Achieving Health Nigeria Initiative (AHNi) is a leading non-profit organization that promotes socio-economic development by supporting global health and economic initiatives in Nigeria. It was established as an affiliate of the Family Health International (FHI) to sustain FHI’s achievements in strengthening indigenous organizational capacity in Nigeria, AHNi currently has its headquarters in Abuja and two zonal offices in Nigeria. It implements several USAID sponsored projects in seven states of Nigeria. To strengthen our operations in the country, we are seeking qualified candidates to fill the position below;
Position: Pharmacy Specialist
Location: FCT, Abuja
The Pharmacy Specialist will provide technical support to the implementation of high quality services with primary focus on Pharmacy-related monitoring and evaluation of program strategies and approaches related to program implementation
Key Responsibilities
- With the Senior Medical Services Advisor, coordinate the design and implementation of components related to monitoring and evaluation of pharmacy-related activities
- With the Senior Medical Services Advisor, provide technical support to all aspects of monitoring and evaluation and capacity building relating to pharmacy best practices to field programs
- Provide technical assistance in all aspects of monitoring and evaluation including logistics management information system (LM1S) and capacity building relating to pharmacy best practices to field programs
- Contribute to the development of lessons leant from programs and projects related to pharmacy practice and apply these lessons to modify existing programs and improve the design of new programs
- Assist in providing programmatic assistance to partners on issues of monitoring and evaluation of program activities related to Pharmacy practice Represent AHNi at meetings, workshops and seminars related to pharmacy issue
- Remain informed current developments in public health aspects of pharmacy practice and related development fields by reviewing current literature and staying alert to nay implication of such development to program implementation and operations research
- Perform other duties as assigned
Minimum Requirements
- B. Pharm. degree with at least 5-7 years experience in health systems strengthening programs Experience in program monitoring and evaluation
- Excellent communication and computer skills
- Experience in developing collaborative relationships and liaising with senior level government officials, community leaders, and donors
- Familiarity with the Nigerian public sector health system, NGOs and CBOs is highly desirable.
Method of application
Interested candidates should forward their suitability statement (application) and resume (CV) as a single MS Word document on or before 4th March, 2010 to:
MedicalServicesJobs@ahnigeria.org
Only applications sent electronically (i.e. by e-mail) with the job title and location clearly indicated as the subject of the mail will be considered, and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Please do NOT send more than one application. Failure to follow these instructions will lead to automatic disqualification,
DISCLAIMER: Achieving Health Nigeria Initiative (AHNi) does not test/interview candidates for a fee and all our tests/interview are conducted in the country office in Abuja or our zonal offices.
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