Technical Officer - Procurement, Supply & Logistics at the Achieving Health Nigeria Initiative (AHNi)

Achieving Health Nigeria Initiative (AHNi) is an indigenous non-governmental organization that promotes socio-economic development by supporting a broad range of global health programs, education, research, and livelihoods initiatives in Nigeria. AHNi currently has its headquarters in Abuja, Nigeria.

In anticipation of a potential award from USAID on the Accelerating Control of the HIV Epidemic in Nigeria (ACE) with focus on the BAY (Borno, Adamawa, Yobe) states, the position below is open for consideration to all qualified candidates:

Job Title: Technical Officer - Procurement, Supply & Logistics

Location: Borno
Contract Type: Fixed Term
Project: ACE
Category: Technical

Responsibilities

• Under the supervision of the STO-HSS/CD, the TO-PSL will assist in the development of AHNi in-house capacity among the various departments, implementing agencies (IAs) and in all aspects of logistics and supply chain management of health commodities.
• 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.
• Provide technical support to facility focal persons in logistics to ensure completeness, accuracy and timeliness of LMIS reports.
• Support facilities to maintain excellent inventory of commodities, ensuring proper documentation of expired commodities, separated from useable ones.
• Periodically support the health facilities to carry out stock audit exercise to ensure accountability and transparency.

Minimum Recruitment Standards

• B.Sc. in Laboratory Sciences, Biological Science, Pharmacy or related Degree with 4 - 6 years post-national youth service experience with a minimum of 2 years’ experience in provision of logistics support for HIV/AIDS.
• Sound understanding of HIV/AIDS technical areas
• Familiarity with Nigerian public sector health system and NGOs and CBOs highly desirable.

Application Closing Date
Tuesday, 11th January, 2022.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should forward a Suitability Statement (application) and Resume (CV) as a single MS Word document to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.

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.
• AHNi is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
• Disclaimer: AHNi does not charge Candidates a fee for a test or interview.