Summary
Date Posted: 1st March 2019 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed , Employment Type: Full_Time , Currency: KES , Value: 121000 , Minimum: 85000 , Maximum: 364000 , Period: MONTH

JOB DETAILS:
Job Title: Laboratory, Waste Management & Supply Chain Technical Advisors
Organization: Axios Foundation Medical Access Uganda Ltd Duty Station: Global Reports to: Director of Programs
About Us:
The Axios Foundation is a US based non-profit organization dedicated to improving health systems and building local capacity to strengthen communities and increase access to healthcare in developing countries. Medical Access is a not-for-profit organization based in Kampala, Uganda specialized in the provision of health technical assistance, supply chain management services for management of health commodities in Africa.
Job Summary:
Axios Foundation in collaboration with Medical Access are seeking Potential Consultants in areas of Laboratory, Medical Waste Management and Health Supply Chain Management. The consultants shall provide strategic and technical support seeking to strengthen laboratory services in several developing countries globally.

  Waste Management Experience:
• Developing policies, strategies and plans on waste management
• Analysis of strategies, polices and plans on waste management
• Development of reference guidelines on how to address health products waste management
• Develop waste management risk profile and the requirements for safe disposal
• Conduct trainings on waste management at the different levels of the health system
Health Supply Chain Management Experience:
• Develop health commodity national supply chain strategies, plans and
• policies
• Strengthen national health commodity forecasting systems and develop
• national quantification & procurement
• Provide technical support to national procurement systems
• Assess warehouse management systems and provide technical support on infrastructural enhancement and optimization of use
• Strengthen health commodity distribution systems through distribution network analysis, and optimization
• Develop an effective logistics and information management system to support the coordinated response to public laboratory events of national concern.
• Provide technical support to strengthen quality assurance systems.
• Develop logistics information management policies and protocols including clearance information sharing requirements in accordance with existing country policies

  Laboratory Experience:
• Development and updating of national strategic plans for the implementation of WHO guidelines for laboratory testing, treatment and care.
• Laboratory capacity assessment, development, monitoring and evaluation, and quality improvement in the integrated laboratory network.
• Mapping and utilization of epidemiological and health systems data to optimize laboratory service delivery Designing of appropriate laboratory information systems and linkage to DHIS2
• Review and designing of integrated specimen transport networks
• Projection modelling using epidemiological analysis and systems capacity data.
• Improve quality of Viral Load testing and TB testing through stepwise improvements to achieve accreditation to international standards.
• Improve Supply Chain Management for lab and essential health commodities
• Optimizing laboratory equipment placements including utilization especially GeneXpert and/or EIDNL and drug susceptibility testing for TB using molecular methods

  Qualifications and Key Competencies:
• Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy, Procurement, Supply Chain Management,
• Health Sciences or any other health related field.
• Master's degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management,
• Logistics and Inventory Management, Operations and Public Health or any other related field.
• Language fluency in English, French is required.
• Ability to work in Spanish, and Portuguese is an asset.
• At least 10 years' experience in the provision of support in the 3 areas

Qualifications and Key Competencies:
• Master's degree or higher in Laboratory Services, Public Health, HIV/AIDS, supply chain management or other relevant field
• Language fluency in English and French is required.
• Ability to work in Spanish, and Portuguese is an asset.
• At least 10 years' experience in low resource settings, in Africa in particular
• Demonstrated experience in low resource settings, in Africa in particular.

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Job application procedure
Interested candidate for the above position should submit their detailed Curriculum Vitae to axiosrecruit.ng@axiosfoundation.org  , not later than 23rd March 2019. Axios Foundation is an equal opportunity employer, committed to diversity within the work place. Axios does not in any way encourage or facilitate any form of canvassing for jobs, solicit for money or gifts from anyone that is applying for a job. Should anyone contact you for any money, facilitation or gift to procure a vacancy, they MUST be immediately reported to the relevant authorities