Vacancy Ref No: HAI/Prog/05/19
Background
HelpAge International (www.helpage.org) is the secretariat to the HelpAge Global Network, which brings together a wide range of organisations and individuals working together to ensure that older people lead dignified, active, healthy and secure lives. HelpAge International’s secretariat is based in London, UK but works in 41 countries across the world.
HelpAge has been operating in Ethiopia since 1992 and has been engaged on thematic sectors including social protection, health and wellbeing, emergency response and capacity building of partners. HelpAge International is responding to the needs of south Sudanese refugees’ influx with special focus on specific needs of older people and PWDs in Gambella region. The integrated refugee response intervention includes Health, Nutrition, Livelihoods, protection of older people and person with disabilities and capacity building of humanitarian actors to ensure inclusion of older people and their specific needs in the overall refugee response and essential service delivery interventions. The specific projects are implemented with full engagement of older people and other persons with specific needs in refugee camps and in close consultation and coordination with ARRA, UNHCR and other humanitarian actors currently involved in various sectors of refugee responses.
Overall Purpose of the Job
The general objective of the Pharmacy/ Pharmaceutical Logistics Officer is to develop and implement the overall supply chain system of pharmaceuticals supplied by HelpAge and make sure the system is in line with the Ministry of Health an EFDA Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for supply chain management.
The Pharmacy/ Pharmaceutical Logistics Officer will
1) Facilitate development of a pharmaceutical management operations system and
2) Build capacity to select, procure, distribute and rationally use medicines
The Pharmacy/ Pharmaceutical Logistics Officer is responsible for a broad range of planning, coordination, capacity building, implementation and monitoring, of tasks related to pharmaceutical and medical supplies /commodities management in HelpAge’s project scope .
The Pharmacy/ Pharmaceutical Logistics Officer will focus on pharmaceutical and supplies commodity system and policy issues within the context of the HA Office portfolio. Specifically, the officer will provide support through technical assistance in procurement, rational drug use, pharmaceutical waste management, drug quality and other related initiatives to the FMOH and Ethiopian Pharmaceutical Supply Agency (EPSA) . In addition, the incumbent will assist the Health program managers and Emergency managers to further integrate and align medical supply chain program activities in pharmaceutical and commodity management with other bilateral and multi-lateral donors, including UNICEF, UNFPA, WHO, EU, UK aid and the World Bank.
Specific Duties and responsibilities
Contract Length: Part-Time ( for a total of 3-4 months per year)
Person Specifications