Covid-19 Commodities Logistics Officer
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Job Description
Covid-19 Commodities Logistics Officer: Cordaid
Deadline: 24 July 2020
About
The Government of Zimbabwe has received funding for the Zimbabwe Health Sector Development Support Project from the Global Financing Facility through the World Bank administered Health Sector Development Support Project Additional Financing V. The objective of the project is to improve coverage and quality of an integrated package of Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health Plus Nutrition (RMNCAH-N) services, as well as strengthen COVID-19 response and institutional capacity to manage performance-based contracts consistent with the Recipients’ ongoing health initiatives. CORDAID is the Project Implementing Entity.
The project will expand the Result Based Financing (RBF) package of services to cover prioritized RMNCAH-N and other related services to respond to Zimbabwe’s burden of disease while also reconfiguring the RBF approach to appropriately respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to continuing to support institutionalization of the Rural RBF programme, the project will support central hospitals and provincial hospitals through quality focused RBF, pilot extended supply side of community RBF through community based health workers, scale up the pilot urban RBF to additional the remaining facilities in the two urban cities i.e. Harare and Bulawayo and provide TA in assessing introduce feasibility of introducing health equity card given fiscal context and available resources. The project will also support the Government’s COVID-19 emergency response and further strengthen institutional capacity through implementation of selected health financing reforms.
Position Summary
The purpose of the Covid-19 Commodities Logistics Officer is the smooth delivery and management of health commodities for Covid-19 in support of the GFF/WB Funded Covid-19 Response under Additional Financing V. Cordaid shall support the MOHCC in the procurement and distribution of Covid-19 commodities and provide related systems-strengthening technical assistance encompassing all elements of a comprehensive supply chain. To successfully achieve its objectives, the Additional Financing V’sCovid-19 Response component requires the support of this position as part of the implementing team.
Duties and Responsibilities
Job description
Receive COVID-19 commodities and update inventory records; Participate in the review of a comprehensive Covid-19 medicines & medical supplies logistics management system and the information system component; Use data from the appropriate information system to monitor stock status of all Covid-19 Commodities to inform requirements forecasting; Use data from the appropriate information system to evaluate the functioning of the logistics management system; Receive logistics reports and commodity orders from facilities, review them and generate resupply quantities to be packed and delivered to facilities by the contracted distribution Agency (DA); Monitor the timeliness and completeness of deliveries of commodities to facilities and provide regular feedback to management; Identify gaps and conduct logistics management training and other related training and workshops; Participate in provincial and central level PSM coordination Meetings; Any other duties as assigned
Qualifications and Experience
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in pharmacy, logistics, public administration, or related field; Four years progressively responsible experience in logistics management; Very good reporting and writing skills in English; Ability to conduct effective public presentations; Demonstrated skills in representation, liaison and collaboration with government, private and non-governmental organizations; Willingness to spend extended periods of time traveling in rural areas; Demonstrated skills in word processing and use of spreadsheets; Knowledge of the Zimbabwe public health sector; Clean Class 4 driver’s License
How to Apply
To apply
Qualified and experienced persons are encouraged to urgently apply and attach detailed CVs to: HR.Zimbabwe@cordaid.org and copy Noah.Kanjanda@cordaid.org
