Vacancy title:
Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Management Specialist
Employment type: Contractor, Industry: Public Administration, and Government, Category: Healthcare, Science & Engineering, Business Operations, Civil & Government, Transportation & Logistics, Legal
Jobs at:
Ministry Of Health
Deadline of this Job:
Thursday, October 15 2026
Duty Station:
Kigali | Kigali
Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, October 14 2026, Base Salary: Not Disclosed
JOB DETAILS:
Job Responsibilities
- Coordinates activities related to the pharmaceutical services
- Proactively identify the problems in the field and seek solutions
- Be proactive, innovative and expedient duties
- Keep the unit and other MoH staff updated with the latest developments in the domain
- Be exemplary in promoting the good positive image of MOH and the country
- Initiate laws and implementing orders and tools related to the functioning of the pharmaceutical sector
- Develop laws the relates to the pharmaceutical sector
- Develop pharmaceutical sector policy and its strategic plan
- Develop implementing tools of the pharmaceutical sector laws
- Monitor the enforcement of the pharmaceutical sector laws.
- Organize and conduct inspections of pharmaceutical establishments
- Plan, conducts routine, planned and unplanned inspections for enforcing compliance of the laws and regulations.
- Ensure high quality of pharmaceutical product that come within the Rwandan territory
- Analyze the applications for import permits/visa and Import License for medicines and other health commodities
- Verify imported pharmaceutical products whether they comply with the prescribed requirements at the port of entry/customs.
- Analyze dossiers for product assessment, evaluation and registration for they are authorized to be marketed on the Rwandan market.
- Monitor rational medicines use (including poor quality medicines, clinical trial, Pharmacovigilance and post marketing surveillance)
- Coordinate the review and implementation of the national essential medicines list, national formulary and standard treatment guidelines (NEML, NF & STGs)
- Periodically coordinate the review of essential medicines list, national formulary and standard treatment guidelines
- Monitor the compliance and implementation of these treatment guidelines
- Establish cooperation with other national, regional and international institutions involved in supplying and controlling pharmaceutical products.
- Develop technical cooperation agreement(s), Memorandum that require the country’s engagement.
- Participate in national, regional, and international forum and meetings to promote country’s best practices.
- Develop legal documents for establishing regulatory framework for traditional and complementary medicine sector
- Initiate the law establishing the law regulating traditional and complementary alternative medicines
- Develop national policy for Traditional and Complementary Medicines
- Develop, Ministerial orders, guidelines and regulations for the better implementation of the Law and the Policy.
- Develop policy strategic plan for easy implementation.
- Develop a harmonized CPDS governance document for the facilitation of the national functional supply chain
- Plan and coordinate health commodities quantification,
- Supply chain planning and monitoring for an uninterrupted supply
- Develop governance document and guidelines
- Coordinate the national pharmaceutical sector stakeholders consultations and engagements and other collaborative initiatives especially in relation to policy, legal and regulatory framework for a better vibrant, owned and a well coordinated sector
- Develop technical documents for stakeholders’ involvements and coordination
- Convene stakeholder’s meetings proper coordination and participation
Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Pharmacy with 3 Years of relevant experience
- Master's Degree in Pharmacy with 1 Years of relevant experience
- Master’s Degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences with 1 Years of relevant experience
- Master of Science in Pharmacology with 1 Years of relevant experience
- Master's Degree in Pharmacy, Pharmacology, Pharmaceutical Science, Health Supply Chain Management with one (1) year of relevant working experience
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 12
Level of Education: postgraduate degree
Job application procedure
Exams to be conducted
- PsychometricTest
- Written
- Oral
Reports To
Director General of Clinical and Public Health Services Governance Directorate
Application Link:
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