KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY

• Management of Medical Storage and Supply Chain
• Ensures that Save the Children supply chain procedures and policies are implemented and adhered to
• Set up and manage the medical warehouse, optimising medicine storage conditions and organization to ensure safety and effectiveness of drugs and medical supplies
• Responsible to handle the prepositioned medical drugs and supplies properly
• Ensures daily update bin cards and stock cards; supplies are released with approved stock release formats and proper documentation
• Ensures accurate quantification and procurement planning including sourcing for health commodities following Save the Children Policies
• Ensures field-based consumption reporting are completed in a timely manner and advise on rational use of medicines based on this.
• Ensures high quality standards of health commodity management are met including Good Distribution Practices – which will include warehousing, cold chain management, stock rotation and control, pipeline management, consumption monitoring and ordering.
• Ensures safe disposal of expired drug and medical supplies, working with the regional health bureau where applicable
• Ensure accurate reporting of drug movement stocks and consumption
• Ensures compliance with transport activity for medical items with national and international legislations and customs.
• Supervises MHNT to ensuring safe and accurate dispensing process and patients are counselled on how to take prescribed treatment providing capacity building where required
• Monitors medication safety across the primary health care teams, SWAN partners on reporting medical incidents
• Oversees medication use in the field
• Carry out any other tasks as required in line with the technical area.

Job Requirements

Qualifications and experience

Essential

• Diploma/ BSc in Pharmacy with COC certificate plus three years related experience
• Experience monitoring rational use of medicines.
• Good knowledge of general logistics and willingness to multitask.
• Strong communicator and team member.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)
• Ability to work in and maintain a positive team dynamic in insecure environments.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a multi-cultural environment and establish harmonious and effective working relationships both within and outside the organization.
• Experience of supply chain management
• Flexible, positive and proactive approach to work
• Willing to travel and work from other locations as required.

Desirable

• Written and spoken English
• Previous experience working for an International NGO