5 No Experience Supply Chain Intern Non-profit Jobs – Management Sciences for Health (MSH)



Organization: Management
Sciences for Health (MSH)
Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda
Project Name: USAID Uganda
Health Supply Chain (UHSC)
Job ID: 13-9471
About Us:
Management Sciences for Health (MSH) is an international non-profit
health organization composed of nearly 2500 people from more than 74
nationalities working in over 50 countries. Our mission is to save lives and
improve the health of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people by closing
the gap between knowledge and action in public health. Together with our
partners, we are helping managers and leaders in developing countries to create
stronger management systems that improve health services for the greatest
health impact.
About USAID UHSC Project:
The Uganda Health Supply Chain (UHSC) seeks to contribute to the
Ministry of Health’s (MOH) medicines policy objective of improving the health
status of the Ugandan population by increasing the availability, accessibility,
affordability and appropriate use of essential medicines and health supplies
(EMHS), including reproductive, maternal, neonatal and child health (RMNCH)
commodities. UHSC supports the Quantification and Procurement Planning Unit
(QPPU) that is part of the Pharmacy Department of the MoH which aims to ensure
optimum use of GoU and donor financing for pharmaceutical products by providing
a single centralized system in the MOH for projecting and quantifying national
requirements for EHMS; and coordinating contributors’ supply planning and ensuring
appropriate products in adequate quantities are supplied on a timely basis.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
  
  • The incumbent will support the quantification,
    monitoring and supply planning
  • Provide support in updating of the
    national bimonthly stock status report
  • Support facility ordering
  • Actively participate in the implementation
    of web-based ordering and reporting system where applicable
  • Provide support in data collection,
    cleaning and analysis
  • Participate in data quality assessments
  • Keenly monitor and update facility stock
    status
  • Participate in putting together documents
    for shipments where applicable
  • Participate in tracking of medicines where
    applicable
  • Provide regular updates on medicines where
    required
  • Prepare and submit periodic reports as
    requested
  • Maintain records for teams
  • Support capacity building initiatives
  • Actively participate in periodic support
    supervision at health facility and community level where applicable
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:  
  • The ideal candidates for the Management
    Sciences for Health Supply Chain Intern job opportunities should hold professional
    degrees in Pharmacy
  • The applicant should have completed
    mandatory Pharmacy internship
  • Additional qualifications in supply chain
    management, logistics management, RMNCH, public health is an added
    advantage
  • Analytical skills with computerized
    packages
  • Strong organizational, administrative,
    communications and reporting skills.
  • Strong teamwork and team-building skills
  • Strong English skills required
  • Demonstrated computer skills, including
    knowledge of Windows, Microsoft Word, Excel and Power Point.
  • Willingness to be flexible and adapt to
    changing priorities and shifting deadlines.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates who wish to join the
Management Sciences for Health in the aforementioned capacity are encouraged to
Apply Online by clicking on the link below.
Deadline: 31st March,
2017
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