USAID RHITES Procurement and Logistics Manager Job Opportunity – Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF)

Organization: Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
(EGPAF)
Project Name: USAID Regional Health Integration to Enhance
Health Services in the South West Uganda Project (RHITES)
Duty Station: Mbarara, Uganda
About US:
The
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) seeks to end pediatric
HIV/AIDS through research, advocacy, and prevention and treatment programs. We
are a global leader in the fight against pediatric HIV and AIDS, working in 15
countries and at 7,000 sites around the world to prevent the transmission of
HIV to children, and to help those already infected. Today, because of the
highly successful work of the Foundation and its partners over the last 25
years, pediatric AIDS has been virtually eliminated in the United States and
new infections in children have declined by 58% worldwide. EGPAF Uganda Country
program is currently implementing a number of projects in partnership with
various donors.
About USAID RHITES Project:
The
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) implements the USAID
Regional Health Integration to Enhance Health Services in the South West Uganda
Project (RHITES) whose aim is to increase the availability, accessibility and
quality of integrated health services including HIV and TB prevention, care and
treatment; maternal, neonatal and child health services; family planning;
nutrition assessment, counseling support; malaria prevention and treatment and
other primary care services.
Key Duties and Responsibilities: 
  • Develop, maintain and monitor the procurement
    plan
  • The incumbent will also ensure the
    acquisition of goods and services following the country and donor
    procurement regulations, proper storage and issuing of goods supplied to the
    end user in an efficient and effective manner.
  • Set re‐order levels of stock items and
    support producing of stock usage reports, coordinate sourcing strategies
    and development of supply base.
  • Regularly review purchase requests,
    documentation and evaluations, purchase orders and contracts, ensure
    integrated internal controls in procurement, timely payment of vendors and
    ensure appropriate procurement auditable support documents.
  • Technically support procurement process of
    sub awards, evaluation and contract preparation.
  • Develop a system of tracking procurement and
    logistics requests and oversee preparation of weekly stock status reports,
    monthly stock usage reports and quarterly stock taking.
  • Provide input to budgets and project
    proposals for procurement and logistics activities, contribute program
    monthly management reports as well as contributing to quarterly donor reports
    on critical procurements.
  • Actively facilitate procurement audits and
    internal compliance reviews.
  • Prepare and manage tenders, manage
    prequalification of suppliers, select vendors, prepare summary bid
    analysis, develop and maintain suppliers’ relationships.
  • Manage the automated procurement and stores
    system.
  • Mentor and supervise the Procurement Officer
    and Stores Officer.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 
  • The applicant for the USAID Project Procurement
    and Logistics Manager job opportunity should hold a Master’s degree in
    procurement and Logistics Management, OR a Bachelor’s degree in procurement
    with professional qualification in procurement.
  • At least seven years’ experience in managing
    logistics and procurement.
  • Broad working knowledge and experience of
    international funding agencies procurement procedures and familiarity with
    commodity management tracking systems.
  • Demonstrated ability to work with limited
    supervision
  • Excellent written and verbal communication
    skills
  • Computer literacy skills
How to Apply:
All
suitably qualified and interested candidates are encouraged to send their
applications to this address;
The
Country Director, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF), Plot 18A
Kyadondo Road, Nakasero, P.O. Box 21127, Kampala, Uganda
E-mail to: UgandaRecruitment@pedaids.org
Deadline: 28th March 2016

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