NEW JOB OPPORTUNITY-Advisor – Pharmaceutical Support and Supply Chain (6 Posts) at MDH

POSITION TITLE: Advisor – Pharmaceutical Support and Supply Chain (6 Posts)
LOCATION: Iringa, Lindi, Morogoro, Mtwara, Njombe and Ruvuma
REPORTS TO: Senior Advisor Quality Service Delivery

Position Summary:

The Advisor-Pharmaceutical Support and Supply Chain is a
self-motivated individual who will be responsible for providing
oversight and technical leadership for pharmaceutical support and supply
chain services for C3HP at the regional/district and all supported
facilities. S/he main objective is to guarantee the technical
performance of the C3HP pharmaceutical support and supply chain services
and ensuring uninterrupted availability of health commodities in the
respective region. She/he will be working with and providing substantive
and technical direction and assistance to other regional staff at
supported region and will work in close collaboration with the
respective regional and district level health management teams and C3HP
supported facilities.

Duties and Responsibilities: 
1. Responsible for ensuring that C3HP respective region meets national
standard for health commodities supply chain management by: o Conduct
regular need assessment on pharmaceutical and supply chain service
provision and and organize efforts to address these needs -; including
areas of capacity building and health system strengthening – in
collaboration with the R/CHMT. o Ensuring all supported facilities have
all required LMIS tools for health commodities record keeping and
reporting. o Ensuring supply chain data reported in eLMIS and Pharmacy
Module Database/CTC3 Macro by supported facilities are of high quality. o
Working with R/CHMT to track and report regional performance on the
national supply chain key performance indicators and conduct quarterly
supply chain DQA to all supported facilities.
2. Ensures uninterrupted supply in HIV/TB and related commodities at all
C3HP – supported sites by: o Annual forecasting of needs in HIV/TB and
related commodities including lab supplies for each single site/district
during planning. o Ensuring that each single site/district has
appropriate buffer stock off all HIV/TB and related commodities
including lab reagents and consumables and o In collaboration with
R/CHMT, he/she will support redistribution of health commodities to
ensure continuum of care and avoid wastage/pileups. o Providing
technical assistance to Regional/district pharmacists in reporting and
ordering of ARVs, TB medicines and related commodities from the MSD. o
Ensuring that technical procedures for procurement, distribution and
dispensation are respected at all sites according to the standard
operating procedures. o Keep track of drug flow between stores and C3HP
supported sites and continuously update and educate site staff on
developments and issues related to new drug formulations, national and
zonal ARV and OI drugs stocks update. o Provide TA to C3HP supported
facilities to maintain the inventory of medicines and laboratory
supplies and they submit their Report and Request forms to MSD timely
for resupply of health commodities. o Make sure that all dispensing
rooms at all supported facilities have the necessary infrastructure and
are able to function efficiently. o Assist R/CHMTs members to conduct
medicine audit to increase accountability on health commodities and
proper documentation.
3. Support implementation of IMPACT teams’ activities in the respective regions.
4. Oversee and ensure efficient management of regional project
expenditure and other resources as per approved work-plan and budget.
5. Ensure timely collection and submission of Supply Chain data services
data as well as support strengthening of the related M&E systems –
in collaboration with the M&E team.
6. Lead efforts to robustly analyse and utilize supply chain data
services data to inform regional plans, priorities and resource
allocation.
7. Lead efforts to identify gaps in pharmaceutical and supply chain
services provision, design and implement Continuous Quality Improvement
(CQI) initiatives to address the gaps identified.
8. Preparing quarterly and annual narrative reports to be submitted to key stakeholders.
9. Support and advise the line manager on all Pharmaceutical and supply
chain issues and perform other relevant duties as assigned by the line
manager.

Requirements: Education, Work experience and Skills: 
1. Degree in Pharmacy or its equivalent.
2. Minimum 5 years’ work experience in public health program including 3
years’ experience in the relevant field at regional level.
3. Work experience in PEPFAR-funded HIV programs.
4. Experience in Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL), Data
Analysis, Interpretation, Utilization, CQI and Operational research in
the pharmaceutical and supply chain program.
5. Ability to work and deliver under pressure and tight deadlines with minimum supervision.
6. Excellent communication (both verbal and written) and presentation skills.
7. Fluency in both written and spoken English and Swahili Languages.
8. Strong computer skills (MS Excel, Word, and PowerPoint).
9. Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and strong problem-solving skills.
10. Ability to travel to implementation districts a minimum of 80% of time.

HOW TO APPLY:
Interested candidates for any of the above position should submit an
application letter, a detailed copy of their CV, names and contact
information (email addresses and telephone numbers) of three work
related referees. The candidate MUST clearly indicate the Title of the
position applied for (as it appears in the advertisement) on the heading
of the email. Applications should be submitted to the Human Resource
Director through email [email protected] by
8 th December 2021. MDH DO NOT have any agents and DO NOT charge any
fees to the interested candidates. Kindly note that only shortlisted
applicants will be contacted.

The deadline for submitting the application is 08 December 2021.