Laboratory and Supply Chain Management Officer at Amref Health Africa

Laboratory and Supply Chain Management Officer at Amref Health Africa August 2024

JOB ANNOUNCEMENT
BACKGROUND:
Amref Health Africa in Tanzania
is a non-profit public health organization supporting the Government of
Tanzania to address public health issues including maternal and child
health, HIV, TB, Malaria, and Nutrition in Tanzania 1987. Amref Health
Africa in Tanzania is funded by The U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for
AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) through CDC Tanzania, to execute a robust HIV care
and treatment clinical cascade project aiming to accelerate the
achievement of the current 95-95-95 goals and the HIV epidemic control
in Tanzania.

Branded as Afya Thabiti, the project is implemented
in the regions of Mara and Simiyu, as well as the islands of Zanzibar
from October 2023 covering facility and community-based HIV prevention
(including VMMC), care, and treatment services.
Afya Thabiti works in
collaboration and with guidance from the Tanzania Ministry of Health,
Community Development, Gender, Elderly, and Children, Zanzibar Ministry
of Health, and President’s Office Regions Authority and Local Government
(PORALG). That said, Amref Health Africa -Tanzania is announcing the
following vacancies to be filled soon:

Position: Laboratory and Supply Chain Management Officer (1)
Work Station: Zanzibar
Reports to: Zanzibar Program Manager
Job Summary
The
Laboratory and Supply Chain Management Officer’s key role is to
strengthen Laboratory Quality Services and support Supply Chain
Management at all supported sites sin in Zanzibar. S/he will provide
technical support on the implementation of laboratory services, improve
the quality of HIV diagnosis and Viral Load Monitoring to attain the
current 95-95-95 of the HIV clinical cascade, and ensure the Supply
Chain and Logistic support of all HIV/TB related commodity and medicine
availability and distribution across the supported program sites is met
to evade potential interruption of services due to shortage.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

• Supporting
  the MOHZ and facilities through an evidence-based CQI approach to
  implement a comprehensive laboratory and supply chain quality management
  system.
• Strengthen External Quality Assurance (EQA)/PT programs for EID, HVL, HRT, TB and OI tests
• Support
  laboratory quality management systems for CQI in VL, laboratory sample
  transportation/results transmission, and other HIV-related testing
• Ensure
  initial TB, HIV Viral Load, and DBS samples are processed and stored to
  the required temperatures before transportation to the referral testing
  laboratory.
• Support implementation of the laboratory quality management systems and SLMTA
• Collaborate with the MOHZ to increase coverage of lab participation into SLMTA and ensure graduation with at least 2 stars.
• Expand the use of laboratory information systems to all supported laboratories
• Ensure
  proper documentation of TB, HIV Viral Load, and DBS samples into Lab
  registers, process and provide data that can be used to monitor quality
  as well as the efficiency and effectiveness of the sample Referral
  System (Recording samples rejected vs. recollected for VL, DBS, and TB)
• Responsible
  for ensuring completeness and validity of client information and data
  entry in the electronic sample referral and results feedback system.
  (Tracking of rejected samples into the system)
• Prepare and submit regular reports of sample referrals to relevant authorities (CHMT, IP) every month.
• Support implementation of supply chain and logistics management to ensure reliable commodity availability at all times
• Ensures
  project-supported sites meet national standards for HIV/AIDS ARV and
  the related commodity supplies chain management by reinforcing the
  national guidelines on pharmacy supplies
• Ensures validated drug
  management tools (paper tool and electronic) are available and properly
  used at all project-supported pharmacies
• Ensures uninterrupted
  supply of HIV-related commodities at all Project-supported sites by
  bimonthly and annual forecasting and budgeting of needs in HIV-related
  commodities including lab commodities for each single site/district.
• Keep
  track of drug flow between stores and Project supported sites and
  continuously update and educate site staff on developments and issues
  related to new drug formulations, national and zonal ARV and OI drugs
  stock update
• Ensure the presence of relevant supply chain management SOPs and Job Aids at sites and support their usage
• Collaborates
  with the DHMTs to identify training needs for provider and peer groups,
  and organize basic and refresher training using currently recommended
  national curriculums
• Carry out any other responsibilities as assigned by the supervisor.

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Qualifications, Experience & Skills Required

• Minimum Education: A Bachelor’s Degree in Medical Laboratory Science, with experience in Supply Chain Management.
• At least 3 years of “hands-on laboratory and supply chain management experience” in facility or community-based HIV programs
• Experience in operating laboratory equipment
• Experience in operating pharmacy modules and other supply chain management tools
• Working knowledge of MS Office (especially Excel) and database systems
• Ability to work autonomously and under pressure
• Valid laboratory technician license

HOW TO APPLY: –
If
you meet the criteria given above and are interested in the vacancies,
please send an application letter and CV combined as one document
indicating your present employer and position, daytime telephone
contact, and names and addresses of three referees. To be considered,
your application must be received by 16.30 HOURS on August 17, 2024.
The subject line of your job application email should mention the job
position that you are applying for as it appears in this advertisement.
Failure to do that your application may not easily be retrieved. All
correspondences and applications should be emailed to: jobs.tanzania@amref.org

Amref Health Africa is an equal opportunity employer and has a non-smoking environment policy
“Amref
Health Africa is committed to the principles of safeguarding in the
workplace and will not tolerate any form of abuse, wherever it occurs or
whoever is responsible”
Any Applicant attempting or communicating
to the Amref Health Africa Management or Staff through phone calls, SMS,
text emails and other means will automatically be disqualified from
this opportunity. All communications should be channeled to the provided
official correspondence email above.