Pharmacy Officer

• Employment Type: Definite period( until April 2027)
• Salary :-830 USD
• Must be fluent in Tigrigna language

About the Role – Purpose:

Overall, the Pharmacist is responsible for ensuring the continuous availability, safe handling, and effective management of essential medicines, medical supplies, and nutrition commodities, in line with national guidelines and standards.

• This includes, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation and reporting of actions related to medicinal needs in his/her respective Woreda, In line with Concern guidelines, national recommendations and international standards. The Pharmacist is responsible for forecasting and requesting drugs and medical supplies, managing stock levels to prevent shortages or expiries and handling essential medicines, emergency kits, and nutrition commodities and efficient utilization of the organization resources.

meeting the projects and organizational goal and objectives.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

Technical Support and Facilitation

• Ensure storage, classification and organization of drugs and material according to international standards
• Support in the reception, preparation and dispatching of the medical orders from the main warehouse to the Woredas.
• Estimate needs based on program drugs consumption and national recommendations
• Prepare drugs orders according to the needs and make timely requisitions to the store keeper.
• Ensure that updated stock and consumption records can be provided upon request
• Assist in development and implementation of drug consumption tools in supported facilities and mobile clinics
• Manage and reinforce the capacities of the MHNT staff on stock management, quality drugs supply system and analysis of drugs consumption
• Dispense medications according to the clinicians’ prescriptions and in line with national guidelines and advise the patient on the use of each drug.
• Be aware of possible drug interactions and advise patients on this effectively
• Ensure that all medicine, medical supplies and equipment needed for the activities are available before departure to the mobile sites
• In collaboration with Health Officer and the MHNT staff, contribute to improvement of the mobile activities by making suggestions, team discussions, observation of the activities
• Constantly Checks the expiring dates of medical supplies regarding humidity and temperature.
• Assists in the purchase preparation of medical supplies that are not available locally mainly drugs, medical instrument.
• Keeps daily and weekly stocks of all necessary items, like drugs and Health care service provision materials.
• Ensure and support the Woreda Health Office (WoHO) staff in reporting, and qua ntifying their medical supplies and equipment’s needs.
• Perform other duties assigned by the line manager for the accomplishment of programme objectives.

Gender Equity

• Demonstrate understanding of Concern Worldwide Ethiopia’s Gender Equality Strategy.
• Contribute to ensuring that Concern Worldwide Ethiopia is a place where men and women are treated equally and with dignity and respect.
• Demonstrate gender equality awareness and gender sensitivity and an ability to integrate a gender equality perspective into tasks and activities.

Emergency response

Concern is committed to responding to emergencies efficiently and effectively to help affected people meet their basic needs, alleviate suffering and maintain their dignity. To this end, when emergencies strike and the Ethiopia Programme is to respond, all staff are required to actively participate in the response, regardless of location and contribute to the efforts aimed at achieving the humanitarian objective of the organization.

Safeguarding

• Able to seek appropriate advice and report concerns, and feel confident that they have been understood.
• Understands local safeguarding structures and arrangements.
• Practices in a manner that seeks to reduce the risk of abuse, harm or neglect.
• Identifies and refers to appropriate services any other associated persons including carers, family members and children at risk.
• Able to document safeguarding concerns, and maintain appropriate record-keeping, recording the wishes and views of the adult or child at risk, differentiating between fact and opinion.

Accountability

• In line with Concern’s commitments under the Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS):
  • actively promote meaningful community participation and consultation at all stages of the project cycle (planning, implementation, M&E);
  • work with relevant colleagues to ensure that the Complaints and Response Mechanism (CRM) is functional and accessible, that feedback and complaints are welcomed and addressed;
  • work with relevant colleagues to ensure that information about CRM, safeguarding and expected staff behaviour is disseminated among programme participants and communities.

Person Specification:

Essential knowledge, skills and experience

• Degree or equivalent in pharmacy.
• 3-4 years relevant experience
• Good technical/programme knowledge in area of responsibility.
• Excellent oral and written communications skills.
• Good technical/programme knowledge in area of responsibility.
• Excellent oral and written communications skills.

We encourage all eligible candidates, irrespective of gender, ethnicity or origin, disability, political beliefs, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, or socio-economic status to apply to become a part of the organization. Concern is against all forms of discrimination and unequal power relations and is committed to promoting equality.

If this role sounds right for you, please apply with your CV and cover letter. Please be aware we may offer positions before the closing date. Concern reserves the right to interview and select the chosen candidate before closing date for receipt of applications, so early application is strongly recommended.

Important information:

Concern has an organizational Code of Conduct with three Associated Policies: The Programme Participant Protection Policy, the Child Safeguarding Policy, and the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Policy accessible here. These have been developed to ensure the maximum protection of programme participants from exploitation, and to clarify the responsibilities of Concern staff, consultants, visitors to the programme and partner organizations, and the standards of behavior expected of them. In this context, staff have a responsibility to the organization to strive for, and maintain, the highest standards in their work, in accordance with Concern’s core values and mission. Any candidate offered a job with Concern Worldwide will be expected to sign the Concern Staff Code of Conduct and Associated Policies as an appendix to their contract of employment.

By signing the Concern Code of Conduct, candidates acknowledge that they have understood the content of both the Concern Code of Conduct and the Associated Policies and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these policies. Additionally, Concern is committed to the safeguarding and protection of adults and children in our work. We will do everything possible to ensure that only those who are suitable to work or volunteer with adults and children are recruited by us for such roles. Consequently, working or volunteering with Concern may be subject to a range of vetting checks, including criminal background checking.

During this job application, you will provide Concern with your personal data. Concern takes its responsibilities towards this personal data very seriously and is committed to complying with all relevant data protection legislation.

What we offer

• A competitive salary and benefit package
• Excellent medical benefits (100% cover including dependents)
• 20 days annual leave
• 26 weeks (paid) maternity leave, 18 weeks (unpaid) parental leave