Jobs in Nigeria

We are a leading international nongovernmental organization working in the area of HIV and AIDS care and treatment. We require the services of resourceful, experienced and dynamic candidates to fill the position below:

Position: REGIONAL PHARMACY/LOGISTICS AND MONITORING OFFICER

Responsibilities:

• Provision of technical support for pharmacy personnel and other clinical staff on drug related matters.
• Promoting rational use of ARVs and related medicines at supported sites
• Provision of technical support to ensure good pharmacy practice at supported sites.
• Mentoring and building capacity of site pharmacy staff on logistics management of ARVs and related commodities to ensure commodity security
• Tracking, monitoring and inventory analysis of all items provided to the respective regional stores.
• Be able to use pharmaceutical tracking tools to input data into stand-alone and web based data bases/systems for the purpose of monitoring drug use and needs across supported sites.
• Be familiar with and able to use Logistics management information systems (LMIS) tools for the tracking of pharmaceutical products.
• Provide monthly reports on stock utilization to the central office.

Minimum requirements:

• Candidate must possess a minimum of Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy
• Prior hands on experience in the provision of pharmaceutical care services to PLWHA within a hospital setting
• Prior experience in HIV/AIDS commodity logistics management
• At least 2 years experience in programming in developing countries,
• Experience in Pharmacy Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
• Proficiency in MS Access, MS Excel, MS Word, MS Power Point and other Office packages.
• Proficiency in the use of email and internet
• Excellent interpersonal communication and organizational skills

Other Requirements

• This position requires candidates that are proficient in the use of Microsoft office Suite and Internet/Emails.
• Significant amounts of travel required for this position

Method of Application:

Interested candidates should apply by email with CV and a suitability statement as Microsoft word attachment to projectrecruitment09@yahoo.com on or before 12^th November, 2009

The subject of the email should be the POSITION title applied for and the applicant’s full name e.g. Office Manager -Abdul Okoro. Applications that do not meet the above specification will be rejected

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.