Fresh vacancy in Uganda.
Monitoring and Evaluation,Logistics (M and ELMIS)
Company Management Sciences for Health (MSH)
Location Western
Northern - Lira
Western - Mbarara
Salary - -
Sector Information Technology - Other
Job Type Permanent
Date Mon, 24 August, 2010
Experience No preference
Educational Qualification Bachelor's Degree-Graduate Degree (BA, BSc, BCom)
Skills Communication: Speaking effectively
Research and Planning: Identifying problems
Research and Planning: Solving problems
Organization, Management and Leadership: Coordinating tasks
Work Survival: Accepting responsibility
Job Status Full Time
Vacancies 3
Role • Support existing district, Health sub districts (HSD) and facility inventory management systems to make them more responsive and transition them into an integrated national LMIS system

Post: Monitoring and Evaluation, Logistics Management Information System (M and ELMIS). Coordinators
Location: Lira, Mbarara and Fort Portal

Overall Responsibilities:
• Support existing district, Health sub districts (HSD) and facility inventory management systems to make them more responsive and transition them into an integrated national LMIS system.
• Work closely with the M and E Technical Advisor -pharmacy division and other MOH stakeholders to determine indicators for monitoring the LMIS performance and to set up an LMIS system at the district, HSD and facility levels. S/he shall ensure that staff are using the appropriate indicators
• Support the strengthening of health facilities in revitalizing the keeping and management of pharmaceutical management data and its utilization
• Capacity building of LMIS users in the use of appropriate tools to upload and monitor data, reporting problems, and the hardware and software components of the LMIS.
• Ensure availability and proper performance of the systems and resources in liaison with the Information Systems Assistants and the IT Specialist.

Requirements:
1) Bachelors degree in Information Technology or in any health related field with experience and training in Information Technology 2) Experience and training in monitoring and evaluation of programs 3) Demonstrated experience implementing and using systems such as LMIS, HMIS, and others used by the Government of Uganda and USG implementing partners. 4) Strong fundamentals in warehouse management and logistics and supply chain management 5) Experience in working with large databases and in analyzing data 6) Capacity building skills 7) Willingness to stay and travel widely within the assigned region
Apply for this job

All applications clearly stating the preferred duty station should be addressed to:

Human Resources Partner-MSH,
Plot 15
Princess Anne Drive, Bugolobi - Next to MUBS
Bugolobi Annex.
P.O. Box 71419, Kampala

Or
Email: HRUG@msh.org

Deadline for submission: September 3, 2010.

We thank all applicants for their interest, but can only acknowledge shortlisted candidates.