Program Management Assistant- Health Supply Chain

Overview

Company profile: SoCha (a portmanteau of Social and Change) is an independent Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (ME&L) firm that provides bespoke solutions to social challenges. Since our inception in 2010, we have grown into a fully-fledged ME&L services firm that specializes in advancing innovative methodologies and changing the way donors find solutions to social problems.

Context: SoCha LLC is implementing a two-year (optional third year) Mission Support for Journey to Self-Reliance (J2SR) Pivot (MSP) Activity on behalf of USAID Kenya and East Africa (USAID/KEA). The purpose of the Activity is to support USAID/KEA staff and stakeholders in achieving development outcomes through the use of evidence, performance management techniques, and collaborating, learning and adapting (CLA) practices that enable J2SR.

USAID and the Council of Governors (CoG) will jointly create a team of four experts (in the areas of Intergovernmental Relations, Public Health, Health Financing and Health Supply Chain) and three program management assistants to augment the Health Committee’s Secretariat.

This support advances USAID/KEA’s support to county governments to have:

• Improved coordination, collaboration, and cooperation within the intergovernmental forum on health as well as the National and County Government Coordinating Summit.
• Improved capacity of the CoG Health Committee to engage effectively in policy analysis, research, and communication.
• Improved fiscal, policy and legal analysis on matters related to the health sector to enhance service delivery.
• Coordination and engagement with development partners and other stakeholders towards sustainable delivery of Universal Health Care (UHC).

Responsibilities

Scope of Work: The Program Management Assistant- Health Supply Chain will support the Health Committee of the Council of Governors. The consultant will report to the HEALTH SUPPLY CHAIN EXPERT.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Lead the collection and presentation of data related to health supply chain e.g. demand and supply planning, management of medical equipment, medicines, vaccines, and other strategic health products and technologies.
• Assist in the development of best practices manual for healthcare supply chain.
• Support the Health Supply Chain Expert in putting together guidelines on collaboration and exchange of information with Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA), Pharmacy and Poisons Board, MOH/DHPT and other relevant national authorities to improve regulatory and technical oversight.
• Collect and collate data for use in the development and strengthening of logistics management information systems in Counties, taking into consideration existing tools/systems and current strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and gaps.
• Create a database of potential vendors as pre-qualified suppliers for recommendation to Counties.
• Support in developing a best practices manual on healthcare supply chain management.
• Perform other duties as assigned

Education

• Undergraduate degree

Additional education

• Minimum of an undergraduate degree in supply chain management, business administration, economics or a related field

Experience

Additional experience

• Three to five years of relevant experience in a fast-paced, demanding environment.
• Experience in writing high quality reports.
• Strong communication skills, and an excellent team player.
• A Kenyan citizen

Skills

• Professional

Additional skills

Skills and Abilities:

• Understanding of KEMSA’s supply chain system and the regulatory role of Public Procurement Oversight Authority (PPOA).
• Technical understanding of public health supply chain management including emerging trends in health supply chain management; logistics management- flow of products and information; and financial flows.
• An understanding of financial statements and the Government Financial cycle.
• An understanding of how funds flow in the health sector and within the County – across the Sub-counties and Community level.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and strong analytical skills, including the ability to prepare and deliver compelling presentations and work on analyses at varying levels of granularity
• Ability to effectively work virtually, and conversant with virtual meetings apps eg zoom, google meets etc
• Ability to absorb and synthesize a broad range of information

Terms and conditions

To lodge an application for this position, please lodge CV via the following link:https://jobs.socha.net/program-management-assistant-health-supply-chain/

Applications close on August 31, 2020