Job Summary
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- Job posted on: 22nd Apr 2024
Here at Beyond Essential Systems (BES) we make awesome technology and put it to good use in the world. Our aim is to improve decision making in low resource settings by providing meaningful data that results in well informed decisions, and better outcomes for individuals. Our services and products have an impact across health, education, supply chain and disaster management, and we are proud to be able to provide innovative and collaborative solutions, while working closely with local partners in the Asia / Pacific region.
BES has been working with the Fiji Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) and the Fiji Program Support Facility to support supply chain strengthening and access to essential medicines in Fiji since 2019. You will be joining an established and successful project, which includes digitisation of Fiji’s national health supply chain (using the logistics management information system mSupply), and a wide range of supply chain reforms covering warehousing, procurement, and policy.
Health product procurement reforms have been underway since 2022, including digitisation of request for quotations (RFQs) and some tenders using mSupply and Health Supply Hub, an electronic procurement platform recently introduced in Fiji. W
e are seeking a Health Supply Chain Procurement Specialist to be based full-time in Suva, Fiji until the end of 2024, to continue enhancing health product procurement reforms. You will work closely with FPBS staff and our local BES team, and be supported by our Supply Chain Program Manager and team. Project onboarding and training in digital systems related to health supply chains in Fiji will be provided.
This is a fixed-term contract position to 31st December 2024, where you will be based at the Fiji Pharmaceutical & Biomedical Services Centre (FPBS), reporting to the FPBS Director and the BES Supply Chain Program Manager (currently also based in Fiji), and working with our BES teams in Australia and Fiji. We are looking to hire into this role as soon as possible.
Day to day, you will be working with the relevant people at FPBS and the MHMS to:
You’ll have a real connection with our purpose and will be looking for a role where your work has a meaningful influence and impact on the lives of others. You’ll be a natural collaborator with initiative and drive.
Experience in some (we don't expect all) of the following skills would be an advantage:
This role will require working full time on-site at FPBS in Suva, Fiji.
Where do we start! As well as being part of key projects and having meaningful work, we also offer:
Please submit the following as part of your application:
We would especially encourage you to apply if you are from a community that’s underrepresented in the technology or aid industry.
We’ll hire as soon as we get the right candidate, so don’t delay!
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