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Job Title:  Technical Officer

Organisation: Management Sciences for Health (MSH)

Duty Station:  Kampala, Uganda

About US:

Management Sciences for Health (MSH) is a global health nonprofit that makes foundational changes to health systems to protect people from diseases and improve their health. MSH collaborates with local partners, from the Ministry to the community, to strengthen and complement existing health systems. Since 1971, MSH has worked in more than 150 countries to help ensure sustainable, resilient, and equitable access to quality health care around the globe.

Job Summary:   The Technical Officer will work with the Ministry of Health Department of Pharmaceuticals and Natural Medicines (DPNM), Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF), Ministry of Water and Environment (MWE), Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities (MTWA), under the National One Health Platform (NOHP), to support supply chain management for public health emergencies (PHE). He/she will support the monitoring and reporting of the national and sub-national PHE commodity stock status and building local capacity for the PHE supply chain using a one-health approach.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Project Support (60%)

• Participate in the development of required SOPs, guidelines tools, training plans, and training materials for implementing a robust PHE supply chain
• Work closely with the regional level supply chain coordinators to ensure proper planning and coordination of the regional and district level supply chain for emergency response is well set.
• Participate in project work plan reviews as needed.

Technical Support (30%)

• Assist the Technical Advisor supply chain for PHE in activities leading to the establishment of a supply chain management system for public health emergency
• Participate in the process of identification of the most common diseases of public health emergency and the commodities (non-medical and medical) required to respond to such emergencies
• Participate in the drafting of training programs and activities for national, regional and district supply chain coordination teams
• Actively participate in training of the national and regional supply chain coordination teams
• Support logistics response to any arising PHE’s like Ebola Viral Disease etc
• Write reports and provide feedback to the TA supply chain in emergency for action or advise
• Perform other duties as may be assigned.

Stakeholder engagement (10%)

• Work with the Public Health Emergency Operations Center (PHEOC), Department of Pharmaceuticals and Natural Medicines and the regional coordinators to functionalize the regional prepositioning hubs, prepare the stockpile sites, ensure the sites are well organized to keep and maintain the stocks
• Engage with Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industries and Fisheries (MAAIF) to enable the establishment of a dedicated electronic supply chain system for public health emergencies in the animal health sector
• Support the assessment of the supply chain systems for public health emergencies at Ministry of Water and Environment (MWE)

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The applicant must hold a Degree in Health Sciences including Pharmacy, Laboratory Sciences, Human, Medicine, Veterinary medicine, supply chain, or related field.
• Master’s training in a related field is an added advantage.
• Training in One Health Approach desired.
• At least three to five years of experience in the health supply chain management including quantification of health commodities
• Preferred: Experience in public health emergency supply chain preparedness and response programming
• Demonstrated analytical skills with computerized packages including Microsoft office packages such as MS Excel
• Familiarity with quantification packages and software e.g. Quantimed, pipeline, FAST tool, QAT etc.
• Work experience with medicines logistics/ inventory management information systems
• Working experience in Uganda with a comprehensive understanding of the Uganda public health system, and previous experience with USAID supported programs is an added advantage
• Demonstrated interpersonal communication skills, team player, and good appreciation and dealing with team diversity.
• Demonstrated excellent English language skills (both written and oral) with the ability to make presentations and effectively write reports.

How to Apply:

All candidates who wish to join Management Sciences for Health (MSH) in this capacity should apply online at the link below.

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