Supply Chain Specialist at Maryland Global Initiatives Corporation Nigeria (MGIC)

Essential Functions

• To provide technical and programmatic support to NPHIIA Project in health supply chain management, including capacity building for individual service delivery points (SDPs) supply chain management,

Duration:

• One Year, with the possibility of renewal subject to the availability of fund.

Responsibilities

• The incumbent would ideally be a highly competent team player who enjoys taking initiative.
• Attributes would also include immense patience, tenacity and creative thinking

Primary Responsibilities:

• Provide technical support to service delivery points in ensuring best practices in health commodities commodity management
• Ensure timely receipt and review of utilization of consumption reports from the field
• Update and manage a logistic management system for all health commodities
• Provide feedback to field staff at the SDPs assigned on LMIS reports/ADR reports
• Prepare accurate commodity requirements/delivery order for commodities and ensure an uninterrupted supply of commodities for program needs
• Conduct monitoring and support visits to assigned service delivery points to ensure smooth implementation of supply chain and pharmacy activities
• Ensure supply chain activities in SDPs are aligned with the government of Nigeria standard operating procedure treatment support.
• Provide professional clinical supervision and mentorship to other pharmacists and pharmacy support personnel at the SDPs
• Actively develop and contribute to medication safety initiatives such as Adverse Drug Event (ADE) monitoring, reporting, analysis and prevention.
• Participate in practice-based research and drug utilization evaluation (DUE) studies for increased knowledge on medication use outcomes.
• Contribute to the identification and documentation of best practices and success stories on the NPHIIA project.

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum of a first degree in Pharmacy (BPharm), or a related degree, Certificate inLogistics Management of Health Commodities or its equivalent
• Experience: Minimum of three (3) years’ work experience in a donor funded public health program e.g. HIV, Malaria, etc.