Job Openings at Mission for Essential Drugs and Supplies (MEDS)

MEDS was started in 1986 with the core mandate of providing reliable, quality and affordable Health Products & Technologies, Quality Assurance and Health Advisory Services. It is a Christian not-for profit organization registered as a Trust of the ecumenical partnership of Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) and Christian Health Association of Kenya (CHAK)

Have you recently graduated from college and looking for an internship opportunity? Mission for Essential Drugs and Supplies (MEDS) has an exciting opening for Two (2) Interns to join its Procurement Section for Three (3) months.

Responsibilities include:

• Conducting procurement processes including preparation of solicitation documents, receipt of quotations and preparation of evaluation;
• Preparation of Purchase orders and contracts;
• Updating and archiving the files of the procurement Unit;
• Developing the online registration and track record system
• Assisting in the development of lists/rosters;
• Providing effective administrative and logistic support to the Procurement Unit and specifically to the International Procurement Analyst.
• Work in close collaboration with the internal and external clients

Competencies

• Punctuality
• Intellectual curiosity
• Willingness to take initiative
• Ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines

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Reporting to Capacity Building Manager, position will ensure capacity building of health workers through training.

Key responsibilities:

• Identifying training needs for curriculum development.
• Preparing training materials and conducting the actual trainings for customer satisfaction.
• Participating in the annual training program preparation for planning.
• Participating in identification of facilitators for training facilitation.
• Preparing the training timetables for specific trainings.
• Preparing reports after each training for reference and decision making.

Job requirements:

1. Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing or Clinical Medicine or any other related field.  Additional qualifications in Business Administration or Health Systems Strengthening is an added advantage.
2. Functional skills: Training facilitation skills, Marketing skills, Communication skills Report writing skills and knowledge of the health sector
3. Behavioural competencies and attitude: Interpersonal relations, Integrity, Pleasant personality, Enthusiastic, confident and self-driven
4. Work experience: At least 5 years work experience 3 of which is in Capacity Building