The responsibilities of the officer will include but not limited to;

⦁Advise the supervisor on matters of compliance relating to Public Procurement Guidelines and Regulations,

⦁Help prepare compliance reports for Submission to ZPPA as required by the Public Procurement Act and Regulations,

⦁Monitor and ensure timely submission of NHIMA Procurement Committee Minutes to ZPPA once adopted, 

⦁Monitoring of procurement of goods, works and services by NHIMA to ensure transparency and accountability in the procurement process,

⦁Consolidating of departmental day to day individual work plans to ensure smooth implementation of programmes and activities,

⦁Monitor Procurement trends from ZPPA website and any other relevant procurement informers and submitting reports to the supervisor, 

⦁Ensure timely preparation of responses for all reports and clarifications requested by ZPPA,

⦁Maintain a Risk Register and implement mitigation measures in liaison with the Audit and Risk Department,

⦁Maintenance of NHIMA Supplier and Contracts Register, 

⦁Finding out status of order from suppliers contracted by NHIMA and advice on mitigation measures to ensure goods/services are delivered in the quickest possible time,

⦁Monitoring of performance of the Procurement Plan (Planned Activities against Actual) and giving periodical reports to the supervisor for onwards implementation by Management, and

⦁Ensure implementation of Audit findings and help close pending Audits.

⦁Grade twelve (12) School certificate or its equivalent with 5 ‘O’ levels with credit or better including Mathematics and English Language,

⦁Bachelor of Science in Purchasing and Supply or its equivalent with a valid practicing license, and

⦁Demonstrable experience in procurement with at least 3 years in a procurement field.

⦁Must have high levels of integrity and ethics,

⦁Must have strong analytical and processing skills, 

⦁Must be detail-oriented and a highly organized self-starter, 

⦁Must be an effective communicator,

⦁Proficiency in office applications such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint and many other relevant applications,

⦁Honest and reliable with high moral strength,

⦁Must be Innovative and proactive,

⦁Must have a high degree of attention to detail, 

⦁Tact and diplomacy; and

⦁Must be conversant with the use of the electronic government procurement eGP system.