Contract Management Advisor – Chemonics 607 views

JOB TITLE: Contract Management Advisor

JOB LOCATION and Duration: Gaborone, Botswana, Short-term

General Summary and Background

The USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program-Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) project in Botswana, working in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, would like to build capacity for contract and supplier relationship management functions at Central Medical Stores (CMS). GHSC-PSM is proposing to recruit and deploy a short-term Contract Management Advisor at CMS.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities (Essential Functions) include:

• Provide technical assistance to build capacity at CMS for the design, drafting, review, implementation and management of supplies contracts with measurable service level agreement (SLAs) and key performance indicators (KPIs).
• Engage CMS management and Ministry of Health (MoH) to strengthen the Contracts Management Unit at CMS to integrate access of information and its analysis from the different sections of the Procurement Unit and Warehouse Management Systems
• Engage the IT teams at CMS and MoH to develop an integrated information management system that will support generation and dissemination of real time data on all activities of the e-procurement, order process management and contracts management with suitable interfacing with existing and any other software that might be used in future.
• Capacitate the CMS contract management unit to monitor and evaluate the entire contract management processes for all contracts beginning from the award of contracts up to their closure.
• Work with the CMS Contract Management Unit to maintain an up-to-date contracts database
• Standardize the contract management processes and ensure accuracy and completeness of contract specifications.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, law, supply chain or any related field; Master’s degree with a specialization in contracts management or equivalent will be an advantage.
• At least 8 years work experience in supply chain management
• In-depth knowledge of procurement regulations, contract documents, and legal specifications.
• Experience with MS Office suite, familiarity with electronic procurement and contract management systems, social media and internet-based research will be an added advantage
• Ability to develop and deliver presentations to internal and external groups