Senior Manager Laboratory Logistics At Chemonics

JOB DESCRIPTION/SCOPE OF WORK

Position Title: Senior Manager Laboratory Logistics

Location: Abuja, Nigeria

This scope of work (SOW) sets forth the services to be provided by the Senior Manager Laboratory Logistics to SAII Associates Ltd/Gte, an associate company of Chemonics International Inc. in the implementation of the USAID Global Health Supply Chain – Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) in Nigeria.

Background: The purpose of the USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program–Procurement and Supply Management single award IDIQ contract is to ensure uninterrupted supplies of health commodities to prevent suffering, save lives, and create a brighter future for families around the world. The IDIQ has four task orders that directly support the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI), and USAID’s family planning and reproductive health program. GHSC-PSM provides health commodity procurement services and systems strengthening technical assistance that address all elements of a comprehensive supply chain. All four task orders are implemented in Nigeria.

The objective of this billable employment is to serve as the Senior Manager Laboratory Logistics for the USAID Global Health Supply Chain (GHSC)-Procurement and Supply Management (PSM) Project. The Senior Manager Laboratory Logistics shall work under the direct supervision of the Director of Laboratory and Malaria Logistics Department to provide direct supervision of all the other staff working in the Laboratory component of the Department who in turn gives hands-on support to health facilities, States Federal Ministry of Health Agencies through their Logistics Management Coordination Units (LMCUs) and at the Central level. In collaboration with the Director and other Management staff of SAII Associates Ltd/Gte, Regional Managers, s/he supports the Health Facilities providing lab services, implementing partners, Global Fund-supported partners and other stakeholders in defined location on supply chain-related activities to enhance data visibility and information sharing.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities (Essential Functions):

• Serve as a technical resource for the implementation and administration of laboratory logistics policies, systems, goals, objectives and procedures.
• Provides technical support in the collection of laboratory logistics data using national HIV/AIDS and TB laboratory logistics tools that can inform resupplies, quantification, funding and procurement decisions.
• Contribute to providing the overall vision and annual workplans for the project to ensure that GHSC-PSM workplan activities related to laboratory logistics supports the national strategies.
• Provides technical support and supervise Managers, Senior Logistics Advisor, Logistics Advisors in the Laboratory Logistics Component of GHSC-PSM to ensure timely development of lab commodities distribution plan to health facilities, cold chain assessment of lab commodity, warehousing and distribution activities for laboratory commodities to support service delivery are efficiently and effectively carried out.
• In liaison with the Director, Lab and Malaria Logistics, provides technical support to the Government and partners on product specifications and selection to inform quantification and procurement of laboratory commodities.
• Provides technical assistance and make presentations to the stakeholders on Integrated Samples Transfer/Referral system to optimize the laboratory equipment harmonization and standardization.
• Provides technical assistant and mentor Logistics Advisor for the update of the standardized list of laboratory equipment for each level of the national health pyramid.
• Supports, coordinate and report the process of post-market validation of HIV rapid test kits and other laboratory products as appropriate, based on the guidance of the national programs and USG team.
• Support training/mentoring of health facility staff in the use and application of the LMIS tools for the collection of HIV and TB logistics data
• Provide technical support to ensure that expired or unusable chemicals and reagents are separated from active stock and treated following appropriate procedures.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Director of Laboratory and Malaria Logistics or his/her designate.

Minimum Skills and Qualification

• Bachelor’s degree in medical laboratory science. Additional qualification in public health, logistics management, or its equivalent will be an advantage.
• Registered with the professional regulatory government agency
• Minimum of 8years experience in Lab logistics of TB, HIV commodities
• Specific expertise in HIV/AIDS, TB or Malaria programs is strongly desired.
• Strong analytical, problem solving and excellent technical writing and oral presentation skills are highly desired.
• Knowledge of Polymerase Chain Reaction equipment for viral load and Early Infants’ Diagnosis, and GeneXpert machine is desirable
• Ability to use and mentor others on Microsoft office suite packages (Xcel, words, power point) is a requirement

Show keen interest in learning, turn on-job experiences into research articles for Publications or Conference papers and, mentor Logistics Advisors and Associates

Supervision

The Senior Manager Laboratory Logistics will be under the direct supervision of Director Laboratory and Malaria Logistics

Working Conditions/Duration of Assignment

This is a long-term position for the life of the contract based in Abuja, Nigeria.