Pharmacist at Action Against Hunger

Action Against Hunger is the world’s hunger specialist and leader in a global movement that aims to end life-threatening hunger for good within our lifetimes. For 40 years, the humanitarian and development organization has been on the front lines, treating and preventing hunger across nearly 50 countries. It served more than 21 million people in 2018 alone.

We are recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: Pharmacist

Location: Maiduguri, Borno
Employment Type: Full Time
Proposed Start date: August 2021
Direct Line Manager: Pharmacy Supervisor

Key Responsibilities

• Provide input for international /national orders, draw up the first draft of orders with and under the validation of the Nutrition and Health coordination team (Nutrition and Health HoD, DHOD), following the review of the projects' standard list and finalize orders based on consumption and future needs arising from the developments in medical activities.
• Make regular supportive supervision to all health facilities or mobile sites being supported by Action Against Hunger using the standard checklist and provide technical support to MOH staff on standard practice, make recommendations based on the observed gaps for better programing.
• Conduct Drugs consumption analysis based on Average Monthly Consumption reports received from project teams and provide time feedback and recommendations to the teams.
• Guide and support the pharmacy assistant in carrying out his/her daily activities.
• Maintain a global overview of medical stocks in the mission.
• Ensure timely and regular supply of medical commodities to all project sites and health facilities to avoid stock-out and interruption of ongoing activities.
• Ensure implementation of appropriate quality controls and records, in order to ensure good storage conditions (temperatures, humidity and light exposure) according to AAH protocols.
• Ensure that all persons in the supply team are aware of the specificities of the medical items they handle by raising their awareness/coaching/training them on quality, sensitivity, specificity and the various products' storage conditions.

Position Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Pharmacy with Valid license.
• Fluency in spoken and written English and either Hausa or Kanuri language.
• Strong sense of organization and attention to details.
• At least 2 years’ experience in stock management and clinical pharmacy.

Renmuneration

• Minimum Basic Salary: NGN172,695 per month
• Other benefits include but not limited to 100% health care coverage, paid leave per year, free and direct access to Cross Knowledge e-learning platform.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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Note

• Our employees enjoy a work culture that promotes diversity and inclusion
• Action Against Hunger provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability or genetics.
• Qualified women are strongly encourage to apply

Application Deadline  22nd July, 2021.