a non-profit organization which empowers health workers to
realize positive health outcomes for individuals, families, and communities
around the world. We ensure health workers are present where they are needed
most; ready with skills and systems to deliver high-quality care; connected to
information networks that support high performance; and safe to deliver
services in environments that promote dignity and equality. A nonprofit
organization, we partner with governments, the private sector, and civil
society to foster sustainable local solutions to health workforce and health care
challenges. Over the past 34 years, we have assisted 100 countries to
strengthen their health workforces and the systems that support them—at all
levels and across the continuum of care.

• Offer
  technical leadership and expertise to the project to address bottlenecks
  and related supply chain difficulties.
• In
  charge of building the local capacity to track inventories of essential
  items and complete re-supply requests in a timely and accurate manner.
• Actively
  collaborate with private and public sector commodity suppliers as well as
  USAID-funded mechanism on supply chain issues.
• Build
  local capacity for quantifications and forecasting of medicines, supplies,
  and other health commodities.
• Strengthen
  timely ordering, distribution, stock management and rational use of
  commodities at service delivery points per MOH guidelines.
• Offer technical
  guidance to improve record keeping, timely reporting and accountability
  for medicines, supplies and other health commodities for HIV and MNCH.
• Strengthen
  district capacity to routinely monitor and supervise medicine and
  commodity management at district and facility level.
• Actively
  coordinate with other project team members to carry out the above
  functions.

• The
  ideal candidate should hold a Master’s degree in public health or a
  related field.
• At least
  five years of mid-level or senior experience in technical expertise and
  theoretical and practical knowledge in the following areas: health
  commodities logistics and management, supply chain systems, health systems.
• A
  minimum of  three years’ experience successfully working with the
  Ministry of Health and other key stakeholders in Uganda, and preferably in
  Karamoja.
• Past
  exposure and experience working on projects supported by United States
  Government is preferred.
• Demonstrated
  knowledge of the challenges impacting health service delivery in Karamoja.
• Excellent
  oral and written communication skills in English. Fluency in a local
  language is an advantage.
• The
  applicant must be a Citizen or permanent resident of Uganda.