Senior Technical Advisor

Job Position title: Senior Technical Advisor

Reports to: Project Director

Background

RMS is a state-owned company established by the Government of Rwanda with a mandate of managing end to end health supply chain for Rwanda

RMS Ltd mission is to be the leading health supply chain institution in Africa which ensures availability and affordability of quality assured health commodities by 2030. RMS Ltd’s vision is A Thriving Rwanda: Where everyone has the health resources, they need to live a long and fulfilling life. Our comprehensive supply chain management ensures that healthcare providers have the resources they need to deliver quality care.

To achieve this mandate and become the leading health commodities supply chain agency in Rwanda and beyond, RMS is committed to ensuring timely access to quality products through an enhanced, sustainable, and efficient supply chain system.

RMS Ltd seeks to recruit a qualified candidate for the position of Senior Technical Advisor

Position overview

The Senior Technical Advisor will lead a team to implement activities and ensure that projects remain on schedule with the established workplan and meet project milestones and deliverables. He/she will serve as a Senior Project Manager, responsible for all aspects of project management, implementation and overall monitoring of project progress against set benchmarks. He/she will liaise with key stakeholders, other donor-funded projects, and implementing partners. This role requires previous experience in health supply chain management, focused on improving procurement, warehousing, distribution and supply chain data visibility capabilities.

Key responsibilities

• Lead technical activities related to improving the maturity of the health supply chain functions and operations such as procurement, quantification, warehousing, distribution and Supply chain data visualization.
• Lead and actively participate in proposal and business development, provide technical contribution and leadership in their technical area, in response to government, foundation, philanthropy and donor solicitations opportunities, as they arise.
• Supervise a team of technical personnel focusing on specific areas of implementation ensuring they support the programme’s overall strategic approach and its integration into the MEL plans.
• Design and lead the implementation of quality workplans while ensuring effective use of data, project performance, and risk management.
• Track milestones and deliverables, identify and address potential risks/issues, and ensure that any likely deviations in activity timelines are flagged to the attention of the Project Director in a timely manner.
• Provide technical assistance to improve leadership and governance for health supply chains at all levels.
• Interface with clients, donors and other project stakeholders, to plan, implement, review, and report on projects and deliverables.
• Oversee implementation of trainings, meetings, supportive supervision visits, etc., as necessary, and continually reflect on experiences, suggest and implement improvements.
• Support the programmes director in stakeholder engagement, fostering positive relationships, improving synergy and ensuring alignment with project goals.
• Ensure compliance to donor requirements
• Contributes to the implementations of the organization’s strategic plan.
• Provides a critical review of key technical documents and reports and undertakes quality assurance of project/s reporting.
• Perform all other duties assigned by supervisor or by management team

Required Skills and qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in business, pharmacy, supply chain management or a related field
• Minimum of seven years professional experience in health supply chain management
• Proven experience working on donor funded projects is required.
• Demonstrated competency in planning and executing programme activities, and effective use of resources in producing results.
• Experience in project management, monitoring and evaluation, data analysis, generation of project reports.
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to manage workloads under tight deadlines.
• Demonstrated and documented success in similar work.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills and nurturing relationships with key stakeholders including government agencies and international donor agencies.
• Ability to multitask and prioritize tasks effectively in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent written and spoken English skills
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.

N.B

This position is contingent on funding from a partner

Job application procedure

Interested candidates should send their application documents (in one PDF document) including Application letter, Curriculum Vitae, copy of ID, copies of degree certificates and professional certificates, motivation letter, names of three previous supervisors as well as their emails and telephone numbers.

All applications are to be addressed to the Chief Executive Officer of Rwanda Medical Supply Ltd through the following email address: recruitment@rms.rw 

Deadline for application: Friday, 25^th July 2025 at 5:00 pm.

NB:

1. Only applications sent via the above e-mail should be considered.
2. Only Candidates with the right qualifications and relevant experience shall be shortlisted and contacted.
3. Incomplete applications shall be rejected.