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Health Systems Strengthening Team Lead—Supply Chain Leadership and Governance

University Research Co., LLC (URC)

URC is a global company dedicated to improving the quality of health care, social services, and health education worldwide. With a non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services (CHS), URC manages projects in over 40 countries, including the United States.

Established in 1965, URC offers a range of technical assistance to strengthen health and social systems and service quality by empowering communities and health workers to identify and scale up locally appropriate solutions to critical problems. Internationally, we expand access to and improve the quality of services addressing maternal, newborn, and child health; infectious diseases, including HIV/AIDS, TB, and malaria; reproductive health and family planning; food and nutrition; and vulnerable children and families.

In the US, we focus on improving communication-related to issues like substance abuse, with a focus on reaching underserved populations.

Background

URC is part of the consortium of organizations implementing the Global Health Supply Chain (GHSC) – Procurement and Supply Management (PSM) project. The purpose of GHSC-PSM is to ensure uninterrupted supplies of health commodities in support of USG-funded public health initiatives around the world. The project provides direct procurement and supply chain management support to the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI), and Population and Reproductive Health. In supporting USG-funded global health activities, PSM develops and manages a wide array of services for health commodity procurement and related systems strengthening technical assistance encompassing different elements of a comprehensive supply chain.

General Summary

As part of the USAID-funded Global Health Supply Chain (GHSC) – Procurement and Supply Management (PSM) project, this position leads the team developing and implementing strategies for national governments to link health systems needs to global technical supply chain approaches and innovations. This position is an integral part of the Systems Strengthening team and will lead initiatives to strengthen leadership, governance and procurement for HIV/AIDS, anti-malarial, population and reproductive health, and maternal-child health and other commodity-related supply chains across disciplines.

The Team Lead will link with USAID and other donor platforms supporting technical approaches for enhancing leadership, governance, and procurement/supply planning using countries’ own legal frameworks, transparency, and accountability in supply chain management. At the global level, s/he will coordinate with other partners and donors such as the World Bank, World Health Organization, the Global Fund, DFID, OECD, multilateral financing agencies, Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition (RHSC), and other international donors to identify opportunities for collaboration.

Commercial and private sector approaches will be adapted to specific country contexts in conjunction with systems strengthening efforts to move the maturity of the supply chain up across all areas of expertise. Technical approaches should be aligned with USAID’s PRE (private sector engagement) and the journey to self-reliance and will be designed to support the implementation of system strengthening interventions, enhance country procedures for supply chain management in the health sector and build sustainability, ownership, and enhance national leaders and managers’ capacity for the health sector.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

Provide strategic leadership and technical assistance to support national governments, Ministries of Health, and related institutions (e.g. government central medical stores, parastatal organizations, national procurement boards, etc.) to address logistics operations and supply chain performance at the national and sub-national level. This includes building consensus with stakeholders on adopting commercial practices and true diagnostic key performance indicators.
Provide guidance and support for the implementation of strategies and interventions to enhance governance with emphasis on the strategic level of creating partnership and implementation mechanisms, and cooperative working relationships with stakeholders that steer resources in supply chain management (supply-side) and working with those that benefit from a well-managed supply chain (demand side).
Provide oversight and/or execute technical scopes of work and deliverables for relevant technical assignments and support HSS team members in research skills development, on-the-job training and professionalism as it relates to leadership and governance work.
As required, lead in the design of procurement and supply planning, as well as national procurement and commodity fulfilment strategies for countries not yet assessed.
As required, review the structure, systems and policies of procurement units and assess capacity to perform efficient, effective, and transparent procurements for countries not yet assessed.

Qualifications:

MHS, MBA or master’s degree in supply chain management, or a related field with 10 years of relevant private sector experience, or a bachelor’s degree with 14 years of relevant supply chain experience.
CSCP/APICS certification preferred
Relevant experience required in conducting the design, development, and evaluation of systems-level approaches to build the capacity of individuals and organizations in a wide variety of health logistics and health commodities fields
Experience in implementing projects focused on health systems strengthening, capacity building of local governments, and utilization of commercial supply chain management practices.
Demonstrated success in facilitating country, regional, and global coordination of strategic supply chain design and operations, implementation of technical assistance activities, and ensuring the buy-in of relevant stakeholders and decision-makers.
Fluent in written and spoken English.
Fluency in Spanish and/or French desired.

To Apply:

For consideration, please visit URC’s Career Opportunities page at www.urc-chs.com/careers.

