Advisor II, Health Supply Chain, Continuity of Integrated Health Services (CIHS) Project

Job Description NOTE: This is a remote-global role. The hiring team is considering candidates wherever CRS is registered to work at. NOTE: The Pay Range referenced in this job announcement only applies to applicants who perform the job within the US and to applicants classified by CRS as International Assignees. Staff hired on local payroll would follow the respective Country pay range. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your anticipated work location during the candidate selection process . Job Summary The Advisor II, Health Supply Chain provides advice, guidance, and support for all Supply Chain Management (SCM) activities and initiatives across the Continuity of Integrated Health Services (CIHS) project, a multi-country initiative supporting Guinea, Liberia, Mali, and Togo. This includes supporting CIHS country teams to meet host government priorities and needs and advancement towards national supply chain objectives. This may include the design, implementation, and/or continuous improvement of agile, compliant, and efficient SCM systems that support high-quality programming. Support also includes building the capacity of and supporting CIHS country teams as well as host governments in the management of large-scale supply chain systems and activities, including last-mile distribution. This role works closely with CIHS project countries and host governments, including regular field travel, as well as the Global Supply Chain Management (GSCM) team to assure supply chain management activities align with host government national strategies and systems, and meet standards and best practices. The incumbent’s technical knowledge, advice, and guidance will ensure effectiveness and efficiency in supply chain management systems and application of the principles of stewardship, integrity, transparency, and accountability. Roles And Key Responsibilities Strategic Input and Engagement Support the development and implementation of project-wide strategies, standards, tools, and best practices in supply chain that effectively engage partners, donors and governments. Provide input on supply chain aspects of CIHS country workplan development and review at the global level. Contribute to the development of SCM Plans, Commodity Calculators, Procurement Plans, and other workplan inputs. May represent CRS at regional planning and coordination meetings and forums on SCM. Build relationships with donors, peer organizations, and other stakeholders. Supply Chain Operations Provide technical assistance and support to build the capacity of CIHS country teams on implementing and strengthening supply chain systems, processes, and policies to meet all programming needs and donor and host government requirements, including commodity quantification, inventory management, logistics, procurement, warehousing, and distribution, and ensuring alignment with host government implementation plans and objectives. Serve as the subject matter expert to support, in collaboration with Digital Health Solutions Advisor, initiatives in the digital health deployment in supply chain management, including but not limited to developing initiatives to improve LMIS data quality and e nsuring effective and quality use of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems (e.g., Oracle) for supply chain operations per each CIHS country context. Support CIHS country teams in providing technical assistance to host governments in leveraging system capabilities for planning, execution, and reporting. Provide technical assistance to CIHS countries and host governments in developing and implementing annual or more frequent quantification and procurement plans and identify opportunities for procurement rationalization and coordination . As required or requested, provide technical assistance to CIHS countries and host governments in the review tender documents including Requests for Proposal (RFPs), offers, and due diligence documentation for complex tenders to ens…

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