Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) - Spain is an independent international medical humanitarian organisation that delivers emergency aid in more than 60 countries to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural or man-made disasters or exclusion from healthcare.

JOB CODE:
SALARY:
932 $
Section/Unit:
Medical and Paramedical
Grade Level:
4
Supervisor:
PHARMACY SUPERVISOR / PHARMACY MANAGER
No. of Post:
MT04300
Duty Station:
WHITE NILE
Closing Date:
19 May 2026
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Background: We are seeking a motivated professional who will execute the pharmacy/medical warehouse storing activities in order to keep pharmacy stock above securi-ty level and following recommended conditions (temperature, humidity, etc.) under the supervision of the Medical Warehouse (for OCA) or Pharmacy Supervisor, and in collaboration with the logistics team.
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Duties and responsibilities:
- Supervising material orders and dispatching in order to ensure rational use.
- Receiving orders and deliveries, identifying potential disparities against cargo manifest or others and reporting them, and stores materials in accordance with the system in force, in order to ensure continuous availability. It includes:
- Ensuring good storage conditions of all medical items in the pharmacy in accordance with pharmaceutical standards in order to ensure continuous availability.
- Ensuring correct fill in entries on the stock cards and software.
- Carrying out or participating in regular inventories including EPREP stock.
- Following up stock levels with regards to alarms thresholds, stock out, expiry dates and drugs to expire in the following 6 months.
- Preparing orders of the different consumption units (departments, wards, others), ensuring proper packaging and dispatching and reporting any anomalies or changes in consumption patterns to the Pharmacy Supervisor. Informing Pharmacy Supervisor as soon as stock reaches alert limit.
- Controlling warehouse facilities in order to ensure materials are kept in good keeping conditions, it includes: e.g. Monitoring temperature in the warehouse and Ensuring that products requiring cold chain are suitably stored and transports received, stored, and prepared and transported appropriately according to MSF Supply and Cold Chain protocols.
- Ensuring cleanliness of premises (stock pharmacy) and in close collaboration with the logistics department, maintaining refrigerating equipment.
- Controlling warehouse limited access to authorized personnel and ensuring doors and other exits are secured. Immediately informing the line manager of any problems arising in the course of the work, particularly with regards to damage, loss, attempted break-ins or theft in the warehouse.
- Ensuring that items to be quarantined (on-going quality alerts) or to be placed in quarantine zone (batch recalls, expired or damaged items) are removed from the stock and safely locked.
- Following up stock levels with regards to alarms thresholds, stock out, expiry dates and drugs to expire in the following 6 months. Preparing reports and passing them to the supervisor.
- Ensure regular and accurate updates of the tools of central pharmacy and project stocks, ensure is inventoried and properly identified, every scenario is clearly labelled and the content of every box/shelf is clearly visible and accessible for all the team, to facilitate rapid access in case of urgent needs.
- Maintain a well-organized and up-to-date stock card system for each item, ensuring alignment between physical stock and theoretical stock. Analyze any discrepancy between the stock cards, the software (Isystock) and the physical stock.
- Closely monitor items approaching expiry within six months, proactively flagging them to the supervisor for appropriate action (donation proposal, return of articles or stock reallocation) in accordance with MSF protocols.
- Maintain a clean, orderly, and logically structured pharmacy layout, assuring that all the items on the shelves are properly labelled and the bulk stock on the pallets are identified and labelled, making a map of the pharmacy stock. A proper segregation of different stocks in appropriate zones (reception/dispatch, expiry, quarantine, and expired items area) is required.
- Contribute to the preparedness and quick mobilization of medical supplies during emergency responses.
- Monthly update the register of expired or damaged medicine/drugs, and the categorization for easy disposal.
- Flexibility to be involved in different projects depending on the mission's needs.
- Responsibility for recording the temperature of the refrigerators twice a day and reporting any temperature alerts. As well as being responsible for measuring the temperature and humidity of the pharmacy twice a day.
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Minimum Qualification, Skills and Experience Required:
- Essential medical related studies.
- Essential previous experience of at least 2 years in similar or relevant positions. Desirable previous experience in INGOs in developing countries.
- Minimum A2 Proficiency level in English and native or near-native proficiency in Arabic.
- Essential computer literacy (Word, Excel, Windows environment)
- Competencies: Results and Quality Orientation, Teamwork and Cooperation, Behavioural Flexibility, Commitment to MSF Principles, Service Orientation, Stress Management.
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Interested candidates are requested to submit their application to the Labor Office in White Nile Kosti, in a sealed envelope mentioning (MSF Spain – application for PHARMACY STOREKEEPER - WHITE NILE)
Applications must be submitted in English Language including: - Complete CV in English and copies of all certificates Including (Bachelor degree, experience certificates, relevant training certificates and education certificates, including cover letter).
- Sudanese National ID/Passport.
Please note that applications submitted through any other channel incomplete applications or applications that do not meet the specified criteria will not be considered in the recruitment process. All information provided will be handled with strict confidentiality and for recruitment purposes only. MSF will never ask candidates for money or services as part of the recruitment process. Any such request should be considered fraudulent We will take immediate action against any fraudulent activity
Test and interview will be carried out in English. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
Administrative conditions: - This job profile can be adapted and/or changed according to the evolution of the activities, evolution of the Mission and the program needs.
- The general conditions are detailed in the staff regulations, work contract and health policy.
Confidentiality is the basis for a trustful relationship between patient and health staff. It concerns the provision of privacy as well as the handling of individual personal/ medical information according to medical ethics. Confidentiality is required and demanded at any time, violation of this will result in immediate administrative action! YOU ARE PART OF MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES: You are expected to treat all the persons you get involved with (beneficiaries, soldiers, villagers, etc... respectfully without regard of their political or ethnical background. Do not speak about your political opinions and take the time to explain to as many people as possible about MSF mission and about our work in Sudan.
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MSF is a civil society initiative that brings together individuals committed to the assistance of other human beings in crisis. As such MSF is by choice an association. Each individual working with MSF does it out of conviction and is ready to uphold the values and principles of MSF. MSF OCBA is a people-focused humanitarian organization that offers a diverse, collaborative, and inclusive work environment. We believe this approach enhances our work and we are committed to equity in employment. We embrace diverse backgrounds of people working together to exhibit their passion in action for the social mission of MSF. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence. MSF provides a work environment that reflects the values of gender equality, teamwork, integrity and a healthy balance of work and life. MSF does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo reference checks. |
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To Apply Interested candidates are requested to submit their application to the Labor Office in White Nile Kosti, in a sealed envelope mentioning (MSF Spain – application for PHARMACY STOREKEEPER - WHITE NILE)
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