Chemonics International is seeking to recruit Logistics Support Officer<\/p>\n
Job Description<\/strong><\/p>\n Title:<\/strong>\u00a0Logistics Support Officer, LMU\/SSDM<\/p>\n Project:<\/strong>\u00a0Global Health Supply Chain \u2013 Procurement and Supply Management (USAID GHSC-PSM) Ghana or the GF\/MOH Logistics Support Project<\/p>\n The USAID GHSC-PSM Project is the primary vehicle through which USAID provides supply chain technical assistance to the Ministry of Health and Ghana Health Service to 1) procure and provide health commodities, 2) improve Ghana\u2019s management of the supply chain, and 3) collaborate with key stakeholders to support global health initiatives. In collaboration with the Global Fund, Chemonics International is managing the GF\/MOH Logistics Support Project.<\/p>\n The Logistics Support Officer for the Logistics Management Unit, who will be stationed at the SSDM will primarily be responsible to provide technical assistance to SSDM on general supply chain interventions. Among these are supporting PSM coordination efforts at the central and regional levels, analyzing logistics data and reports from the Ghana Integrated Logistics Management Information System (GhiLMIS) and providing key suggestions\/recommendation for overall supply chain system improvement within the Ghana Health Service. The incumbent will work closely with national quantification team and other stakeholders to conduct, document and regularly update product quantifications. He\/she will provide technical assistance to the team and ensures capacity of the national quantification team is built. He\/she will monitor and regularly report national stock status of health commodities.<\/p>\n Principal Duties and Responsibilities (Essential Functions)<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Provide technical assistance to support the functioning and sustainability of the Logistics Management Unit (LMU) of the Ghana Health Service. Qualification Required & Experience<\/strong><\/p>\n To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty and responsibility satisfactorily. The qualifications listed below are representative of the required knowledge, skills, and\/or abilities needed to perform the principal duties.<\/em><\/p>\n \u2022 Bachelor\u2019s degree in health systems, public policy, supply chain, or a related field required; advanced degree preferred. Level of Effort and Location<\/strong><\/p>\n This is a long-term position and will be based in Accra, with intermittent travel throughout the country.<\/p>\n Location:<\/strong>\u00a0Accra<\/p>\n How To Apply For The Job<\/strong><\/p>\n To submit your application, click on the link below and complete all relevant fields on the online application form.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Chemonics International is seeking to recruit Logistics Support Officer Job Description Title:\u00a0Logistics Support Officer, LMU\/SSDM Project:\u00a0Global Health Supply Chain \u2013 Procurement and Supply Management (USAID GHSC-PSM) Ghana or the GF\/MOH…..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6721,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[87],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2nO32-g2X","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61687"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6721"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61687\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u2022 Liaise with Regional Health Directorates (RHDs) and Teaching Hospitals (THs) on Order Preparation and Scheduled Delivery to Regional Medical Stores (RMSs) and THs.
\n\u2022 Monitor the timeliness and accuracy of submission of orders through GhiLMIS and provide feedback to Regional Medical Stores (RMS) and Teaching Hospitals (TH) for improvement.
\n\u2022 Work with TCMS managers to plan and execute cycle count for all commodities based on established schedule and provide support for adjustments (if any) to ensure accurate data in GhiLMIS.
\n\u2022 Collaborate closely with the TCMS, IHS and other central level warehouse managers and programme logistics focal persons to review RMS\/TH orders and allocate commodities in a timely manner.
\n\u2022 Monitor and ensure improvement of the quality of data at the TCMS by comparing manually generated reports with GhiLMIS reports and providing feedback with remedial actions to address challenges to relevant stakeholders
\n\u2022 Ensure needed reports including inventory and stock status reports are generated from GhiLMIS to support supply chain management decisions at all levels.
\n\u2022 Support the organization of periodic PSM meetings involving programme logistics managers ((NACP, NMCP, NTP, FHD, EPI, etc.) to review stock status reports from the regions and take appropriate decisions to address bottlenecks.
\n\u2022 Prepare and disseminate comprehensive stock status reports
\n\u2022 Provide technical assistance to the Regional Supply Chain Coordinating Committees\/Regional Supply Chain Technical Working Group (TWG) in the performance of their functions.
\n\u2022 Coordinate and participate in national quantification exercises as per the national quantification guidelines and collaborate with key stakeholders to provide required data for the quantification of public health commodities.
\n\u2022 Prepare, monitor and update procurement pipeline on quarterly basis using appropriate tools.
\n\u2022 Conduct regular field monitoring and logistics support visits to facilities (in coordination with GHSC-PSM and GFLSP officers whenever feasible) to appraise the management of health commodities.
\n\u2022 Perform any other function(s) in the area of health supply chain systems strengthening as may be determined by Director, SSDM and\/or assigned representative.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 A minimum of 5 years professional knowledge and\/or technical experience in any of the following: supply chain management, warehousing and network optimization, distribution planning and route optimization, outsourcing, transportation and logistics management information systems
\n\u2022 Understands Ghana\u2019s Public Health Value Chain
\n\u2022 Excellent data analysis skills including an advance use of MS Excel, reporting and presentation skills.
\n\u2022 Excellent interpersonal and communications skills, with demonstrated diplomacy and the ability to communicate effectively in a cross-cultural environment and to lead meetings.
\n\u2022 Experience in the use of relevant quantification and supply planning tools (e.g. PipeLine, Quantimed, etc.) for health commodities.
\n\u2022 Experience in capacity building in quantification processes, tools and methodology.
\n\u2022 Experience in the development, management, monitoring and reporting of supply status, plans and budgets.
\n\u2022 Experience working on a USAID or donor-funded project preferred.
\n\u2022 Experience building effective relationships with cooperating partners and stakeholders, especially government counterparts at national and regional levels.
\n\u2022 Demonstrated leadership, versatility, and integrity.
\n\u2022 Fluency in English required<\/p>\n