Pharmacy Logistics Coordinator

General Summary

 

General summary: 

The Pharmacy Logistics Coordinator will lead the design, coordination, implementation, and monitoring of strategies to ensure constant availability of medicines and supplies within IDI-supported regions in liaison with District structures, National logistics warehouses, Ministry of Health, and development partners.

 

Key Responsibilities

 

• Provide strategic level planning, program design and implementation management support for the Logistics coordination portfolio of the project
• Collaboratively work with National Warehouses and the districts to ensure uninterrupted availability of key supplies including ARVs, antiTBs, Family Planning commodities and Opportunistic infection medicines at health facilities.
• Guide mentorship and training efforts to build capacity of district and facility teams to manage health logistics related to TB and HIV/AIDS care.
• Establish systems that support district and facility teams to routinely quantify and order for TB and HIV care commodities through national ware houses in a timely manner.
• Support implementation of standard stock monitoring and management practices including use of electronic inventory systems in order to minimize wastage and avert stock outs.
• Design and functionalize facility and community surveillance systems to detect and notify adverse drug reactions to drug regulatory authorities in a timely manner.
• Support design and implementation of appropriate differentiated ART service delivery models in line with national policies and the PEPFAR community framework.
• Lead coordination support for implementation of the Supervision Performance Assessment and Recognition Strategy (SPARS) within all IDI-supported regions
• Support development of SOPs to guide facility teams to appropriately handle HIV and TB commodities using standard inventory management tools.
• Guide District and facility teams to identify, implement and document continuous quality improvement activities along the logistics supply chain.
• Support health facilities to compile and submit accurate HMIS and programmatic reports according to project, donor and Ministry of Health timelines.
• Any other duties as may reasonably be assigned from time to time.

 

Person Specification

 

Qualifications and Experience:

• A Bachelors degree in Pharmacy
• A post graduate diploma in project planning and management
• Additional training in HIV/AIDS logistics and supply chain management
• Training in Public Health is an added advantage

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Experience and up-to-date knowledge of the national medical logistics systems
• Good communication, organization and management skills.
• Understands client confidentiality and exhibits high level of ethical conduct.
• Has basic computer literacy including word processing, excel, internet and power point.

Download full advert >>>

APPLY FOR THIS JOB >>>>>