We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realize the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard. 

We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:

•            No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday

•            All children learn from a quality basic education and that,

•            Violence against children is no longer tolerated

We know that great people make a great organization and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children.  We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive workplace where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.

SCI - Afghanistan

 Save the Children has been working in Afghanistan since 1976. Our way of working close to people and on their own terms has enabled us to deliver lasting change to tens of thousands of children in the country. The UN Convention of the Rights of the Child is the basis of our work.

We are helping children get a better education, we make it possible for more boys and girls to attend school, we help children protect themselves and influence their own conditions. We work with families, communities and health workers in homes, clinics and hospitals to promote basic health in order to save lives of children and mothers

CHILD SAFEGUARDING:

Level 3:  the post holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work country programs; or are visiting country programs; or because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff.

ROLE PURPOSE:

The Pharmacy officer will be responsible for supporting field teams (including MHTs/Static HFs) on the safe and appropriate storage and dispensing of medicines through regular travel to the field. This may come through training, observations, and the development of Province-specific operating procedures. In addition, s/he will be responsible for maintaining an overview of Save the Children’s emergency pharmaceutical buffer stock and will ensure that it is appropriately dispatched and replenished using donor funds. Where appropriate, s/he may be requested to advise on medical cases treatment prescription. In the event of a major humanitarian emergency, the role holder will be expected to work outside the normal role profile and be able to vary working hours accordingly, including deployment. This role is expected to spend up to 50% of their time traveling and supporting Provinces and MHTs, Static Health Facilities, Therapeutic Feeding Units, and/or any health facility supported by SCI.

SCOPE OF ROLE:

Reports to: Pharmacy Coordinator

Staff reporting to this post: None.

Role Dimensions: Field-level Project Coordinators, Supply Chain, Programme Operations

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

CO and Field Level Pharmaceutical Support

• Review all provincial consumption reports, analyse them & give a detailed and consolidated report for every project by the 10th of each month to make sure that the consumption reports are submitted to the field office and CO, and report it to the Pharmacy Coordinator.
• Consolidate the consumption of pharmaceuticals and generate reports of each field office by project.
• Works in close association with the supply chain to ensure that Save the Children’s global standard operating procedures about medical warehousing are followed through training, guidance, and coaching on PSS and CSS to project staff, warehousing staff, and field teams.
• Supports the pharmacy coordinator in doing quantification for the current and new grants based on the consumption and morbidity methods.
• Works closely with the CO supply chain team in raising the Pharmaceuticals PRs for the existing and new coming grants and follows up and tracks each project procurement pipeline in the system.
• Provide on-the-job training to pharmacy assistants, warehouse assistants, and pharmacy dispensers on pharmaceutical items management, warehousing whenever needed, and orients the clinical staff on good pharmaceutical practices.
• Support the quality monitoring of field-level activities through regular contact (with field monitoring reports written that contain constructive feedback), especially on prescription audits & Pharmacy standard score card.
• Provide supportive supervision to warehouses at the provincial & district level to ensure that the warehouses are according to the GDP compliance, where stock arrangements, categorization, and labelling are done as per SCI standards.
• Pharmacy Assistants to conduct drug use evaluation at the health level, share the feedback with the H&N Coordinator follow up on action points.
• Participate in the monthly rational prescription audits, monthly PSS tool with the multidisciplinary team, nurses, doctors & H&N managers, and follow up action plans from findings.
• Mentor & provide coaching to pharmacy assistants/Dispensers on key pharmacy services standards required to improve good dispensing practices.
• Any other relevant roles & duties that might be allocated based on pharmacy activities by your line manager (Pharmacy Coordinator).

Management and Growth of Pharmaceutical Buffer Stock

• Be responsible for the overall management of Save the Children’s pharmaceutical buffer stock.
• Ensure that the pharmacy standards are respected at the CO warehouse, provincial warehouses & whole distribution cycle to the end user unit.
• Ensure pharmacovigilance, including the immediate report of any problem with the quality of a drug, AEFIs, in accordance with SCI & Afghanistan procedures.
• Ensure that technical support is provided to the warehouse officer in checking up on medical equipment to ensure product quality, especially upon reception of medical supplies at the warehouse and in the MHTs and Fixed Health Facilities.
• Preparation of a distribution plan for the pharmaceuticals, medical consumables, and medical equipment based on the actual needs of the provinces.
• Ensure a collaborative approach between the pharmacy assistant with Supply Chain to dispatch medicines when new projects are launched, based on the needs of the project. After this is done, then will lead to replenishing these items through newly secured donor funds to ensure that the buffer is maintained.

Other

• Contribute to a positive working atmosphere that equally respects the rights of men and women.
• Raise awareness of Save the Children’s Child Safeguarding and Code of Conduct policy.
• Report any potential Child Safeguarding and/or PSEA cases once encountered.

BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)

Accountability:

• holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values.
• Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance, and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.

Ambition:

• sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their personal development, and encourages their team to do the same.
• Widely shares their vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others.
• Future-oriented, thinks strategically and on a global scale.

Collaboration:

• builds and maintains effective relationships with their team, colleagues, Members, and external partners and supporters.
• Values diversity sees it as a source of competitive strength.

• Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.

Creativity:

• Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions.
• Willing to take disciplined risks.

Integrity:

• honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates the highest levels of integrity.

QUALIFICATIONS 

Graduated from a recognized Pharmacy Faculty/Institute and Medicine Faculty (MD)

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

Essential

• Fluency in Dari and/or Pashto
• Competent in the use of Microsoft Office, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel
• 4 years of experience in pharmacy.
• Understanding of common medical warehousing standards
• Experience in capacity development and delivery of training
• Ability and willingness to travel to provinces.
• Flexibility & adaptability.
• Self-starter with positive attitude.
• Can work under pressure with minimal supervision.
• Analytical skills & ability to make decisions at the Field level.
• Female candidates are encouraged to apply

Desirable

• Intermediate skills in English
• Previous experience in NGOs, UN agencies, and/or donors
• Previous experience travelling to and working in insecure areas.
• Existing working relationships with MoPH, WFP, and NMHRA
• Previous experience in budget management within a non-profit agency
• Project management experience

Additional job responsibilities

The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive, and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within the reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.

Equal Opportunities

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures.

Child Safeguarding:

We need to keep children safe, so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

Safeguarding our Staff:

The post holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI anti-harassment policy.

Health and Safety

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures.

Qualified applicants are highly encouraged to apply for the position by filling in the online application form. In addition to the online application form, they can also attach their CV and cover letter in the online system. Please note that only the applications received through the online portal will be considered for this position.

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We need to keep children safe so our selection process reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.