leadership and advice for the design and implementation of innovative strategies and programs to strengthen pharmaceutical supply chain management systems and commodity security in MTaPS countries. The PTA leads activities to strengthen the supply chain components of country and global initiative work plans. The PTA guides the technical staff assigned to specific supply chain activities to ensure that the work is of the highest quality.
• The PTA works closely with other Principal Technical Advisors, Technical Strategy Leads, Portfolio Managers and Disease Technical Leads to identify opportunities to use new and existing tools, approaches and best practices, to coordinate technical work, and to ensure that global (core-funded) initiatives are informed by country-level needs and priorities.

How Will You Accomplish This?
As the Principal Technical Advisor you will be expected to carry out the following:

• Lead the development and/or review of technical approaches and strategies for strengthening commodity security and supply chain management systems.
• Provide technical assistance to design and implement supply chain management and logistics interventions, which may involve work in commodity security, quantification and forecasting, supply planning, procurement, inventory management, warehouse management, distribution and transport, and logistics management information systems and logistics system performance monitoring.
• Regularly report on MTaPS supply chain management initiatives in accordance with the M&E plan, objectives, and USAID intermediate results. Support implementation of the MTaPS M&E strategy in collaboration with the Performance M&E Specialist.
• Develop and review operations research protocols and facilitate multicountry studies on common technical areas; facilitate sharing of technical approaches and best practices across MTaPS countries.
• Plan, organize, and conduct training courses covering supply chain technical areas for external audiences and MTaPS staff.
• In collaboration with the Pharmaceutical Management Information Systems team, the PTA shall guide the development and implementation of appropriate electronic and/or paper-based tools, and appropriate management information systems to facilitate evidence based decision making in pharmaceutical management and system strengthening interventions.
• Maintain liaison with USAID, international organizations, donor agencies, foundations, universities, and voluntary organizations; seek opportunities for dissemination of lessons learned, research, publications, and other development and communications activities.
• The listed job responsibilities are not exhaustive. The PTA position is an opportunity to be both innovative and strategic in suggesting and implementing new methods to achieve the outcomes desired by our clients and needed by the people our projects aim to serve.

What do you need to apply?

• MSH employs people of passion, we seek those individuals who dream of a better world. We look for professionals who combine experience, local knowledge, and an understanding of international best practices.

Requirements
Education:

• A Post-graduate Degree in a Supply Shain Management, Business Administration, or a Health-related field with specialized training and/or experience relating to supply chain management required; a physician, nurse or pharmacist qualification preferred.
• Or a Bachelor’s Degree with at least 12 years’ relevant experience.

Experience:
Required:

• A minimum of 8 years relevant experience in commodity security, supply chain management, and health care logistics systems development and strengthening in developing country context, including demonstrated expertise in forecasting and quantification, procurement management systems, storage and distribution, transportation, LMIS, governance and organizational systems for supply chain management.
• Relevant experience in international public health with experience in supply chain management and systems strengthening strongly preferred, particularly those related to the implementation of reproductive health, MCH, HIV/AIDS, Malaria, TB prevention, care, and treatment programs in developing countries.
• Interest in and experience managing and supervising technical staff.
• Experience with public health programs supported by donors such as USAID and multinational agencies such as WHO and World Bank preferred.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• A dynamic leader able to meet project goals, convey learnings, entice stakeholder engagement, and be an active contributor to overall project success.
• Demonstrated competence in assessing priorities and manage a variety of activities in a time-sensitive environment and meet deadlines with attention to detail and quality.
• Excellent writing and presentation skills in English are essential.
• Demonstrated experience working in/with low- and middle-income countries at country and regional levels.
• Fluency in English is required. Fluency in French and Portuguese preferred.

Physical Demands:

• Work is performed in an office environment and requires the ability to operate standard office equipment and keyboards.
• Must have the ability to navigate an office environment and pick up materials.

Travel:

• Willingness and ability to travel internationally, including to the US as needed.

Remuneration

• MSH considers multiple job-related factors when determining an offer, including but not limited to, business and organizational needs, candidate qualifications, internal equity, location, and internal budget.
• Salary is just one of many aspects of our total rewards package; at MSH, our goal is to provide you with a comprehensive set of competitive benefits that includes a substantial vacation, sick and holiday policies, training and development programs, competitive insurance coverage for health, vision, dental, life, short-term and long-term disability, 401k plan, Flexible Spending Account, among others.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.