Pharmacy Storekeeper at Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF)

Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) is an independent international medical humanitarian organization that delivers emergency aid in more than 60 countries to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural or man-made disasters or exclusion from healthcare.

We are recruiting to fill the following positions below:

Job Titles: Pharmacy Storekeeper

Location: Abuja (FCT)
Employment Type: Contract
Contract Type: Daily Worker

Main Purpose

• Execute the pharmacy/medical warehouse storing activities in order to keep pharmacy stock above security level and following recommended conditions (temperature, humidity, etc.) under the supervision of the Medical Warehouse (for OCP) or Pharmacy Supervisor, and in collaboration with the logistics team.

Job Description

• Supervising material orders and dispatching in order to ensure rational use.
• Receiving orders and deliveries, identifying potential disparities against cargo manifest or others and reporting them, and stores materials in accordance with the system in force, in order to ensure continuous availability. It includes:
• Ensuring good storage conditions of all medical items in the pharmacy in accordance with pharmaceutical standards in order to ensure continuous availability.
• Ensuring correct fill-in entries on the stock cards and software.
• Carrying out or participating in regular inventories including EPREP stock.
• Following up stock levels with regards to alarms thresholds, stock out, expiry dates and drugs to expire in the following 6 months.
• Preparing orders of the different consumption units (departments, wards, others), ensuring proper packaging and dispatching and reporting any anomalies or changes in consumption patterns to the Pharmacy Supervisor. Informing Pharmacy Supervisor as soon as stock reaches alert limit.
• Controlling warehouse facilities in order to ensure materials are kept in good keeping conditions, it includes: e.g. Monitoring temperature in the warehouse and  Ensuring that products requiring cold chain are suitably stored and transports received, stored, and prepared and transported appropriately according to MSF Supply and Cold Chain protocols.
• Ensuring cleanliness of premises (stock pharmacy) and in close collaboration with the logistics department, maintaining refrigerating equipment.
• Controlling warehouse limited access to authorized personnel and ensuring doors and other exits are secured. Immediately informing the line manager of any problems arising in the course of the work, particularly with regards to damage, loss, attempted break-ins or theft in the warehouse.
• Ensuring that items to be quarantined (on-going quality alerts) or to be placed in quarantine zone (batch recalls, expired or damaged items) are removed from the stock and safely locked.
• Following up stock levels with regards to alarms thresholds, stock out, expiry dates, and drugs to expire in the following 6 months. Preparing reports and passing it to the supervisor.

Requirements
Education:

• Essential, Pharmacy Technical Diploma.
• Desirable, Pharmacy and medical-related studies.

Experience:

• Essential previous experience of at least 2 years in similar or relevant positions.
• Desirable previous experience in MSF or other NGOs in developing countries

Languages:

• Essential English fluency in reading, writing and oral comprehension.

Knowledge:

• Essential computer literacy (Word, Excel)

Competencies:

• Results and Quality Orientation L1
• Teamwork and CooperationL1
• BehaviouralFlexibilityL1
• Commitment to MSF Principles L1
• Service Orientation L1
• Stress Management. L2

Contract:

• According to operational needs

Remuneration

• In line with MSFF’s salary grid – the hourly rate calculated basic salary plus 10% precariousness of the position and a deduction 5% With Holding Tax (WHT)

Application Closing Date
31st July, 2024.