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Vacancy title:
Vaccine Management Officer

[ Type: FULL TIME , Industry: Consulting , Category: Healthcare ]

Jobs at:

Walimu

Deadline of this Job:
Friday, November 15 2024 

Duty Station:
Within Uganda , Kampala, East Africa

Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, November 06 2024, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:
Role Overview
Reporting to the Immunization Team Lead, the VMO who will be based at the Health Region is responsible for providing Immunization Technical Assistance (TA) using RED/REC Strategy to the District Health Teams in order to reach and vaccinate zero-dose and under immunized children with a coverage of above 90%.

Responsibilities
• Maintain high vaccine and immunization stock visibility through good data management and use
• Develop a logistics data use plan, Improve supply chain management, Track the implementation status of EVM, cIPs and advocate for funding for priority activities,
• Support districts to ensure good temperature management, support districts to plan for and implement improvement plans and track implementation status monthly.
• Ensure distribution of Quality Improvement (QI) data tools, and standard operating procedures and aligning best practices with the global guidance to ensure performance comparable with other countries.

Management and Coordination;
• Support and guide the National level on making informed decisions in critical areas such as vaccine forecasting, Supply and demand planning, and distribution planning.
• Support vaccine forecasting systems and data triangulation of stock, consumption, and coverage at all levels, supplemented with accuracy verification and revision.

Capacity building;
• Support districts in the implementation of a coherent capacity-building plan for the vaccine managers at both district and health facility levels on Vaccine forecasting, Demand and Supply Planning, Vaccine and stock management, Distribution planning, Cold Chain Management (Monitor installation of new CCE, including maintenance, inventory management and temperature management), EVMA and cIP and Data management

Requirements
Job Qualifications:
Education,
• Minimum of a Diploma in the fields including;
o Refrigeration and Airconditioning
o Supply Chain Management,
o Medicine,
o Procurement and Logistics Management
o Environmental Health
o Nursing and Midwifery
• Applicable work experience may be substituted in cases where a diploma or university degree is not aligned with a relevant field.

Abilities,
• Knowledge of inventory policies in allocation, ordering and distribution of immunization supply chain operations.
• Effective Vaccine Management (EVM) and Cold Chain Management (CCM) is a must.
• Knowledge of analyzing Key Performance Indicators (KPI) in EVM
• Good analytic skills and report writing skills.
• Fluency in written and spoken English.
• Good interpersonal and negotiation skills

Skills
• Excellent planning, monitoring and evaluation skills and ability to plan and oversee projects.
• Expertise in working with communities, developing and disseminating technical information and messages.
• Ability to analyze, understand, innovate and discuss new program strategies, management and implementation approaches as required.

Experience
• Experience in the planning, implementation and monitoring of EPI service delivery and EPI logistics.
• Experience and proven working relations with District and HSD Health Teams.
• Knowledge of MOH/UNEPI operation is an added advantage.
• Diploma holders will require a minimum of three (3) years of progressive professional work experience, in managing immunization campaigns at a similar level.
• Degree holders will require a minimum of two (2) years of working experience at a similar level.



Job Experience: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8


Experience in Months:

Level of Education:
Associate Degree

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Job Info
Job Category: Health/ Medicine jobs in Uganda
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job: 15 November 2024
Duty Station: Kampala
Posted: 06-11-2024
No of Jobs: 1
Start Publishing: 06-11-2024
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 06-11-2068
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