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  • Posted: Jun 25, 2013
    Deadline: Jul 9, 2013
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    John Snow, Inc., and our nonprofit JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc., are public health management consulting and research organizations dedicated to improving the health of individuals and communities throughout the world. JSI's mission is to improve the health of underserved people and communities and to provide a place where people of passion...
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    Logistics Advisor HIV/AIDS

    The Logistics Advisor (Abuja) will provide hands-on support to health facilities under the HIV/AIDS supply chain unification. The advisor will also provide technical assistance to the State Ministry of Health (SMOH) in assigned states,
    PEPFAR implementing partners, Global Fund-supported partners and other stakeholders in a defined location as appropriate. The Logistics Advisor will support a number of facilities based personnel on supply chain management of health commodities a team working with a team of other advisors to ensure smooth implementation of the HIV/AIDS supply chain unification activities, other JSI Nigeria supply chain functions and report to the Associate Director HIV/AIDS
     
    Position Description:
     
    1. Provide technical support to ensure that health facilities covered under the HIV/AIDS supply chain unification project are adequately supplied with the health commodities.
    2. Support coordination between SCMS/JSI, the FMOH, SMOH, and PEPFAR partners to develop and implement supply chain strategies and provide appropriate non-duplicative services that will ensure reliable procurement and distribution of essential HIV/AIDS medicines and related commodities, including antiretroviral (ARV) drugs, HIV test kits, drugs to treat opportunistic infections (Ols), laboratory supplies, and infection prevention commodities.
    3. Provide technical support for the annual program-specific quantification as well as the National annual quantification of HIV/AIDS commodities and procurement plans in collaboration with colleagues, stakeholders and partners.
    4. Support the linkage between the PEPFAR implementing partners, SMOH and Global Fund/NACA partners and the warehouse location to ensure commodities supplies to health facilities are seamless.
    5. Support coordination of supply chain activities for timely receipt of reports from health facilities, processing of reports and filling of requirements to ensure that health facilities are resupplied with appropriate commodities.
    6. Work with Government counterparts to provide feedback to health facilities and partners on supply chain data to improve the quality of reporting
    7. Collaborate with implementing partners and state government officials to organize monitoring and support visits to health facilities and provide the needed support for smooth implementation of supply chain activities in selected area and other locations.
    8. Participate in monitoring and supportive visit to health facilities within the assigned states to support capacity transfer to appropriate health facility staff to efficient management of supply chain activities at the facility level
    9. Support the establishment and implementation of regional technical working group that will support and monitor the activities of the unification project Support the coordination of distribution activities for timely supply of commodities to facilities.
    10. Support capacity building activities for State Government of counterparts and other stakeholders on supply chain activities
    11. Support the activities of warehouse & distribution service providers to troubleshoot and address supply chain issues that will impact commodities availability before, during and after distribution of commodities.
    12. Support the process of proof of delivery gathering, review and sharing with relevant stakeholders in the state to validate the supply of health commodities to the facility
    13. Support harmonization efforts for the logistics function at the federal and state levels in order to establish a harmonized commodity logistics system including logistics management information system for health commodities.
    14. Participate in supply chain assessment and other relevant studies to monitor implementation ofthe unification exercise
    15. Collaborate with other JSI project staff in the states to support supply chain activities and relationship with the State officials and relevant stakeholders
    16. Attend relevant supply chain meeting within the states and make presentations as required presentations as required
    17. Contribute to routine monthly, quarterly and annual reports for submission to program funders.
    18. Any other duties as assigned
     
    Skills/Knowledge Required:
    Applicants for this position should possess the following minimum qualifications:
    •   A Bachelor Degree Pharmacy, Public Health, Logistics Management, Medical lab science, Business Administration or its equivalent
    •   Three to five years of professional experience in health programs, preferably in an international health care supply chain management environment
    •   Specific experience in HIV/AIDS, TB, or Malaria programs strongly desired
    •   Proven experience in managing public health programs or projects in Nigeria or similar developing country context
    •   Demonstrated ability to monitor, supervise, and train in health service programs
    •   Extensive knowledge of the Nigerian public health sector.
    •   Strong analytical and problem solving skills
    •   Excellent technical writing and oral presentation skills highly desired
    •   A proven ability to work as part of a team and to be self-managing
    •   Good Knowledge of Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint is required
    •   Ability and willingness to travel in the field

    Method of Application

    For Warehouse Advisor, send resume and cover letter to warehouse-job@ng.jsi.com
    For, Logistics Advisor HIV/AIDS - Abuja, send resume and cover letter to log-adv-abuja@ng.jsi.com
    For, Logistics Advisor HIV/AIDS - Sokoto, send resume and cover letter to log-adv-sokoto@ng.jsi.com

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