Médecins Sans Frontières Biomed Manager Jobs in Tanzania

Médecins Sans Frontières Biomed Manager Jobs in Tanzania

Introduction:

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international, independent, medical humanitarian organisation that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural disasters and exclusion from healthcare. MSF offers assistance to people based on need, irrespective of race, religion, gender or political affiliation. MSF is therefore guided by the principles of neutrality and impartiality. These principles must apply to all MSF staff.

Minimum Educational Qualification:

Diploma as Biomedical technician, biomedical engineer.

Experience:

Minimum 2 years’ experience in biomedical service management.

Languages:

English and Swahili (fluent, oral & written) required.

Main Purpose

Planning, coordinating and monitoring all logistics activities in the project related to Biomed equipment according to MSF Switzerland protocols and standards in order to ensure an optimal running of the project

Main Responsibilities

Providing support to the Medical Coordinator and Mission Pharma for biomed equipment planning, annual budget and ordering for equipment to identify and give response to the needs of the mission and the target population.

Participating in the definition of the objectives and planning of the biomedical activities including reviewing its annual budget in order to identify and give a response to the needs of the mission and the targeted population

Monitoring and ensuring the implementation of the biomed activities in the projects ensuring compliance to MSF standards, protocols and procedures, and reporting to the Project Coordinators on the development of the ongoing programmes. This includes the following:

Monitoring and ensuring the implementation of biomed equipment management procedures in the mission (installation, disposal/renewal, correct use and maintenance) and ensuring a good follow up of the different maintenance contracts

Ensuring that the preventive and curative maintenance, fault diagnosis, annual diagnosis and certification are performed for those items of equipment for which specialised training has been received

Coordinating and organising between projects for equipment/support exchange (repair returns, installation and replacement) to help ensure that as few items are out of service on the mission at any given time. This includes the packing, shipment and contact with service providers or after sales service to the MSF Supply Centre for the repair of equipment that cannot be done locally

Organizing, planning and ensuring an appropriate stock management including inventories of spare parts and back up equipment. Ensuring good following and quality assessment of company in the process

of local purchase

Managing the biomed technicians in the projects and elaborating their activities planning

In collaboration with the Project Coordinator, Logistics Coordinator and the HR Coordinator, participating in the planning and implementation of HR associated processes (recruitment, training, briefing/debriefing, evaluation, detection of potential, development and communication) of the staff under his/her responsibility in order to ensure both the sizing and the amount of knowledge required to correctly perform all logistics activities pertaining to his area

Providing technical support and training to staff on the use, control, preventive maintenance and basic repair of most common equipment.

Supporting the training of medical staff about hygiene on biomed equipment following the result of a regular assessment of medical services on these questions and providing feedback and support to the project medical team and biomed technician

Participating in monthly reports according to management guidelines and following up, analysing and reporting on the maintenance activities and on technical aspects of the work

Perform field visit as requested by the Supervisor

Provide support to supply and pharma for ordering, reception and stocks / Inventories recordkeeping

Report writing; Monthly, visit and ToR in concern with the mission activities

Responsible for the tools assigned to him/her

Perform and update inventory for the equipment

Support potential local purchase of medical equipment by conducting market survey and supplier assessments in support of discussion and technical validation process via HQ pharma.

Provide input on biomedical support collaboration with MoH where pertinent to Medical Coordinator and Logistic Coordinator, also for consideration in MoU where necessary.

Technical validation and reception of materials

How to Apply

All interested candidates shall submit their motivation letter, CV and copy of relevant professional certificates not later than Wednesday, June 7th, 2023 at 4:00 PM (TZ time). Please quote the job title on the email subject “BIOMED MANAGER”

Please send your application to the email address :
MSFCH-Tanzania-Recruitment@geneva.msf.org

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