Senior Technical Advisor: Supply Chain

Anova is an NGO that empowers people and changes lives. Good health and quality of life is what motivates us to provide healthcare solutions and support for those who need it most._
- We are looking for a Senior Technical Advisor to provide guidance and technical advice to Anova supported districts to ensure continuous availability of HIV, TB and related medicines, as well as compliance with good pharmaceutical principles. The incumbent will work with Department of Health (DOH) officials to support the implementation and scale up of approved pharmacy related systems, maximising synergies, and efficiencies. _
- The incumbent will also provide support to the various district teams to build their capacity to contribute to strengthening the health system at various levels, from DOH facilities to advisory committees at district levels. The incumbent will participate in various Anova forum and be expected to contribute technical knowledge and expertise to ensure adequate access to medicines and pharmaceutical supplies, leading to improved quality of public health services._
- The role reports to the Deputy Chief of Party - Quality Services, and collaborates closely with the Chief of Party, Programme Managers, District level Pharmacists and other internal and external stakeholders._

**Key duties and responsibilities**:
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**Provide Technical Support**
- Provide technical assistance from a pharmaceutical perspective to all districts, and supervise the implementation at the various levels, down to facility level.
- Lead the adoption and technical implementation of approved DOH, SAHPRA and other relevant bodies, legislation, regulations and policies.
- Provide supervision, coaching and other capacity building to Pharmacy teams and other related stakeholders as and when required.
- Develop focused technical assistance plans that cover focus areas such as:

- Forecasting and ordering, especially for prevention and treatment of HIV/TB and STIs.
- Stock management and replenishment.
- Central Chronic Medicine Dispensing and Distribution programme
- Pharmacovigilance
- Provide guidance to District Pharmacy teams on managing stock levels, appropriate use of bin-cards, accurate documentation, appropriate storage of drugs and organisation of pharmacy departments within facilities.
- Identify challenges across facilities and districts and working with Programme Managers and District Pharmacy Managers, develop innovative ideas to solve them.

**Health Systems Strengthening**
- Participate in strategic planning sessions and develop implementation plans to improve pharmaceutical service delivery, including stock and supply issue monitoring.
- Develop programme specific and general pharmacy plans in accordance with DOH and donor requirements.
- Develop pharmacy specific Standard Operating Procedures and train Anova’s pharmacy teams on their adoption, as well as monitor their correct and consistent implementation across districts.
- Ensure facilities have access to, and are familiar with, all the latest NAS guidelines, as well as relevant national and provincial guidelines, protocols, algorithms and IEC materials in relation to pharmacy.
- Lead the review of programme data related to pharmacy and provide feedback to programme teams and their managers, fostering a culture of evidence-based programming.
- Work closely and in collaboration with other partners to maximize partnership strengths and effectively collaborate to implement program goals.
- Ensure timely reporting of all supported sites programme indicators for internal use, PEPFAR reporting and DOH requirements, according to set indicators.

**Pharmacovigilance, Pharmacy Systems and Drug Supply Management**
- Lead the implementation and scale up of DOH approved pharmacy related systems such as Stock Visibility Solution and RxSolution across Anova’s supported clinics.
- Support and monitor the implementation of any drug inventory systems, including those dealing with drug inventory, product transfer, quality control and maintenance of item master file.
- Support Programme Managers and their teams to implement Technical Working Groups (TWG’s) guidance and any other relevant protocols.
- Provide supply chain expertise to district pharmacy managers and programme managers to anticipate and mitigate drug shortages.
- Advice district pharmacy teams on inventory tracking systems for all products to ensure product availability and supply integrity.
- Support stockpile audits to ensure correct implementation of approved monitoring systems.
- Work with pharmacy managers to implement necessary changes to ordering and stock monitoring systems.

**Team and Stakeholder Engagement, and Reporting**
- Be familiar with all Anova policies, SOPs and ensure compliance thereof.
- Support programme managers on the development of performance metrics for the pharmacy teams.
- Identify training needs within pharmacy district teams and motivate for its implementation.
- Represent Anova and pa