Akros Research Carreer opportunities in Lusaka PCMT Data Collection Officer Jobs opportunities in Lusaka at Akros Research




# Job Description


Background

At Akros, we bring innovative ideas for gathering and using data to
development challenges through a “boots on the ground” approach. We’ve built
our organizational culture and nuanced approach to implementation by being
where our work is in Southern Africa. Akros has been supporting government
and partner counterparts from our home base in Lusaka, Zambia for over 10
years. These close, on the ground, partnership has helped to contextualize our
work and to ensure that we are only scaling the ideas and approaches which
will work and will be sustained in under-resourced settings over time.

Akros has collaborated with VillageReach to support the Global Health Supply
Chain Program GHSC – Procurement and Supply Management PSM project, whose
purpose is to ensure uninterrupted supplies of health commodities in support
of USG- funded public health initiatives around the world, including a wide
array of services for health commodity procurement and related systems
strengthening technical assistance encompassing different elements of a
comprehensive supply chain.

In 2019, the Ministry of Health MOH launched the pharmaceutical traceability
initiative and the draft of Zambia National Vision & Strategy for
Pharmaceutical Traceability Leveraging GS1 Global Standards. The GRZ is
continuing to advance the progress made in Zambia to create this enabling
environment for standards use in the supply chain through a series of
activities that includes standardizing product identification protocols and
implementing a scalable and sustainable product master data program, supported
through a National Product Catalogue NPC application to serve as a national
drug registry NDR in a way that improves interoperability and integration
among disparate health and supply chain information systems.

-->The Zambia National Product Catalog NPC Implementation project has the following objectives
-->Establish an electronic tool to manage the NPC project as the Zambia Health Supply Chain System’s centralized catalogue, allowing different supply chain parties to access the product list and get data from the tool of NPC.
-->Map standardized GS1-based item master data including Global Trade Item Numbers GTINs to Zambia Systems’ product IDs.
-->Provide product registry services with the Interoperability Layer’s Shared Services
-->Load NPC’s standardized GS1-based item master data to Product Catalogue Management Tool PCMT.

To accomplish these objectives Akros, in collaboration with VillageReach, will
complete a variety of activities to collect and organize master health product
data from key sources, set up and configure the PCMT, and build the capacity
for the ongoing management of Zambia’s national health product catalogue
amongst local stakeholders. Therefore, Akros is looking for a PCMT Data
Collection Officer who will support these efforts by participating in data
collection, validation and data upload. The position is based in Lusaka,
Zambia. About 25% travel to ZMMSA regional hubs is anticipated.

Specific Responsibilities

1. Work alongside the PSM team to collect data from ZMMSA National and regional hubs.
2. Conduct data cleaning and mapping.
3. Run data quality and validation checks before uploading data into PCMT.
4. Conduct site visits for quality assurance.
5. Document best practices for data collection, cleaning, mapping and upload.

Qualifications

Akros employs passionate, results-orientated self-starters who are willing to
take the plunge with us. We are an energetic, fast moving team who often have
to divide and conquer to get the job done. We are looking for people to invest
in, to learn from, and to share and grow our lessons learned so far. And we
are looking for those who can bring new ideas, new perspectives and new bursts
of energy and innovation to our team. We have a deep history of people coming
to Akros, coming alongside our founders, supporting the same vision they are
seeing to make tangible impact in sustainable ways for the vulnerable
populations we are working among. Many past employees or fellows have created
a lasting legacy at Akros through their own innovations which we have helped
expand, and in some cases take to scale. If you have an idea that is going to
create impact on global health and it fits within our wheelhouse – we are
willing to help take that idea to fruition.

The appropriate candidate will possess

-->A Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmacy recent graduates are encouraged to apply.
-->Knowledge and experience in drug supply chain management.
-->Ability to learn new topics and settings quickly and turn that learning around to create solutions to problems.
-->Demonstrated ability to operate with minimal instruction in a fast-paced environment.

Useful skills will also include

-->Experience working with a range of government stakeholders
-->Good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel

Location and Term

Short term contract 12 weeks with anticipated breaks within the 12 weeks.
The position is based in Lusaka, Zambia, with 25% travel to ZMMSA regional
hubs being anticipated.



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Email careers@akros.com

Applications are due no later than September 9, 2021. Candidates will be
interviewed on a rolling basis and are encouraged to apply early. To apply,
please submit a cover letter and CV with references to **careers@akros.com**
with “ **Application PCMT Data Collection Officer** ” as the email’s subject
line.




Akros Research Carreer opportunities in Lusaka PCMT Data Collection Officer Jobs opportunities in Lusaka at Akros Research


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