Posted:Feb 18
By:Hiring Kenya
Company Details
Industry:
Non-Profit Organization Management
Description:
Médecins sans frontières (MSF) or Doctors Without Borders, is an international humanitarian-aid non-governmental organization (NGO) and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, best known for its projects in war-torn regions and developing countries facing endemic diseases. It was founded in France in response to the Biafran War. The organization is known in most of the world by its localized name or simply as MSF; in Canada and the United States the name Doctors Without Borders is commonly used. In 2015 over 30,000, mostly local, doctors, nurses and other medical professionals, logistical experts, water and sanitation engineers and administrators provided medical aid in over 70 countries. These doctors and nurses decided to volunteer their time to solve issues of world health. Private donors provide about 90% of the organization's funding, while corporate donations provide the rest, giving MSF an annual budget of approximately US$750 million.
Job Description
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 project Pharmacy Manager, and in collaboration with the medical team Leader.
Tasks & Responsibilities include but not limited to:
- Supervising material orders and dispatching in order to ensure rational use.
- Receive 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:
- Ensure prompt and correct entries are captured on the stock cards and Isystock and that everything
- Prepare orders of the different consumption units (departments, wards, other), ensuring the packaging and proper dispatching. reporting any anomalies or changes in consumption patterns to the Pharmacy Supervisor. Also inform Pharmacy Manager as soon as stock reaches alert limit (Forecast monthly consumption).
- Prepare Donations and Loans for delivery as validated by the Pharmacy Manager/MTL
- Carry out or participate in regular inventories including EPREP stock.
- Report missing material/ damage/ robbery.
- Control warehouse limited access to authorized personnel and ensure doors and other exists are secured.
- Ensures good storage conditions of all items in the pharmacy.
- Control warehouse facilities in order to ensure materials good keeping conditions. It includes:
- Monitor temperature in the warehouse and ensure that products requiring cold chain are suitably stored and transports received and prepared appropriately according to MSF Supply and Cold Chain protocols Maintain refrigerating equipment in close collaboration with the logistics department.
- Follows up stock levels with regards to alarms thresholds, stock out, expiry dates and items to expire in the following 6 months. Make a report and passes it to the Pharmacy manager.
- Participate in order placement both international and local orders.
- Support in consumption data entry in prescribed tools.
- Ensure all medical supply documents (INs and OUTs) are properly signed, archived and can retrieved when required.
- Perform any other tasks that will be assigned from time to time by the Pharmacy manager as part of project pharmacy activities
- Ensure that medical kits in expat houses, and MSF cars refilled on a monthly basis by. This includes physical count, ordering and monitoring of expired dates.
- Other duties as assigned
- Due to the nature of MSF, other duties and/or tasks may be requested
Qualifications & Requirements:
Education
- Essential: University Degree in Pharmacy Duly registered with the Kenya Pharmacy and Poisons Board
Knowledge & Experience
- Essential: Minimum 2 years’ demonstrable experience in pharmacy management within a hospital setting.
- Essential Proficient in MS Office use (Excel, Word, Internet). Knowledge of “Isy stock” an added advantage
- Desirable: Previous experience in MSF or other NGOs in developing countries
- Languages
- Fluent in English and Swahili
- Competencies
- People Management and Development
- Commitment To MSF Principles
- Behavioral Flexibility
- Results and Quality Orientation
Deadline: 2nd March 2025.
Education: Degree, Diploma
Employment Type: Full Time