Global Pharmacy Advisor - Maternity Cover
Ngo & Social Services Jobs
- Save the Children Internation…
- Expires 01 Jul 2021
- Bulawayo
- Internship
Job Description
The Opportunity
Save the Children International has an exciting opportunity for you to join our team as the– Global Pharmacy Advisor (Maternity Cover) for 10 months -Possibilty of extension at London or any existing Save the Children office location. As a core member of the medical team, the Global Pharmacy Advisor will lead on the pharmacy services workstream and will contribute to achieving the team’s 2019-21 strategic objectives by working across the following areas to enable safe and quality pharmacy services globally
Duties and Responsibilities
• Technical inputs to develop/strengthen relevant policies, procedures and guidelines
• Technical assistance to a portfolio of country programmes globally
• Technical support to build capacity of SCI country, regional and global staff
• Contribute to strengthen strategic relationships and partnerships
Qualifications and Experience
QUALIFICATIONS
Degree in Pharmacy (or equivalent qualification), and current registration with the relevant national professional body
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
Essential:
• Extensive experience of managing pharmacy services (primary and/or secondary healthcare) and strengthening pharmaceutical systems, ideally in low resource settings.
• Extensive multi-country experience of working in the INGO sector, within complex/large scale country programmes and/or in emergency response/humanitarian settings.
• Experience and understanding of the end-to-end pharmaceutical management cycle (sourcing, storage and transport, use, disposal).
• Proficient in designing and conducting audits and field assessments, critically appraising and writing reports, identify gaps and implement recommendations.
• Experience of developing policies, and preparing/reviewing technical documents.
• Experience of pharmacovigilance, incident reporting and risk management.
• Experience of providing remote support, capacity building and delivering trainings.
• Cultural awareness and ability to work effectively and collaboratively across diverse teams, functions, offices and organizations.
• Strong planning, organization, problem-solving and influencing skills.
• Excellent written and spoken communication and interpersonal skills in English.
• Right to work in the country of residence.
Desirable:
• Additional specialist/ post-graduate qualification or training in healthcare commodities / medical supply chain management.
• Working proficiency in a second language, preferably French, Spanish or Arabic
• Experience in assuring Good Distribution Practice for pharmaceutical products.
