Malaria Consortium is one of the world’s leading non-profit organisations specialising in the comprehensive prevention, control and treatment of malaria and other communicable diseases among vulnerable and under privileged populations. We increasingly find our work on malaria can be effectively integrated with other similar public health interventions for greater impact and therefore expanded our remit to include child health and neglected tropical disease interventions.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Logistics Assistant
Location: Niger
Job Purpose
- To assist the Supply Chain Officer and the state LMCU in the management of malaria commodities at the project offices and SMC Medicines and tools at the Central Medical Stores in Niger State.
Scope of work
- The Logistics Assistant will be actively responsible for supporting an effective and efficient logistics management and inventory control system for SMC drugs and commodities at the state level.
- She / He will work under the supervision of the Supply Chain Officer with the Admin Officer as a dotted-line manager.
Key working relationships
- The Logistics Assistant will be a member of the programme implementation team and report to the Supply Chain Officer in delivering the supply chain distribution work plan and deliverables for the SMC programme.
Key Accountabilities
- Provide support to the Supply Chain Officer and State Central Medical Stores (SCMS) and LMCU
- on program implementation.
- Carry out pick and pack of implementation medicines (SPAQ), implementation tools, training materials, visibility materials and PPEs for each cycle of the SMC round.
- Carry out the sorting, counting and documentation of SPAQ reversed to the CMS at the end of each SMC cycle.
- Support physical verification of commodities with vendors during receipt into the stores and before dispatch during LMD.
- Ensure delivery notes/waybills are signed and issued to vendors at the CMS during LMD
- Separates damaged blisters from useable ones and ensure they are clearly labelled.
- Support the conduct of post last mile distribution POD reconciliation.
- Assist in monitoring delivery of SMC commodities and escalate any discrepancies in the quantity of commodities delivered and any quality issues.
- Support the monthly stock status assessment of all SMC commodities at the state central medical store.
- Assist in the coordination of reverse logistics for SMC drugs from health facilities to the state central medical store.
- Any other duty as may be assigned by the supervisor.
Expected Deliverables
- Completes the pick and pack of SMC commodities at least 4 days before the commencement of LMD.
- Collate and file CMS / duplicate copies of PoDs and all SMC transaction documents.
- Reconciled post distribution stock report for non-medicine SMC commodities.
- Presents and updates the report of reverse logistics to the Supply Chain Officer 2 days after each cycle’s reverse logistics at the state central medical store.
- Presents a filled timesheet that is approved by the line manager (Supply Chain Officer) confirming the number of days worked.
Requirements
- A minimum of SSCE or National Diploma.
- At least one year of working experience in Commodity Logistics and supply management.
- Must be known and be working in the central medicine store in Niger.
- Must be computer literate.
- Ability to work under pressure both in a team and independently with minimal supervision.
- Ability to work beyond normal working hours to meet urgent project deliverables.
- A collaborative and flexible style, with a strong service mentality.
Application Deadline: 2nd July, 2026.
METHOD OF APPLICATION
Interested and qualified candidates should use link below to Apply.
Click here to apply online
Note: Only Shortlisted candidates will be contacted and applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and as a result, the process may conclude before the advertised deadline. Therefore, early applications are highly encouraged.
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