Pharmacy Supervisor at Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)

Médecins Sans Frontières is a private, international organisation. The organisation is made up mainly of doctors and health sector workers and is also open to all other professions which might help in achieving its aims. Médecins Sans Frontières provides assistance to populations in distress, to victims of natural or man-made disasters and to victims of armed conflict. They do so irrespective of race, religion, creed, or political convictions.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Pharmacy Supervisor

Location: Awka, Anambra
Employment Type: Contract

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Ensuring general functioning of the pharmacy and supervising pharmacy supply chain processes in accordance with MSF standards, protocols and procedures, in order to ensure its efficiency and operating availability.

Accountabilities

• Ensuring storage, stock management and supply processes, as well as hygiene and security procedures, tools, and protocols (controlling pests and rodents), implementing appropriate quality controls and records, in order to ensure good storage conditions (temperatures, humidity and light exposure) and availability of drugs and medical material, according to MSF protocols, national regulations and in cooperation with the logistics department.
• Coordinating the delivery, reception and recording of international and local orders, in close coordination with the logistics department, updating stock files and informing line managers on their status (shortfalls, over-stocking, expiry dates), in order to permanently ensure security stock levels and ensure efficient management of stock.
• Supervising orders of medical and drug material in order to ensure an efficient and appropriate consumption pattern under budget constraints.
• Supervising the supply of drugs to patients, according to medical prescriptions, informing them on consumption patterns and keeping conditions in order to ensure their therapeutic progression
• Ensuring efficient supply to other pharmacies managed/supported by MSF according to orders and stocks, and using cold chain when needed. Monitoring and analysing orders of depending pharmacies in order to avoid ruptures of stock or having expired drugs.
• Supervising, with the HR department, the associated processes (sizing, staff shifts, recruitment, training, performance evaluation, development and internal/external communication) of the pharmaceutical team and the nursing staff, in order to ensure both the sizing and the amount of knowledge required and to improve their dispensing capabilities.
• Recording all items received and issued in computer (Isystock) and reporting on drug consumptions and medical equipment dispensed according to protocols, informing on unusual patterns as well as forecasting future needs, in order to rationalise the budget and to ensure availability.
• Assisting in training of nursing staff regarding dispensing of drugs and their side effects.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Pharmacy (B.Pharm)) with a valid license with the pharmacist council of Nigeria (PCN)
• At least two years of professional experience as a pharmacist.
• Languages: Mission and local language (English, Igbo, Pidgin English) essential (high level command oral and written.

Competencies:

• Commitment to MSF Principles
• Stress Management
• Computer literacy including advanced proficiency in Microsoft excel
• Knowledge of essential medicines and WHO/MSF guidelines
• Strong organizational and analytical skills
• Ability to train.

Application Closing Date
18th February, 2026 (5:00 PM).

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Note

• Interested candidates should submit their application, including cover letter, resume and copy of relevant certificates and NYSC certificate/Exemption letters using the link
• Applications should be sent through the indicated channel, meeting all requirements, otherwise application will not be entertained.
• Please note that only short-listed candidates will be contacted for the next recruitment steps
• MSF is an equal-opportunity employer, both men and women are encouraged to apply.
• MSF reserves the right to cancel any step or whole of the process at any stage of recruitment.
• MSF Belgium takes this opportunity to thank all potential candidates for their applications.
• MSF is an equal opportunity employer. Both men and women are encouraged to apply. Candidates from Anambra State, and notably from AWKA preferred.