Supply Chain & Advocacy Manager at VillageReach

Description

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties, responsibilities, and activities may change or be assigned at any time.

Supply Chain Advocacy (40%):

Support the Senior Manager, Supply Chain, in developing and executing a clear advocacy strategy for amplifying supply chain needs and planning considerations for CHWs at county and national level. Specifically:

• Advocate for increased funding support for community health needs and for inclusion of community health commodity requirements within county budgets and county planning cycles.
• Collaborate with CHU4UHC partner organizations at the national and county level to enhance alignment and leverage existing investments in community health supply chains (e.g., FAH).
• Support county governments to translate evidence from SC4CHW work into policy for sustainable financing of community health commodities.
• Work with the Council of Governors to develop and execute a roadmap for replicating VillageReach’s CHW supply chain approach and tools across counties, and to translate SC4CHW work into policy for management of community health commodities across all 47 counties.
• Co-develop a gap analysis for bottlenecks to replenishment and support delivery of a joint MoH community supply chain advocacy plan that ensures community commodities are available when and where they are needed.
• Advocate for inclusion of community commodities in county government budgets so that CHW kits can be regularly replenished from link facilities.
• Track progress against both national and county-specific advocacy plans.
• Develop high-quality policy briefs that translate complex technical material into compelling policy collateral and messages suited for national governments, donors, and partners.

Technical (40%):

• Working together with the Senior Manager, Supply Chain, provide technical leadership for the day-to-day implementation of all community health supply chain improvement activities. Activities include assessments, supply chain system design, warehousing and inventory management, transportation and distribution, forecasting and supply planning, and supply chain performance management. This includes managing national-level stakeholders to develop policies and strategies that support community supply chains, as well as supporting county governments to:
• Conduct quarterly Health Products and Technology Units meetings.
• Develop policy documents on supply chain management (e.g., SOPs, strategic plans).
• Train Community Health Assistants and health workers on supply chain management.
• Regularly assess the performance of their supply chains.
• Contribute to policy frameworks that support community supply chains and the national health supply chain more broadly.

Requirements

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Supervisory Responsibilities: This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor’s or graduate degree or equivalent in pharmacy, supply chain management, public health, international development, business or related field.
• 5 years’ work experience working with global health supply chains policy and advocacy.
• Demonstrated experience working closely with governments to adopt policy reforms.
• Demonstrated experience developing Advocacy briefs and presentations to influence policymakers.
• Demonstrated experience interacting with government agencies and counterparts, and international donor agencies; excellent networking and partnership building skills
• Excellent planning and prioritization skills as well as creative problem-solving and analytical skills;
• Experience working with government partners at both the national and the county level.
• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of supply chain systems and data flow at the community level
• Understanding of the challenges with commodity availability at the community level
• Experience working with geographically distributed teams
• Readiness to travel in-country (Kenya) 25% of the time to supervise project activities at the county level