Various Jobs at Management and Development for Health (MDH) 2021 Management and Development for Health (MDH) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization whose primary aim is to contribute to address public health priorities of Tanzania and world at large.

The priorities include: HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis; Reproductive, Maternal, New-born and Child health (RMNCH), Nutrition; Non-Communicable Diseases of public health significance; as well as Health System Strengthening.

MDH strongly believes in and works in partnership various local and global institutions, Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children (MOHCDGEC); President’s Office Regional Authorities and Local Government (PORALG); donor agencies; as academic and nonacademic institutions; implementing partners; civil society, community-based and faith-based organizations and others.

MDH (Sub recipient) in collaboration with Deloitte Consulting Limited (Prime) through USAID funded Comprehensive Client-Centered Health Program–HIV and Tuberculosis (C3HP HIV TB) seeks to recruit qualified individuals to fill the following vacancies based in Dar es salaam and 6 supported regions of Iringa, Lindi, Morogoro, Mtwara, Njombe and Ruvuma.

POSITION TITLE: Advisor – Pharmaceutical Support and Supply Chain (6 Posts)

LOCATION: Iringa, Lindi, Morogoro, Mtwara, Njombe and Ruvuma

REPORTS TO: Senior Advisor Quality Service Delivery

Position Summary: The Advisor-Pharmaceutical Support and Supply Chain is a self-motivated individual who will be responsible for providing oversight and technical leadership for pharmaceutical support and supply chain services for C3HP at the regional/district and all supported facilities.

S/he main objective is to guarantee the technical performance of the C3HP pharmaceutical support and supply chain services and ensuring uninterrupted availability of health commodities in the respective region.

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She/he will be working with and providing substantive and technical direction and assistance to other regional staff at supported region and will work in close collaboration with the respective regional and district level health management teams and C3HP supported facilities.

Duties and Responsibilities: 

1. Responsible for ensuring that C3HP respective region meets national standard for health commodities supply chain management by: o Conduct regular need assessment on pharmaceutical and supply chain service provision and and organize efforts to address these needs -; including areas of capacity building and health system strengthening – in collaboration with the R/CHMT.

o Ensuring all supported facilities have all required LMIS tools for health commodities record keeping and reporting.

o Ensuring supply chain data reported in eLMIS and Pharmacy Module Database/CTC3 Macro by supported facilities are of high quality.

o Working with R/CHMT to track and report regional performance on the national supply chain key performance indicators and conduct quarterly supply chain DQA to all supported facilities.

2. Ensures uninterrupted supply in HIV/TB and related commodities at all C3HP – supported sites by:

o Annual forecasting of needs in HIV/TB and related commodities including lab supplies for each single site/district during planning.

o Ensuring that each single site/district has appropriate buffer stock off all HIV/TB and related commodities including lab reagents and consumables and

o In collaboration with R/CHMT, he/she will support redistribution of health commodities to ensure continuum of care and avoid wastage/pileups.

o Providing technical assistance to Regional/district pharmacists in reporting and ordering of ARVs, TB medicines and related commodities from the MSD.

o Ensuring that technical procedures for procurement, distribution and dispensation are respected at all sites according to the standard operating procedures.

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o Keep track of drug flow between stores and C3HP supported sites and continuously update and educate site staff on developments and issues related to new drug formulations, national and zonal ARV and OI drugs stocks update.

o Provide TA to C3HP supported facilities to maintain the inventory of medicines and laboratory supplies and they submit their Report and Request forms to MSD timely for resupply of health commodities.

o Make sure that all dispensing rooms at all supported facilities have the necessary infrastructure and are able to function efficiently.

o Assist R/CHMTs members to conduct medicine audit to increase accountability on health commodities and proper documentation.

3. Support implementation of IMPACT teams’ activities in the respective regions.

4. Oversee and ensure efficient management of regional project expenditure and other resources as per approved work-plan and budget.

5. Ensure timely collection and submission of Supply Chain data services data as well as support strengthening of the related M&E systems – in collaboration with the M&E team.

6. Lead efforts to robustly analyse and utilize supply chain data services data to inform regional plans, priorities and resource allocation.

7. Lead efforts to identify gaps in pharmaceutical and supply chain services provision, design and implement Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) initiatives to address the gaps identified.

8. Preparing quarterly and annual narrative reports to be submitted to key stakeholders.

9. Support and advise the line manager on all Pharmaceutical and supply chain issues and perform other relevant duties as assigned by the line manager.

Requirements: Education, Work experience and Skills: 

1. Degree in Pharmacy or its equivalent.

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2. Minimum 5 years’ work experience in public health program including 3 years’ experience in the relevant field at regional level.

3. Work experience in PEPFAR-funded HIV programs.

4. Experience in Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL), Data Analysis, Interpretation, Utilization, CQI and Operational research in the pharmaceutical and supply chain program.

5. Ability to work and deliver under pressure and tight deadlines with minimum supervision.

6. Excellent communication (both verbal and written) and presentation skills.

7. Fluency in both written and spoken English and Swahili Languages.

8. Strong computer skills (MS Excel, Word, and PowerPoint).

9. Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and strong problem-solving skills.

10. Ability to travel to implementation districts a minimum of 80% of time.

HOW TO APPLY: 

Interested candidates for any of the above position should submit an application letter, a detailed copy of their CV, names and contact information (email addresses and telephone numbers) of three work related referees.

The candidate MUST clearly indicate the Title of the position applied for (as it appears in the advertisement) on the heading of the email.

Applications should be submitted to the Human Resource Director through email [email protected] by 8 th December 2021.

MDH DO NOT have any agents and DO NOT charge any fees to the interested candidates. Kindly note that only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.

DEADLINE 08 DECEMBER 2021

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