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<div style="text-align:justify">Chemonics International Inc., a leading international consulting firm based in Washington, D.C., seeks experienced chief of party, deputy chief of party, grants manager, office manager, communications specialist, accountant, and component leader candidates for the anticipated 5-year, USAID-funded Strengthening Institutions for Peace and Development II (SIPED II) in Ethiopia project. This project will increase the resiliency of communities to deal with conflict. The purpose of the Program is to establish and strengthen partnerships between government officials and local communities to better understand and address the issues that may lead to violent conflict and to ensure that all development and adaptation interventions are conflict sensitive. Elevating the voice and positive contribution of women and youth will be at the core of all aspects of SIPED II. The program will focus at the national level with the Ministry of Federal Affairs and the regional state government of Southern Nations, Nationalities and People&rsquo;s Region (SNNPR) and local levels in Hawassa, South Omo Zone, Konso, Derashe and possibly Arba Minch Zuria; Oromia and its regional state borders, Somali and Gambella regional states and their borders.</div>

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The purpose of the USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program-Procurement and Supply Management&nbsp;(GHSC-PSM)&nbsp;is&nbsp;to&nbsp;ensure&nbsp;uninterrupted&nbsp;supply&nbsp;of&nbsp;health&nbsp;commodities&nbsp;in&nbsp;support&nbsp;of United States Government (USG)-funded public health initiatives around the world. The project provides&nbsp;direct&nbsp;procurement&nbsp;and&nbsp;supply&nbsp;chain&nbsp;management&nbsp;support&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;President’s&nbsp;Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) and Population and Reproductive Health. In supporting USG- funded global health activities, GHSC-PSM will develop and manage a wide array of services for health commodity procurement and related systems strengthening technical assistance encompassing different elements of a comprehensive supply chain.The GHSC-PSM is currently seeking a qualified Consultant Senior Procurement Advisor (SPA) for&nbsp;the&nbsp;Ethiopia&nbsp;Pharmaceuticals&nbsp;Supply&nbsp;Services&nbsp;(EPSS)&nbsp;procurement&nbsp;technical&nbsp;assistance&nbsp;as&nbsp;well as GHSC-PSM managed procurements. The senior advisor will work under the technical supervision of Contract Management Director of EPSS.PurposeThe Consultant Senior Pharmaceuticals Procurement Advisor will work under the technical supervision of the Deputy Director for Inbound Logistics of EPSS to ensure country ownership and sustainability of procurement related best practices being supported by the GHSC-PSM for the last several years. He/she will also support GHSC-PSM lead procurement operations. In addition, the senior advisor will provide both operational and strategic support to GHSC-PSM at central EPSS level.Specific&nbsp;Responsibilities<ul><li>Provide&nbsp;strategic&nbsp;and&nbsp;operational&nbsp;support&nbsp;to&nbsp;EPSS&nbsp;in&nbsp;procurement&nbsp;and&nbsp;related&nbsp;work plan development<ul><li>Support&nbsp;EPSS&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;implementation&nbsp;of&nbsp;strategic&nbsp;and&nbsp;operational&nbsp;procurement&nbsp;plans in line with EPSS policies and procedures.