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 work 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.

Main Purpose of Job: 

This position will be part of the health team delivering life-saving primary healthcare services and responsible for overseeing pharmaceutical management for the IRC supported health facilities in Al Gezira state, working in coordination with the Pharmaceutical Officer.

Program management:

• Ensure Good Dispensing Practices maintained, providing correct information to all patients.
• Oversee the process of receiving drugs ordered, arranging the items on the shelves alphabetically with their stock cards.
• Complete daily drug consumptions in the register book accurately.
• Monitor consumption and ensure timely refill of tracer drug on weekly basis.
• Make biweekly drug order from the main warehouse for clinic use using request form.
• Compiles weekly and monthly reports every Thursday.
• Monitoring the stock, develops stock levels alert to avoid drug stock out.
• Conduct monthly inventory and physical count.
• Arrange and organize the pharmacy neatly and keep it clean.
• Ensuring medicines are stored appropriately and securely.
• Following the expiry date of the drug and alarm items with expiry less than 6 month
• Twice daily temperature recording morning and afternoon and ensure that appropriate storage conditions are in place for medicines.
• Keep the prescriptions in ideal way.
• Share list of priority drugs with the clinicians and support clinicians on rational drug use
• Oversee the pharmaceutical management for the health facilities working closely with the MoH dispenser.

• BPharm or equivalent qualification from recognized institutions
• 1-2 years clinic experience
• Well organized with good reporting skills
• Excellent English language in written and verbal communications skills are required.g

Standard of Professional Conduct

IRC and IRC employees are required to abide by the values and principles outlined in the IRC Way – Code of Conduct which are Integrity, Service, and Accountability. In accordance with these values, IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Harassment-Free Workplace, Fiscal Integrity, Anti-Retaliation, Combating Trafficking in Persons, and several others. 

Gender Equality & Equal Opportunity

We are committed to narrowing the gender gap in leadership positions. We offer generous benefits that provide an enabling environment for women to participate in our workforce including parental leave, gender-sensitive security protocols and other supportive benefits and allowances. 

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our organization. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. 

Data Confidentiality:

Ensuring the non-disclosure of any information whatsoever relating to the practices and business of IRC acquired in the course of duty, to any other person or organization without authority, except in the normal execution of duty.