Competitive Salary
Based in Dakar, Senegal (with frequent travel to Country Offices 50%)
6 month fixed term contract
Save the Children are seeking a resilient and experienced Medical Logistics Adviser to provide technical advice and support to all health programmes within the region, in order to review and strengthen pharmaceutical supply chains.
Working in more than 120 countries, we do whatever it takes to create breakthroughs in the way the world treats children. Our UK and Global Programmes department delivers humanitarian and development programmes, builds partnerships with institutional donors – including governments, multi-laterals and trusts – and drives lasting change. Together, we save children’s lives, fight for their rights and help them fulfil their potential.
Joining the Global Pharmacy Team and the Regional Logistics Team, you will make regular visits to field sites and actively build and empower Country Office (CO) pharmacists and logisticians in the safe and effective management of medicines and healthcare products. You will conduct assessments of CO medical logistics systems whilst supporting in developing CO procurement plans and demanding forecasts of field staff. As Medical Logistics Adviser you will also:
- Provide technical advice to stakeholders in; health programme design and implementation, pharmaceutical procurement, pharmaceutical supply chain management
- Develop and deliver training to actively conduct pharmacy capacity building
- Provide emergency response surge support to health projects as either a remote or a deployed adviser
- Create and maintain country information files
- Support initiatives in improving access to quality medicines during emergencies
- Write and contribute to reports, risk registers, work plans and business cases as required.
To be successful in this role, you will have previous experience in working with pharmaceutical supply chains in fragile contexts, along with experience in dispensary management. You will be a highly motivated self-starter with a degree in Pharmacy or an equivalent Pharmacy qualification. You will have experience in preparing demands and conducting medical procurement along with:
- Experience conducting pharmacy, logistics or health assessments/audits
- Strong planning, management and decision making experience, with the ability to organise a substantial workload comprised of complex, diverse tasks
- Experience managing a medical warehouse and warehouse staff
- Appreciation of professional limitations and ability to refer or request support appropriately
- Experience working with agencies and coordination groups in a humanitarian setting
- Strong written and spoken communication and interpersonal skills in French ad English
- Experience working in the NGO sector in West & Central Africa, within complex/large scale country programmes
- Experience working with key institutional donors.
Experience in Public Health relating to Essential Medicines or National Drug Policies and experience in the pharmaceutical industry is desirable.
At Save the Children we are committed to the safeguarding and protection of children in our work. We will do everything possible to ensure that only those who are suitable to work with children are recruited to work for us. This post is subject to a range of vetting checks including a criminal records disclosure.
Our mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. If you share our mission, are passionate about making it happen and strongly believe you can contribute then join us and we'll give you every opportunity to succeed. We look forward to hearing from you.
Closing date: 18th September 2016
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