The USAID Project Management Specialist – Supply Chain (the “Specialist”) provides programmatic and technical support on health logistics and supply chain management programs. S/he will serve as a Contracting Officer’s Representative/Agreement Officer’s Representative (COR/AOR) and/or Activity Manager supporting health logistics and supply chain activities.

The Specialist is a key member of Health Office, Health Systems Strengthening (HSS) Team. The incumbent reports to the designated Team Leader and has no formal supervisory responsibility.


Serves as a COR/AOR and/or Activity Manager for health logistics and supply chain programs/projects/activities awarded through the Health Office, providing financial and programmatic oversight to ensure contracts and grants achieve anticipated results, and are linked to and enhance attainment of the Health Office, Mission, and USG objectives. Conducts site visits as required in order to monitor progress, and to provide technical and programmatic recommendations to ensure effectiveness, efficiency and judicious use of U.S. Government (USG) funding.


Shares best practices among USAID, USG and other stakeholders to strengthen health logistics and supply chain systems improvement. Provides technical guidance to the host country government in coordinating health supply chain systems support, supply planning, forecasting, quantification and programming.


Provides input to the USAID Mission and host country government on strategic decisions and policy formulation to strengthen supply chain management, including transparency and accountability. Provide technical guidance and coordination to Health Office colleagues to ensure development of key systems that effectively integrate across the entire health portfolio.


Provides guidance to Health Office colleagues to monitor the achievement of milestones of IPs supporting health logistics and supply chain system implementation. Supports host country efforts to ensure health supply chain systems fully integrate with key commodity management and information systems that will allow end to end data visibility.


Represents the Health Office, Mission, and USG at national and/or international technical and programmatic meetings, within various working groups, and in consultations with other social sector donors, government officials, and IPs. Represents supply chain issues in interagency discussions involving senior leadership from USAID, CDC, other interagency partners, the PEPFAR Coordination Office and the U.S. Embassy.


Represents supply chain issues to senior host country officials to ensure strong coordination and accountability by all relevant actors in the supply chain system. Contribute to key annual and mid-term planning reporting documents including the Country Operational Plan, Operational Plan, Congressional Budget Justifications, Quarterly, Semi-Annual and Annual Progress Reports.


Prepare ad hoc reports as required for the Mission, USAID/Washington, Office of Global AIDS Coordinator (OGAC), donor coordination groups, and others. Provides feedback to the Office Chief, Mission Director, Ambassador and others, as required about prepared talking points and/or speeches, and supports the preparation of briefing papers, presentations, and coordinates site preparations for VIP site visits.

Education Requirements:
Education: Bachelor’s Degree in a field related to social science, statistics, mathematics, economics, computer science, epidemiology, health informatics, public health, health systems, infectious diseases, zoonotic disease, pharmacy, biology or other quantitative discipline, or the local equivalent, is required.

Qualifications:
Experience: A minimum of three (3) years of progressively responsible, professional-level experience in developing, implementing, and/or monitoring and evaluating health supply chain performance improvement activities, including supply chain management, logistics, health commodities management, rational drug use, and/or another closely related area. Experience collaborating with and/or working for key donors, development partners, or NGO is required.


Job Knowledge: Knowledge of national supply chain management systems and Health and HIV/AIDS service delivery in the host country, including but not limited to procurement, warehousing and distribution, receipt and ordering of commodities, supply planning, quantification, and/or use of supply chain management information and management systems. Knowledge of donor engagement in supporting health systems strengthening efforts and health commodities


Skills: Project management skills, including data and information management, administrative, and monitoring skills used to track the performance of implementing partners and activities. Excellent communication skills both orally and in writing, especially in being able to present information, analyses, and recommendations to individuals with nontechnical background. Ability to respond professionally and adjust in fluid situations in order to meet deadlines in the face of competing priorities and time pressures. Ability to work both independently and as part of a team. Ability to negotiate difficult issues and build consensus to achieve results with a wide range of individuals Excellent computer and software skills including ability in excel, SPSS, STATA, R and/or other analytical databases


Language: Level IV (fluent proficiency) in English, and in the appropriate host-country business language, both written and spoken, is required. Language competence may be tested.

1- Current Curriculum Vitae (CV) or Resume


2- A Cover Letter or summary Statement Addressing the evaluation factors


3- Copies of Educational Certificates


4- List of a minimum of three (3) professional references with accurate telephone and e-mail information.

Eligible applicants are required to complete this on-line application process and submit any applicable required documents by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET)] on the closing date of this announcement.


If applying on-line poses an extreme hardship, you must contact the human resources office no later than [e.g., two, three, etc.] business days prior to the closing date of this vacancy announcement. An alternative application method will be provided upon approval of the hardship notification. After this time, requests to apply via alternative methods will not be granted.


Please note that all required documents must be received by the closing date, via online or alternative methods, and that we will determine your eligibility and qualifications based solely on the material received by the closing date.