Job Description
Job Description
NISTNEST Program Logistics Officer
Project: NISTNET
Localisation
Locations : Freetown Sierra Leone
Report to: Central NISTNET Project Coordinator
Job Overview:
Jhpiego Sierra Leone, in partnership with the Ministry of Health, is seeking to recruit a qualified Logistics Officer to support the implementation of the National Integrated Sample Transportation Network (NISTNET), a nationwide specimen transportation system supporting HIV, TB, Malaria, and epidemic-prone disease programs across all 16 districts of Sierra Leone.
The Program Logistics Officer will directly support the Central NISTNET Project Coordinator in the day-to-day management and monitoring of specimen transportation activities across the national network. Responsibilities include:
Responsabilités
Coordinate and track specimen transportation activities across 23 hubs and 16 districts.
Monitor the performance of motorcycle couriers, transport providers, and hub operations.
Support route planning, transport scheduling, and emergency specimen movement.
Ensure compliance with specimen transport, biosafety, cold-chain, and chain-of-custody procedures.
Monitor and analyse data from the digital specimen tracking system and prepare routine logistics reports.
Conduct supervision visits, support training activities, and assist in district and national review meetings.
Work closely with District Coordinators, Health Facilities, Laboratories, DHMTs, and transport vendors to ensure efficient specimen movement nationwide.
Required Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Bachelor’s degree in Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Public Health, Business Administration, or a related field.
Expérience
Minimum of 2 years of relevant experience in logistics, transport management, supply chain, or public health programs.
Experience supporting donor-funded projects and working with digital tracking systems will be an added advantage.
Strong computer skills and proficiency in MS-office packages
Strong organizational, analytical, communication, and report-writing skills.
Willingness to travel extensively across Sierra Leone
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