Warehouse Officer (Pharmacist)

Background/IRC Summary: The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. At work today in over 40 countries and 22 U.S. cities, we restore safety, dignity and hope to millions who are uprooted and struggling to endure. The IRC leads the way from harm to home.

IRC has been working in Pakistan for over 40 years, and manages and delivers large, complex programs to meet the needs in health, education, protection, environmental health and livelihoods for displaced, poor and disaster affected communities. IRC works in partnership with local government and non-governmental organizations and currently works in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Sindh provinces.

Job Overview/Summary:

The position will under supervision of IRC’s Country Pharmacist will support health team and supply chain team and support in the implementation of health programming around primary health care, reproductive health and nutrition services for the most vulnerable, including day to day Pharmaceuticals Management activities. She/he will also guide Supply chain department in supervision of all the pharmaceutical inventory and its supply chain. The position is based in Islamabad with regular trips to other field bases and project sites as requested by his/her line manager

Major Responsibilities: 

• Oversee drug and medical supplies management for the entire health program in accordance with IRC pharmaceutical supplies SoPs. 
• Manage the IRC and Implementing partner’s main drug store/warehouse, pharmaceutical inventory and Health facilities stores according to IRC drug management system.
• Support Country Pharmacist in forecasting for Purchase Requests for drugs, and medical supplies. 
• Support supply chain department in ensuring provision of quality medical commodities at warehouse as well as service delivery points. 
• Prepare plan for distribution of essential health supplies and drugs to the health facilities based on their needs and appropriate documentation using standard monitoring tools. 
• Provide guidance at service level for effective drug distribution and control, quality prescription (analyzing rational drug use), medicines reconciliation, patient counseling, good dispensing practices and safe medication practices.
• Provides guidance and training to Dispensers at various clinic sites during course of work, monitoring performance, working closely with the other members of the health Team 
• Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.

Key Working Relationships:

Position Reports to: Country Pharmacist

Position directly supervises: None

Job Requirements:

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in pharmacy or pharmacology and/or equivalent qualifications.
• Master’s in pharmacy or Pharmacology would be of added value.

Experience:

• Experience in emergency environments with at least 2-3 years of experience in pharmaceutical management, preferably within Humanitarian contexts.
• Evident 1 year experience in pharmaceutical stores management.

Skills & Competencies: 

• Basic training/skills in store management is added advantage. 
• Strong experience in management, capacity building, and training the staff. 
• Demonstrated leadership, communication, and facilitation skills. 
• Excellent interpersonal and problem-solving skills. Additional Qualities: 
• Works well in and promotes teamwork. 
• Ability to improvise, be flexible, and adaptability to transitions. 
• MS excel/computer literacy skills are a must

The IRC Core Values and Commitments

The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, and Accountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity Anti-Retaliation and Combating Trafficking in Persons.

IRC is committed to ensuring that IRC staff is suitable to work with children and have the knowledge s/he needs to uphold and abide by the IRC’s Child Safeguarding Policy.

Level of interaction with children: No direct contact with children

IRC ensures that its staff must actively practice the roles and responsibilities related to client responsiveness, accountability to people in affected communities and must have competencies to solicits and listens to feedback and other’s perspectives, responds to feedback with maturity and sensitivity and takes appropriate decisions and makes changes to behavior or actions in response to feedback.

IRC recognizes that gender equality is fundamental to the achievement of our organizational mission. As such, IRC is committed to the promotion of gender equality in all aspects of our operations and programs. Our organizational policies, procedures and actions demonstrate this commitment.

Women candidates and differently abled persons are highly encouraged to apply.