Infectious Disease Institute

District Supply Chain Officer job Post

Location: Jobs in Uganda 2024 - 2025

Work Hours: Full-time, 08 hours per day

Salary: UGX

No. of vacancies: 01

Deadline: 25 February 2024

Hiring Organization: Infectious Disease Institute

Job Details:

General Summary
The District Logistics/Supply Chain Officer supports monitoring and provision of on-site logistics management support in the supported districts in line with MoH standards. He/she will ensure close monitoring of ART commodities and stock levels as well as ensuring adequate supply of quality drugs, responding to dynamic changes in demand, managing increased volumes of commodities and minimizing pilferage and misuse.

Key Responsibilities
• Support health facilities to compile and submit their expected periodic MoH reports.
• Support development and follow up of logistics and supply chain related activity plans in supported health facilities.
• Provide training and mentorship support to health workers in management of health logistics.
• Support CMEs and dissemination of information updates related to logistics management.
• Support activities that ensure proper storage of drugs at dispensing units.
• Work with district teams to offer supportive supervision to health facilities.
• Maintain tracking sheets on various supported health facilities and provide reports on the following areas:
• number of clients enrolled in care, on ART and initiated on ART in a month
• consumption reports from the various units
• Stock status levels of the various health units
• basic supply requirements of the pharmacy & store
• regularly reports on identified challenges in the health units
o Monthly report on availability of tools necessary to maintain data records.
• Maintain records on quantities of commodities ordered and those received from the MoH and other partners
• Participate in therapeutic drug committee meetings held in the health facilities.

Person Specification
• Communication skills and ability to speak local languages is an added advantage
• HIV Counseling and Interpersonal skills