Technical Officer-Procurement and Supply-Chain Management at Achieving Health Nigeria Initiative (AHNi)

TECHNICAL OFFICER – PROCUREMENT & SUPPLY-CHAIN MANAGEMENT: 

• under the supervision of the STO-HSS/CD, the TO-PSM 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 Standard:

• B.Sc. Laboratory Sciences, biological science, pharmacy or related degree 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.