National Medical Stores is an autonomous Corporation that was established by an Act of Parliament in 1993. Our mandate is to procure, store and distribute medicines and other medical supplies to health facilities.

Our vision is “A POPULATION WITH ADEQUATE AND ACCESSIBLE QUALITY MEDICINES AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES”

Our Mission is “TO EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY SUPPLY ESSENTIAL MEDICINES AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES TO HEALTH FACILITIES IN UGANDA”

We are now looking for competent persons who possess appropriate skills, knowledge and right attitude to fill vacant positions which have either fallen vacant or have been created in the NMS Structure. Applications are now invited from suitably qualified Ugandans to fill the following vacant positions existing at NMS Head Office, Entebbe, Uganda.

MODE OF APPLICATION:

Interested applicants should submit an Online Application. Please scan your academic qualifications: Degree or Diploma qualifications, Curriculum Vitae, Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education, Uganda Certificate of Education, Membership to the professional body and other relevant academic documents and National Identity Card (both faces), and submit them online: Page 2 of 4 http://careers.nms.go.ug. Failure to attach any of the listed required documents shall lead to automatic disqualification of the applicant. The deadline for receiving the Online applications is Monday, 06th March, 2023 not later than 5:00pm. The application letter should be addressed as below and should be signed, scanned and sent online:

The Chief Human Resource and Administration Officer National Medical Stores

P.O Box 16, Entebbe Plot 4-16 Nsamizi Road,

ENTEBBE- UGANDA.

Note:

i. National Medical Stores is an equal opportunity employer. Females are encouraged to apply.

ii. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. If you don’t hear from us, one month from the date of closure of receipt of applications, consider your application unsuccessful.

iii. Candidates should attach all relevant academic documents as PDF Files

iv. National Medical Stores reserves the right to verify documents attached with the relevant awarding institutions to authenticate their validity. v. Any form of canvassing will lead to automatic disqualification

NMS/2023/01: COLD CHAIN TECHNICIAN

Job Title: Cold Chain Technician

Location: NMS Head Office

Department: Stores & Operations Department

Reports to: Senior Maintenance Engineering Officer

Responsible for: None Job

Grade: NMS Grade 8

Job Purpose: To manage Cold chain equipment maintenance across the Country.

KEY RESULT AREAS/ACCOUNTABILITIES

1. Support and oversee regional cold chain maintenance activities to plan, and implement cold chain equipment maintenance.
2. Conduct regular preventive and corrective maintenance of cold rooms, generators & refrigerators, refrigerated trucks, and remote temperature monitoring devices.
3. Ensuring functionality of cold chain equipment in the districts.
4. Inspect Cold Chain Equipment and ensure that the preventive maintenance for this equipment is done
5. Coordinate Cold Chain Maintenance of DCCTs
6. To control maintenance activities through periodic checks, standard engineering practices, root-cause analysis and corrective action for cold chain equipment.
7. Support forecasting, availability and proper stock management of the cold chain materials and spare parts.
8. Provide cold chain maintenance training for senior and mid-level cold chain technicians
9. Build capacity of district cold chain technicians through on the job-training and regular supportive supervision in the districts.
10. Support establishment of proper documentation on recording & reporting systems on cold chain maintenance and temperature monitoring and control activities in the districts 11. Submit, weekly, monthly and quarterly reports on the implementation and monitoring of the above activities to senior maintenance and engineering officer.
11. To identify any risk(s) noted during the course of execution of your duties and formally report to your immediate supervisor.
12. Execute any additional tasks as advised by the supervisor.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

1. An Honor’s Bachelor’s Degree or Technical Qualification at a level of Diploma in Cold Chain Management and Refrigeration or Ordinary Diploma in Refrigeration, Heat and Air Conditioning.
2. A minimum of 3 years’ hands-on experience in overseeing cold-chain systems.

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