Christian Health Association of Liberia

21st Street/ Coleman Avenue, Fiamah, Sinkor

P.O. Box 10-9056 1000 Monrovia 10, Liberia –W.A.

JOB VACANCY FOR

Short term position as Medical Storekeeper

Background

The Christian Health Association of Liberia (CHAL) is a network of Christian hospitals and health centers that supports their member organizations through capacity building, supervision and improved access to medicines and represents the interests of church-based hospitals to the Ministry of Health. CHAL is a registered NGO in the country and works closely with the Ministry of Health. The network CHAL includes 73 mostly church-based hospitals and health facilities. The network operates in 1 1 out of 15 counties.

Position: Medical Storekeeper

CHAL’s mandate is to build the supply chain of medicines to the members as a complementary system, thus contributing to the strengthening of the national health delivery system. In 2015, a small-scale drug revolving fund was set up with funds donated by the German Institute for Medical Mission (Difäm). Through that donation, CHAL started to procure, store and supply medicines to its member facilities.

CHAL intends to expand the existing services under the Drug Supply Unit (DSU) for member institutions through five initiatives:

1. Establishment of a computer-based management information system for pharmaceutical logistics.

2 Maintain and improve the operations of a medicinal depot in Central Liberia, 3. Establishment of a communication system between the central warehouses and the depot, 4. Set up and operate a delivery system to deliver large consignment of medicines purchase. 5. Training of CHAL personnel and pharmaceutical staff

There are two locations in which CHAL DSU stores and sells medicines and medical supplies: in Monrovia at CHAL’s head office in Fiamah and at Melekie Drug Depot close to Gbarnga, Bong County. Both locations are fully operational and currently supply Church-Health Institutions in Liberia with Drugs.

Specific Objectives:

• A central management system that ensures all operations of the DSU in Monrovia and Gbarnga are operating in a sustainable manner,
• An effective pharmaceutical management that will ensure the procurement of drugs, storage, local marketing, and distribution to all of our health facilities in a transparent manner.

We are currently seeking to recruit:

Title: Medical Storekeeper who should be a certificated dispenser or pharmacy technician with experience in storekeeping and warehouse management

Location: Monrovia

Department: Drug Supply Unit (DSU)

Reports to: Drug Supply Unit Manager

Attention: The position is only to be filled temporarily during the absence of an employee. The expected duration of the contract is 7 weeks with a slight possibility of extension.

Period of Contract: 30th January 2023 – 17th March 2023

Roles and Responsibilities:

The Medical Storekeeper is responsible for two warehouses on the premises of CHAL’s head office. The Medical Storekeeper is also the first contact person for customers that come to buy from the DSU.

The Medical Storekeeper serves customers by creating pro forma invoices and delivery notes both in Excel and in a special inventory keeping and accounting software called TallyPrime. He or she picks the goods from the warehouse, fills in the bin cards, verifies the order together with the customer and packs the goods for transportation.

The Medical Storekeeper further conducts inventory in the warehouse and reports to the DSU Manager. He or she delivers other reports according to the DSU Manager’s instructions and is involved in the quantification process for ordering new goods.

Qualifications:

• Dedicated Christian
• Dispenser or Pharmacy Technician with proven experience in warehouse management and store keeping
• Physically fit to tow heavy loads (cartons, pallets, etc. when working in warehouses)

Skills:

• Good Microsoft Office Skills, especially Excel and Word
• Ability to work in team environment
• Diligent worker
• Ability to plan on how and when to finish given tasks

Attitude/Behaviors:

➢ Pro-activeness – find work to do instead of sitting idly

➢ Empathy with gender and sexual diversity;

➢ Interest and commitment to working with people;

➢ No discrimination.

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Applications:

Last date for submission of Application (CV and cover letter) & credentials is: 27th January 2023 by 4:00 pm.

Please note that if a suitable candidate is found earlier than the closing date, we reserve the right to hire the candidate before the expiration of the advertising period. Early submissions are therefore recommended.

Kindly submit your application (CV and Cover Letter) & credentials to the address below: Christian Health Association of Liberia (chal_secretariat@hotmail.com) 21 st Street, Coleman Avenue

Fiamah-Sinkor, Monrovia

Liberia – W.A.

Attn: Human Resource Officer