The Pharmacist provides overall leadership, technical oversight, and quality assurance for pharmaceutical services and medical supply chain management across the Sudan mission. The role ensures the safe, effective, and compliant procurement, storage, distribution, and use of medicines and medical supplies in line with national regulations, donor requirements, and International Medical Corps (IMC) standards. This responsibility will entail knowledge in supply chain management and familiarity with the country’s pharmaceutical policies and regulations including importation regulations and IMC’s logistics policies and procedures.

The pharmacist is expected to lead a team of pharmacy officers, medical commodities officers, and pharmacists to ensure that appropriate materials are ordered at the highest quality and appropriate quantity needed for the implementation of IMC’s programs.

The pharmacist is responsible for the pharmaceutical chain management of the country's mission in consultation with their technical supervisor and in coordination with the logistics coordinator and his designates.

The Pharmacist also leads the design, implementation, and optimization of Pharmaceutical Information Management Systems (PIMS) to ensure accurate, real-time visibility of stock, consumption, and pipeline data across all levels of the operation.

Representation

• Represents the pharmacy department in all pertinent meetings internally and externally within IMC
• Communicates with other health partners, MOH representatives, and other pertinent agencies during bilateral or multilateral meetings when medical commodities are discussed at the national level
• Proposal Development
• Contributes to the technical inputs and review of field inputs about medical commodities pertinent to the project design
• Finalize the bill of quantities of medical commodities in accordance with the national drug and donor- approved formularies within the approved project scope and budget limitations
• Lead outsourcing of additional medical commodities to augment donor-procured items to ensure comprehensive support according to project design

Budget Management

• Coordinate the use of budget lines that are pertinent to medical commodities including shipping and customs clearance as appropriate
• Review and provide feedback on procurements raised against budget lines pertinent to medical commodities to relevant staff
• Ensures that expenditure of budget lines pertinent to this role is spent in accordance with IMC and donor regulations and within the planned timeframe

Quality Control

• Leads the health department in ensuring that all medical commodities which include pharmaceuticals, medical and laboratory equipment, and supplies are at par with globally accepted standards
• Participates as the technical expert during vendor pre-qualification and vendor verification processes
• Maintains WHO standards in the acquisition, storage, delivery, distribution, and disposal of medical commodities in the acquisition, storage, delivery, distribution, and disposal of medical commodities

Supervision

• Responsible for the technical supervision of site pharmacy officers and medical commodity officers
• Together with the health program manager through the pharmacy officer ensure that all IMC-supported facilities adhere to IMC’s stock management regulations as well as proper pharmaceutical supply chain management
• Ensure that junior staff under this position's management adhere to compliance and quality assurance procedures

Reporting

• Ensures that pending stockouts, damaged medication, or any other irregularities observed about the use of pharmaceuticals and medical commodities are reported promptly to pertinent staff including the direct supervisor and the logistics coordinator
• Counter-check any submitted monthly consolidated consumption and stock reports

Capacity Building

• Responsible for their own personal and professional development by regularly attending learning opportunities online or face-to-face
• Responsible for planning and presenting capacity building among clinical and other IMC staff in proper pharmaceutical procedure, essential drug policy, and drug management.

Coordination

• Collaborate with other departments regularly to ensure smooth implementation and integration of services
• Coordinate with the health program managers and pharmacy officers on site to ensure that appropriate pharmaceuticals and medical commodities are requested from WHO or for internal procurement
• In consultation with their supervisor, consolidate country-wide procurement requests for bulk procurement of medical commodities, medical equipment and pharmaceutical items
• Coordinate with relevant external counterparts such as WHO and UNFPA regarding smooth processing and hand-over of gifts-in-kind

Monitoring and Evaluation

• Coordinates with the M/E department to ensure that appropriate data collection tools are regularly reviewed, updated, and disseminated.
• Ensures that all sites, through the pharmacy officers are maintaining updated stock inventories, record usage through consumption reports and provide feedback on near expiring medications, impending stock outs as well as slow moving medical commodities.

Ethical Conduct at International Medical Corps

As part of a global, humanitarian team dedicated to saving lives, easing suffering, and building self-reliance, International Medical Corps staff are responsible for adhering to our Code of Conduct and Ethics and for knowing and abiding by International Medical Corps policies and standards. All staff play a vital role in preventing violations of our Code of Conduct and Ethics, including conflicts of interest, fraud, corruption, and any kind of exploitation or abuse. International Medical Corps is also committed to providing a safe and healthy work environment free of harassment, bullying, and other misconduct, enabling staff to build and maintain professional, respectful working relationships. International Medical Corps prioritizes safeguarding the populations with whom we work from exploitation, neglect, or abuse of children and adults at risk, and/or any form of trafficking in persons. International Medical Corps is committed to engaging members of crisis-affected communities to participate in meaningful ways in a crisis response, including making informed decisions about the assistance they receive, mitigating potential risks, and holding us accountable for the commitments we make. All staff are expected to support International Medical Corps’ culture of accountability toward our stakeholders, particularly the crisis-affected communities and individuals we serve. As part of International Medical Corps ’commitment to a speak-up culture and as one of the primary ways we collectively hold ourselves accountable for complying with the ethical principles and standards of conduct outlined in the Code of Conduct and Ethics, all staff are required to report suspected or actual misconduct or violations of organizational policies. Our Code of Conduct and Ethics and Whistleblower Policy prohibit any form of retaliation against whistleblowers or individuals who report a concern in good faith. Staff who violate these protections may be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment or contractual relationship with International Medical Corps.

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1. Qualified Pharmacist registered with Sudan MedicalCouncil
2. With at least 2 years of experience in pharmacy management or equivalent
3. Familiar with the Sudan MinimumService Package according to the Ministryof Health (MOH)
4. Knowledge and previous experience working with stock management. Experience with Medical supplies and Medicinespreferred.
5. Abilityto work under pressure and willing to be on call when the need arises
6. English reading and writing skills essential.