Please attach your CV/Résumé and your Cover Letter where indicated. Also, please complete your application form and attach a completed USAID Form 1420 Contractor Employee Biographical Data Sheet as well.

Due to the large number of inquiries we receive, only candidates who have met the required experience & qualifications for this position will be contacted. No phone calls please. However, since we are active around the world in the field of public health, we may wish to retain your CV in our database for other/future opportunities, unless you direct us otherwise. Thank you very much for your interest.

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Support Pharmacist

Role Description: Support Pharmacist

Pharmapod, the global leader in cloud-based software for driving efficiencies and standards, and reducing Patient Safety Incidents in the Healthcare sector, is seeking to hire a pharmacist to join its Pharmacy Team. Reporting to the Pharmacy Director, the successful candidate will play an important role in the professional strategies for the organisation, enabling Pharmapod’s vision to create actionable insights for healthcare professionals, and deliver continuous quality improvement for medication safety. They will build relationships and act as liaison between customer organisations, regulators, researchers, academic institutions, and policy makers. The successful candidate will be experienced in completing research with an appropriate level of rigor and generating timely outputs that are meaningful for end users. They will bring the professional voice and use industry and research insights to generate ‘best practice’ recommendations relating to system enhancements. They will play an integral part in new idea generation for product development, through coordination of user group feedback session, active feasibility research, and market and regulator engagement. To be successful in this role, you should have previous experience of working within a pharmacy or similar healthcare area and have experience in Quality Management and Continuous Quality Improvement. You will also have strong communication skills to cultivate solid relationships with internal and external stakeholders and be comfortable presenting to large and small audiences. You will have a strong track record in completing research and/or formal report-writing, as well as an ability to adapt your communication style based on the audience and platform. We would like to hear from you if you are ambitious, motivated, results-driven, and enjoy working in a fast-paced team environment. Contact Pharmacy Director, Dan Burns (dan.burns@pharmapodhq.com) to apply or to find out more about this unique and exciting opportunity.

Role Responsibilities

Carry out environmental scans and market research to support Pharmapod’s product roadmap and global expansion strategy
Identify and lead opportunities for training development and delivery on topics that align to Pharmapod’s vision and purpose
Develop training materials for face-to-face and online delivery, working with internal technical team and external providers as needed
Create and deliver internal training and updates for Pharmapod team on the latest healthcare information that may impact the direction of the development of the Pharmapod system globally
Coordinate and support key customer relationships and Pharmapod Response Teams
Provide support to Pharmapod’s Customer Success team on professional queries
Carry out formal and informal article/report writing to support Pharmapod’s research strategy and raise its profile among professional stakeholders, customer organisations and users
Develop partnerships with academia to support Pharmapod incorporation into healthcare undergraduate programmes and progression of the Pharmapod Research Strategy
Identify and lead tender submissions of relevance to Pharmapod
Demonstrate the Pharmapod system to external stakeholders including regulators and corporate organisations
Represent Pharmapod at international conferences and meetings
Engage with healthcare professionals, including current system users, to gather feedback and the help them to get the most from the Pharmapod system and its incorporation into their wider Quality Management Systems
Work with Pharmapod’s Customer Success team and Technical team to enhance Pharmapod’s offering based on customer feedback and emerging practice
Work with the commercial, marketing and technical teams to increase awareness of Pharmapod products, providing input to strategic marketing communications
Report to the Pharmacy Director on progress against agreed KPI’s and deliverables

Required Experience / Skills / Qualifications

Registered pharmacist with a strong track record in patient-centred care delivery and commitment to patient safety
Involvement in Health IT/informatics projects in previous roles
Expertise and/or formal training in Quality Management, Continuous Quality Improvement
Experience in creating and delivering engaging training materials.
Customer success, support and advocacy experience
Strong demonstrable commercial ability and focus
Strong team player with the ability to work autonomously when needed
Excellent interpersonal skills (communication, problem solving, collaboration)
Ability to produce quality work in fast paced environment while demonstrating strict adherence to processes and deadlines
Strong IT skills and proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Power Point)
Digitally savvy and comfortable with navigating, demoing and embracing new technology
Agility, flexibility and ability modify approach to tasks based on the preferences of stakeholders
and customer need
Excellent knowledge of pharmacy operations and healthcare landscape
Strong research skills, with ability to generate timely outputs

To apply, please email dan.burns@pharmapodhq.com with your current CV. Closing date 24 January 2020.