Jobs at Catholic Relief Services

Catholic Relief Services is the official agency of the United States Catholic Conference of Bishops for relief and development assistance overseas.


Job Title: HEALTH SUPPLY CHAIN SPECIALIST- AIDS RELIEF PROJECT 
Location: Abuja, Nigeria
Primary Function:
• Assist in the coordination of supply chain management and procurement of supplies and pharmaceuticals for the AIDSRelief program.
• Participate in the training of LPTFs on forecasting drug needs, procurement, tracking inventory, storage, dispensing, good pharmacy practice. 
• With support from the Senior Health Supply Chain Specialist, provide guidance to ensure that LPTP procurement of drugs and overall pharmaceutical management procedures follow respective Ministry of Health guidelines, and are compliant with all regulatory requirements.
• Collect, synthesize and transmit data related to ARVs and other drugs utilization at assigned LPTFs as an input into forecasting future needs to the Senior Health Supply Chain Specialist
• In conjunction with the Senior Health Supply Chain Specialist, develop, strengthen and integrate ARVs procurement and supply system with LPTF overall pharmaceutical management systems.
Qualifications
• B. Pharm degree from a recognized university and valid/current practicing license.
• Minimum of 3 years experience in providing technical and managerial services in drug inventory management.
• Must be experienced in hospital pharmacy operations and hospital inventory management operations 
• Have excellent facilitation skills with emphasis on adult learning techniques
• Familiar with local logistical operations in the country such as distribution, inventory management and warehousing operations 
• Has demonstrable ability to provide training in rational use of medicines, inventory management and issues relating to drug supply management
• Possesses excellent organizational, verbal and written communication skills
• Have detail oriented work style and is able to work in a high paced environment
• Be willing to travel extensively


Method of Application
Interested applicants should request for application forms from recruitments@ng.caro.crs.org fill the forms and send back to the same address along with a detailed CV as attached MS Word documents. 
Only complete applications will be accepted.


Closing Date: 22nd January, 2010 (12 pm).