Pharmacy Officer

• Country: Ethiopia
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• Salary: N/A
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• Education: Bachelor’s degree
• Experience: 2 years
  
• Gender: Both

Major Responsibilities:

• Set up and maintain robust, practical, and comprehensive documentation (SOPs, assessments, protocols and tools) relating to medicines’ management and pharmaceutical care in emergencies.
• Set up a functional drug management system for emergency health programs according to the IRC policy.
• Manage field pharmaceutical supply chain management, including storage, distribution, medicines management within healthcare facilities, healthcare waste management, controlled drug management, software systems for commodity management.
• Support initiatives in improving access to quality medicines during emergencies.
• Ensure regular inventory and consumption tracking of medical drugs and supplies.
• ·         Work with MHNT staff to ensure prompt requesting of medical drugs and supplies.
• ·         Work with supply chain and program team to ensure effective procurement plans and warehouse management of all medical drugs, equipment, and supplies.
• ·         Manage safe waste management of drug and medical supplies.
• ·         Maintain open and professional relations with team members, promoting a strong team spirit and provide guidance to enable staff to successfully perform in their positions.
• ·         Maintain up-to-date stock inventories.
• ·         Compile and submit stock consumption reports.
• ·         Consistently and proactively monitor/assess the safety and security of the team; promptly reporting concerns or incidents to IRC management and liaising with community leaders and other external parties as required to maintain/enhance the security environment for IRC programs.
• ·         Other duties as assigned by the supervisor to enable and develop IRC programs.

Qualifications

Job Requirements:

• ·         Excellent communication skills, good spoken and writing of concise reports in Tigrinya and English.
• ·         Good technical and report writing skills with computer skills and knowledge.
• ·         Must be a team player with excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work under pressure in a stressful environment, displaying patience, compassion, and diplomacy.
• ·         Ability to be innovative, flexible, adaptive, and willingness to work out of hours, sometimes throughout the night.
• ·         Ability to live in challenging conditions and ability to work under difficult, high-pressure situations.
  

Educational Requirements:

·         BSs/MSc in Clinical Pharmacy or Pharmacy.

Preferred experience & skills:

• ·         Minimum of 2 years for BSs holder and 1 years for MSc holder and significant field operations experience supporting emergency activities. 
• ·         Experience in medical procurement and in pharmaceutical supply chain management (warehousing, stock control, transport, distribution)
• ·         Experience working in the NGO sector, within complex/large scale country programs and in emergency response/humanitarian environments.
• ·         Experience in conducting pharmacy, supply chain or health assessments, particularly in an emergency context.
• ·         Experience in Public Health relating to Essential Medicines, National Drug Policies, Quality Assurance, or clinical pharmacy is a plus.
  

Language Skills: 

·         Amharic, and English. Local language Tigrigna is advantageous.

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