Health Supply Chain Officer at Amref Kenya

SCOPE OF WORK

USAID Imarisha Jamii is a USAID Kenya and East Africa funded Activity that aims to increase the use of quality county-led health and social services in Turkana County, Kenya. It is an integrated health and social services program that focuses in areas of HIV; Family Planning, Reproductive, Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health (FP/RMNCAH); Nutrition; and Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) program.

Reporting to the Lead Health Systems Strengthening, the Health Supply Chain Officer will be responsible for provision of technical oversight in USAID Imarisha Jamii project management (planning, budgeting, monitoring, implementation and reporting) in the area of Health Supply Chain systems strengthening. He will represent the project in strengthening the capacity of the health system in Turkana county to deliver quality health services.

Key Responsibilities

•  Support County Department of Health in Co-ordinating logistics involved in supply chain management of health products in the areas of HIV, FP/RMNCAH, Laboratory and Nutrition.
•  Strengthen coordination of commodity data management, visibility, reporting, data quality and use through quarterly County and Subcounty led Technical work group meetings to oversee commodity management in the 7 sub counties.
•  Provide Technical oversight over inventory management of Health Products and technologies including scale-up of an inventory management system across sub-county high volume health facilities
•  Support the Sub County TWGs to conduct support supervision on ordering, receiving, storage and use of commodities through provision of tools for supervision and mentorship.
•  Working with the CHMT and SCHMT to establish and support Medicines and Therapeutic Committees in the sub county hospitals in addition to providing mentorship and coaching for the MTCs to form Antimicrobial Stewardship Committees at high volume health facilities in the County.
•  Jointly with the CHMT and SCHMT, develop Standard Operating Procedures and Job Aids with the County for Pharmaceutical services and Commodity Management.
•  Build the capacity of Sub County Pharmacists to train facility staff on pharmacovigilance including reporting on suspected adverse reactions and suspected poor-quality products through training.
•  Build capacity of CHMT and SCHMT to conduct data quality reviews with facility staff to check service level and commodity data for concordance.
•  Support preparation on weekly, monthly and quarterly reports as well as project work plans
•  Any other duty as assigned by the supervisor

Decision Making/ Job Influence

•  Working closely with project, National, Donor and County teams, the role makes decisions for the Imarisha Jamii Project on strategy development, review and implementation, scheduling and allocating duties and
• giving timelines for staff, performance management and allocation of resources.

Working Conditions

•  Based in the field, the role may operate outside normal working hours and conditions occasionally.

Job Competencies (Knowledge, Experience and Attributes / Skills).

•  Communication skills
•  Report writing skills
•  Curriculum development skills
•  Understanding supply chain health issues and USAID-Donor Priorities
•  Strong group facilitation
•  Training skills
•  Interpersonal relations
•  Team player
•  Work well under pressure

EDUCATION:

•  Diploma in Pharmaceutical Technology from a recognized institution
•  Higher Diploma/Degree in Pharmaceutical Technology/Supply Chain is an added advantage

EXPERIENCE:

•  Minimum 5 years professional experience with at least 2 years in supply chain management for health products;
•  Strong IT skills: Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, Powerpoint);
•  Proven experience in managing Health Inventory Management System
•  Similar experience working in the USAID related programs and implementing related activities will be an added advantage;
•  Demonstrated experience working with National and County in supply chain management;
•  Demonstrated experience in building capacity of County entities in supply chain;
•  Demonstrated experience in quality assurance of health products.

LANGUAGE

• Fluency in English with good verbal and written skills.

CERTIFICATES

•  Registered with the Pharmacy and Poisons Board of Kenya