Malaria Consortium Nigeria is committed to tackling the large number of malaria cases and deaths in the country. Working in partnership with the Ministry of Health and other partners, we lead and support three major malaria control initiatives in the country: Support to the National Malaria Control Programme (SuNMaP); NetWorks and MAPS. Our areas of focus include: Technical support for malaria control Capacity building, harmonisation and training of health workers Heath systems strengthening Behaviour Change Communications and community outreach activities Operational research, policy and advocacy.
The Senior Operations & Procurement Officer (SOPO) will be actively responsible for providing an effective and efficient operations and procurement support towards a successful 2021 SMC implementation in Borno State. S/he will be work directly with the Malaria Consortium Country Operations Manager (COM), Country Program Manager (CPM), Programme Director and other relevant staff based in both in Abuja and Borno State.
Key accountabilities
- Work with Country Office Manager to oversee and supervise employees and all activities of the procurement team.
- Estimate and establish cost parameters and budgets for purchases.
- Preparing budgets, cost analyses, and reports.
- Develop/prepare plans for the purchase of products, equipment, services, and supplies.
- Follow up and enforce Malaria Consortium’s procurement policies, guidelines, procedures and timelines.
- Work with relevant personal and committees to review, compare, analyze, and approve vendors/suppliers prices, products and services to be purchased.
- Manage Assets and inventory database and maintain accurate purchase and pricing records.
- Maintain and update an inventory/list of vendors/suppliers and their contact details, qualifications, delivery times, and potential future development, etc. Create and maintain good relationships with vendors/suppliers.
- Make professional decisions as per operational guidelines in a fast-paced environment.
- Ensure that the products and supplies are of right specifications and high quality.
- Work with staff, team members and COM to complete duties as needed.
Qualifications and experience:
- Proven previous experience in operations and procurement for Emergency Programmes /Malaria projects.
- A minimum of 3-5 years’ experience in a related role.
- Have a Bachelor degree in Administration, Logistics Management, Accounting, Business Management or a similar field preferred.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office and purchasing software.
- Strong communication and negotiation skills.
- Good analytical and strategic thinking skills.
- Supervisory and management experience.
- Attention to detail.
- Good inter-personal, communication and planning skills.
- Willingness to work in a complex operational environment.
Interested and qualified candidate who are passionate and willing to contribute towards the achievement of our goals should send their updates CVs to: [email protected] and also fill the recruitment form using the link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc6KJf258WNXa5Br1JmdcD2MH0IcVuMZWxYkDwA54qNm9hbzQ/viewform?usp=pp_url&entry.1858084779=4+–+6+years
Interested applicants should kindly take note of the following:
- Contract duration for all positions is 7months
- For your application to be considered, it is mandatory to fill the recruitment form and send your application to the specified email address.
- Your email application should have the position being applied for as the subject title e.g when applying for Senior Security Manager, the subject should read ‘’Senior Security
Manager’’
- Include your state of Origin on your CV
- Send your cover letter and CV as a single document
- Considering the emergency situation of these positions, applications will be reviewed on rolling a basis and hence, early applications from qualified applicants are highly encouraged.
- The organisation reserves the right to close the application as soon as suitable candidate is identified for any of the advertised positions. ü Successful candidates should be ready to resume immediately
- Applications who do not follow this specification, will be disqualified.
Please note that the applications will be reviewed on rolling basis and hence early application is highly encouraged. Selection process will commence from Wednesday, July 14 and hence the application portal will be closed once successful candidates are identified.
