Summary: Senior Technical Officer, Demand Planning - Malaria. Dar Es Salaam, Dar

Job Details

  • Deadline: 21
  • Company: FHI 360
  • Location: Tanzania

Job Description

Senior Technical Officer, Demand Planning - Malaria. Dar Es Salaam, Dar

Organization

FHI 360

Country

Tanzania

City

Dar es Salaam

Office

FHI 360 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Job Summary

The Senior Technical Officer (STO), Demand Planning-Malaria

provides technical support to the National Malaria Control Program

(NMCP) to ensure availability and efficient management of Malaria

commodities and related supply chain systems and supports the

implementation, monitoring and continuous improvement of malaria

demand planning activities. The role provides technical guidance

and capacity building, demand planning and supply systems

strengthening to NMCP and other malaria stakeholders in Tanzania.

The STO contributes to knowledge products through the creation and

management of reports, technical materials, and conflict-sensitive

solutions on demand planning activities relating to Malaria.

Working closely with project leadership, s/he supports project

implementation by evaluating programmatic effectiveness, providing

technical oversight, and preparing technical assessment reports.

The role contributes to business development efforts, including

supporting the management of opportunity identification, capture

proposal development, and strategic partnering.

Accountabilities

Technical Requirements

  • Provides the National Malaria Control Program (NMCP) and key

stakeholders with technical support and guidance to strengthen

malaria commodity demand planning and supply chain management.

  • Strengthens staff and partner capacity through technical

assistance, mentoring and training in malaria demand planning for

Malaria ecosystem including supply chain management.

  • Ensures timely availability of quality Malaria commodities

across the health system.

  • Plans for and ensures execution of quantification exercises for

Malaria commodities while advocating for best practices in

forecasting and supply planning.

  • Participates in Bottom-up quantification (BUQ) exercises and

supply chain reviews for Malaria commodities.

  • Supports NMCP in the design, planning, implementation

monitoring and evaluation of integrated Malaria interventions and

ensures that Malaria commodities are consistently available at the

right quantities, of the required quality, and at the right

time.

  • Participates in pipeline analyses, tracks supplies, identifies

potential challenges relating to supply chain and supports

mitigation measures.

  • Strengthens capacity of frontline workers and stakeholders on

logistics and supply chain systems related to malaria.

  • Supports the development and maintenance of feedback mechanisms

for dissemination of approved malaria stock status reports, to all

levels of the health system and stakeholders.

  • Monitors progress in performance of demand planning activities

for malaria and share regular updates with NMCP and the

Project.

  • Works closely with the team to ensure project implementation

remains technically sound and adheres to organizational strategy

and standard operating procedures (SOP's).

  • Develops or writes technical briefs, reports, or other

necessary materials to facilitate research, best practices

policies, and procedures on demand planning for Malaria

activities.

  • Provides mentorship and team building at the task level.
  • Provides technical support in the development and dissemination

of tools, materials, reports, papers, and intervention for research

projects on Malaria activities.

  • Provides technical input on Malaria best practices to assist

with implementation

  • Monitors performance milestones for demand planning and supply

chain activities and reports to supervisors.

Business Development and Client/Funder Support

  • Contributes to proposal writing for procurement of malaria

commodities, diagnostics and other related lifesaving

commodities.

  • Develops technical proposals, budgets, and work plans related

to malaria demand planning and supply chain strengthening.

Applied Knowledge & Skills

  • In-depth knowledge of concepts, practices, and procedures for

forecasting, demand planning and supply chain management with

providing technical support for forecasting and supply chain

planning activities. Ability to develop scopes of work, technical

specifications for partners and consultants, etc.

  • Broad knowledge of quality assurance standards and continuous

quality improvement principles.

  • Proficiency in database management software and online search

tools.

  • Demonstrates cultural sensitivity and diversity as well as

understanding of the political, contextual, and ethical issues in

assigned work

  • Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication

skills with the ability to communicate effectively with clients and

staff.

  • Must be able to read, write, and speak fluent English and

Kiswahili.

  • Excellent organizational and analytical skills.
  • Demonstrated project management skills.
  • Ability to influence and collaborate with others.
  • Strong stakeholder engagement and government relationship

management experience.

  • Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word

Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook).

  • Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data

identify issues, and prepare reports, solves problems and implement

corrective action.

  • Experience using data for decision making and evidence-based

forecasting.

Supervision Given/Received

  • Mentors' junior staff- to strengthen their technical capacity

and performance.

  • Reports to Senior Technical Advisor, Systems Strengthening

& Demand Planning

Education

  • Master's degree (or its International Equivalent) in public

health, Pharmacy, Laboratory or a related field, with a minimum of

six years of professional experience in commodity forecasting

quantification, demand planning or supply chain management

Experience

  • Minimum of 6+ years of progressive responsible experience in

national quantifications for malaria commodities, demand planning

or supply chain management at national or sub-national level.

  • Experience working with non-governmental organization/s (NGO)

government ministry or entity, implementing partners, donors or

private organization/s.

  • Demonstrated knowledge of Tanzania's health supply chains

systems and malaria commodity management

  • Proficiency in national quantification and forecasting tools

including Quantimed, Pipelines, ForLab, or equivalent tools)

  • Experience using LMIS/eLMIS platforms and other electronic

logistics information systems for forecasting, reporting and supply

chain performance monitoring

Typical Physical Demands

  • Typical office environment.
  • Ability to spend long hours looking at computer screen and

doing repetitive work on a keyboard.

  • Ability to sit and stand for extended periods of time.
  • Ability to lift/move up to 5 lbs.

Technology to be Used

  • Personal Computer/Laptop, Microsoft applications (i.e., Office

365, SharePoint, Skype/Zoom/Teams), cell phone/mobile technology

and standard office equipment.

Travel Requirements

  • 10% - 25%

How to Apply

FHI 360 has a competitive compensation package. Interested

candidates may apply online by uploading their Application Letter

Curriculum Vitae (CV)/Resume, Photocopies of Certificates and Names

and Addresses of three (3) referees

FHI 360 is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Closing Date: 21

August 2026. Only short listed candidates will be contacted

The expected hiring salary range for this role is TZS

68,000,000 - 90,000,000 for annual basic salary. When determining

an offer amount, FHI 360 factors in multiple considerations

including but not limited to: relevant years of experience and

education possessed by the applicant, internal equity, market pay

and budget. For internal candidates, salary placement will also

follow FHI 360's current promotional increase guidelines.

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