</li><li>Provide&nbsp;technical&nbsp;assistance&nbsp;and&nbsp;advice&nbsp;on&nbsp;the&nbsp;overall&nbsp;post-qualification&nbsp;process&nbsp;that may include developing criteria for supplier performance evaluation, evaluate suppliers based on the pre-set criteria.</li><li>Develop&nbsp;and&nbsp;maintain&nbsp;a&nbsp;database&nbsp;of&nbsp;suppliers&nbsp;to&nbsp;improve&nbsp;the&nbsp;existing&nbsp;Contract Management process.</li><li>Follow-up&nbsp;the&nbsp;performance&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;suppliers&nbsp;and&nbsp;provide&nbsp;improvement&nbsp;plans&nbsp;to&nbsp;ensure quality of work that fulfills EPSS expectation. &nbsp;</li></ul></li><li>Support&nbsp;EPSS&nbsp;to&nbsp;enter&nbsp;into&nbsp;long&nbsp;term&nbsp;framework&nbsp;agreements&nbsp;with&nbsp;suppliers&nbsp;for selected health commodities.<ul><li>Develop&nbsp;frameworks&nbsp;for&nbsp;data&nbsp;collection,&nbsp;analysis&nbsp;and&nbsp;information&nbsp;production&nbsp;to enable trend analysis and gap identification.</li><li>Design&nbsp;efficient&nbsp;contract&nbsp;management&nbsp;tracking&nbsp;system&nbsp;that&nbsp;shows&nbsp;shipment&nbsp;status and provide regular reports to effectively monitor the performance of local and international Contract Managements.</li><li>Support strengthening multi-disciplinary supply chain coordination TWGs for HIV, RH/FP,&nbsp;TB,&nbsp;Malaria&nbsp;and&nbsp;other&nbsp;health&nbsp;commodities&nbsp;to&nbsp;ensure&nbsp;contract&nbsp;management&nbsp;are coordinated with other functions for continuous available of required products</li><li>Follow up procurement pipeline for all program commodities, update the monthly stock&nbsp;analysis&nbsp;tracker&nbsp;pipeline&nbsp;information&nbsp;for&nbsp;EPSS&nbsp;orders&nbsp;and&nbsp;prepare&nbsp;pipeline&nbsp;data for the quarterly supply plan update exercise.</li><li>Maintain&nbsp;a&nbsp;good&nbsp;knowledge&nbsp;and&nbsp;understanding&nbsp;of&nbsp;all&nbsp;office&nbsp;rules&nbsp;and&nbsp;procedures&nbsp;as set forth in the project and EPSS policy manual.</li><li>Develop&nbsp;coaching,&nbsp;mentoring&nbsp;and&nbsp;skill&nbsp;transfer&nbsp;programs&nbsp;to&nbsp;build&nbsp;EPSS&nbsp;procurement management teams.</li><li>Provide&nbsp;strategic&nbsp;support&nbsp;on&nbsp;procurement&nbsp;decisions&nbsp;as&nbsp;well&nbsp;as&nbsp;proper&nbsp;transition&nbsp;of pipeline procurements to the DCP team and custom clearance manager and the Country Director.</li><li>Provide support to the GHSC-PSM Commodity Procurement and FASP team in activities&nbsp;related&nbsp;to&nbsp;procurement,&nbsp;shipment&nbsp;and&nbsp;delivery&nbsp;of&nbsp;commodities&nbsp;to&nbsp;EPSS.</li><li>Exhibit&nbsp;Chemonics&nbsp;values&nbsp;and&nbsp;build&nbsp;culture&nbsp;of&nbsp;“Living&nbsp;our&nbsp;Values"&nbsp;within&nbsp;the&nbsp;team, understand and adhere to established policies and procedures and promote them throughout GHSC-PSM staff.</li><li>Carry&nbsp;out&nbsp;additional&nbsp;responsibilities&nbsp;and&nbsp;other&nbsp;duties&nbsp;assigned&nbsp;from&nbsp;time&nbsp;to&nbsp;time&nbsp;by GHSC-PSM Director of Commodity Procurement and FASP or his/her designee.</li></ul></li></ul>Level&nbsp;of&nbsp;Effort&nbsp;(LOE)&nbsp;and&nbsp;Location<ul><li>This Consultant position will spend 85% of his/her LOE to EPSS based in EPSS Head Office, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and the remaining 15% LOE will be spent at GHSC-PSM Addis Ababa Field Office</li></ul>Supervision<ul><li>The Consultant Senior Pharmaceuticals Procurement Advisor will report directly to the&nbsp;Director of Commodity Procurement and FASP.</li></ul>

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