Job Description
Pharmacy Storekeeper (Back up list)
Position status: Back up pool
Location: Ad Dahi Hospital – Ad Dahi District,
Hodeida Governorate
Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is
an international, humanitarian, non-governmental organization providing
assistance to people in need as a result of natural and man-made disasters,
irrespective of race, religion, ideology or politics.
Main Purpose
Execute the pharmacy/medical warehouse storing activities to
keep pharmacy stock above security level and following recommended conditions
(temperature, humidity, etc.) under the supervision of the Medical Warehouse or
Pharmacy Supervisor, and in collaboration with the logistics team.
Accountabilities
- Supervising
material orders and dispatching 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, to ensure continuous availability. It includes :
- Ensuring
good storage conditions of all medical items in the pharmacy in accordance
with pharmaceutical standards 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 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 It to the supervisor.
MSF Section/Context Specific Accountabilities
- Preparation
of orders of the different consumption units (departments, wards, others)
when needed with collaboration of NAM and NTSs, 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.
- Check
the expiry dates and quantities and comapre it to the packing list during
order reception.
- Carrying
out or participating in regular inventories fully and partial
including the MCP stock.
- Update
the emergency back bag every two months.
- Update
the expat staff health and car’s first aid boxes
- That
goods are well organized and stored in a clean area to be visible and
traceable i.e. assisting in the stock inventory, storing items according
to nature and use, and ensuring that the temperature in the store is
appropriate and items that require cold chain are correctly stored.
- Preparation
of outgoing items in a clean and optimized way by appropriately packing,
sealing, and labeling goods, assisting with recording the exits on stock
cards and project forms, and ensuring good quality of cold chain when
needed.
- Preparation
of outgoing items in a clean and optimized way by appropriately packing,
sealing, and labeling goods, assisting with recording the exits on stock
cards and project forms, and ensuring good quality of cold chain when
needed.
- Preparation
of outgoing items in a clean and optimized way by appropriately packing,
sealing, and labeling goods, assisting with recording the exits on stock
cards and project forms, and ensuring good quality of cold chain when
needed.
Requirements
Education
- Essential,
secondary school.
- Desirable,
pharmacy diploma degree and preferable bachelor’s degree.
- Valid
medical license from medical council is essential
Experience: Experience in similar positions
would be an asset
Languages: English and Arabic languages are
essential
Knowledge: Essential computer literacy (word,
excel and internet)
Competencies
- Results
and Quality Orientation L1
- Teamwork
and Cooperation L1
- Behavioural
Flexibility L1
- Commitment
to MSF Principles L1
- Service
Orientation L1
- Stress
Management. L2
How to Apply
Application Information
All interested candidates should submit a CV and Cover
Letter in English and a copy of supporting documents (diploma, working
certificates, and another relevant certificates) through the following link.
https://forms.gle/6iASbewFbqWwgGBEA
Deadline for the submission of Applications is Monday
7th Sep 2026
Please note that only short-listed candidates will be
contacted