We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realize the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard. 

We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:

•            No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday

•            All children learn from a quality basic education and that,

•            Violence against children is no longer tolerated

We know that great people make a great organization and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children.  We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive workplace where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.

SCI - Afghanistan

Save the Children has been working in Afghanistan since 1976. Our way of working close to people and on their own terms has enabled us to deliver lasting change to tens of thousands of children in the country. The UN Convention of the Rights of the Child is the basis of our work.

We are helping children get a better education, we make it possible for more boys and girls to attend school, we help children protect themselves and influence their own conditions. We work with families, communities and health workers in homes, clinics and hospitals to promote basic health in order to save lives of children and mothers.

CHILD SAFEGUARDING: 
Level 3: The post holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work country programs; or are visiting country programs; or because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff.

ROLE PURPOSE: 
The Pharmacy officer is overall responsible for supporting field teams (including MHTs) on the safe and appropriate storage and dispensing of medicines through regular travel to the field. This may come through trainings, observations and development of Province-specific operating procedures. In addition, s/he will be responsible for maintaining an overview of Save the Children’s emergency buffer pharmaceuticals stock, and will ensure that it is appropriately dispatched and replenished using donor funds. Where appropriate, s/he may be requested to advice on medical cases. In the event of a major humanitarian emergency, the role holder will be expected to work outside the normal role profile and be able to vary working hours accordingly. This role is expected to spend 75% of their effort with MHTs during their visits to service delivery points as well as the fixed sites.

SCOPE OF ROLE: 
Reports to: Field Health & Nutrition Coordinator
Staff reporting to this post: Pharmacy assistant (depending on requirement)
Role Dimensions: Field-level Project Coordinators, Supply Chain, Programme Operations

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

Field Level Pharmaceutical Support 
• Compiles all provincial consumption reports, analyse them & gives feedback to the MHTs based on the findings, ensures that the pharmacy assistants supports the implementation at MHT level. .
• Works in close association field supply chain to ensure that Save the Children’s global standard operating procedures with regard to medical warehousing through trainings, guidance and coaching to project staff, warehousing staff and field teams.
• Provide on job trainings to pharmacy assistants, warehouse assistants on pharmaceutical items management, warehousing whenever needed and orients the clinical staff on good pharmaceutical practices.
• Support the quality monitoring of field-level activities through regular contact (with field monitoring reports written that contain constructive feedback) especially on prescription audits & Pharmacy score card. 
• Works with field supply chain responsible, H&N Manager to ensure that Pharmacy score cards CAPA is implemented & s/he follows it on a monthly basis.
• Coordinates all key pharmacy activities from field level to CO level in providing timely reports, sharing challenges in medical supply chain issues, monthly pharmacy meetings, quarterly reports & constantly providing updates to his the Senior Pharmacy officer,
• Provide the supportive supervision to warehouse / MHTs, & other district warehouses supporting the pharmacy assistants & dispensers in ensuring good dispensing practices are adhered to as per SCI standards.
• Ensures that pharmacy assistants conduct drug use evaluation at MHT level, share the feedback with the H&N Coordinator & follow up action points.
• Participate in bimonthly rational prescription audits, monthly PSS tool with the multidisciplinary team, nurses, doctors & H&N managers, and follow up action plans from findings.
• Mentor & provide coaching to pharmacy assistants/Dispensers on key pharmacy services standards required to improve good dispensing practices.
• Any other relevant roles & duties that might be allocated based on pharmacy activities by your line manager (Field H&N Manager) as well as Technical support (Snr Pharmacy Officer/and or Coordinator).

Management and Growth of Pharmaceutical Buffer Stock
• Supervise the overall management of Save the Children’s pharmaceutical buffer stock.
• To make sure that the pharmacy standards are respected at provincial warehouse & whole distribution cycle to the end user unit. 
• To ensure pharmacovigilance including the immediate report of any problem with the quality of a drug, AEFIs in accordance with SCI & Afghanistan procedures.
• Ensures that technical support to warehouse officer in checking-up of medical equipment to ensure product quality especially upon reception of medical supplies at warehouse and in the MHTs and Fixed Health Facilities.
• Preparation of distribution plan for the pharmaceuticals, medical consumables and medical equipment based on average monthly consumption and needs for each MHT and Fixed Health Facilities.
• Support the Country Office to monitor stock levels on the Total Inventory Management (TIM) system by submitting the provincial warehouse monthly stock reports.
• Ensure a collaborated approach between pharmacy assistant with Supply Chain to dispatch medicines when new projects are launched, based on the needs of the project. After this is done, then will lead on replenishing these items through newly-secured donor funds to ensure that the buffer is maintained.
• Contribute to a positive working atmosphere that equally respects the rights of men and women. 
• Raise awareness of Save the Children’s Child Safeguarding and Code of Conduct policy.
• Report any potential Child Safeguarding and/or PSEA cases once encountered.

BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)
Accountability:
• holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
• Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.

Ambition:
• sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same
• widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
• Future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.

Collaboration:
• builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters
• values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
• Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.

Creativity:
• develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
• Willing to take disciplined risks.

Integrity:
• Honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity.

Additional job responsibilities:
The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.

Equal Opportunities:
The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures.

Child Safeguarding:
We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

Safeguarding our Staff:
The post holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI anti-harassment policy.

Health and Safety
The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures.

Essential Essential

• Fluency in Dari and/or Pashto
• Competent in use of Microsoft Office, Word, PowerPoint and Excel
• 2 years of experience in pharmacy. 
• Understanding of common medical warehousing standards
• Experience in capacity development and delivery of trainings
• Ability and willingness to travel often
• Flexibility & adaptability.
• Self-starter with positive attitude.
• Can work under pressure with minimal supervision 
• Analytical skills & ability to take decisions at Field level.
• Female candidates are encouraged to apply

Desirable:
• Intermediate skills in English
• Previous experience in NGOs, UN agencies and/or donors
• Previous experience travelling to and working in insecure areas
• Existing working relationships with MoPH, WFP and NMHRA
• Previous experience in budget management within a non-profit agency
• Project management experience.

Qualified applicants are highly encouraged to apply for the position by filling in the online application form. In addition to the online application form, they can also attach their CV and cover letter in the online system.Please note that only the applications received through the online portal will be considered for this position.

Applicants can login to the online application system by copying and pasting the following link intro their web browser. Returning users will need to enter their username and password, first time users will need to create a user account.

It is recommended that you save your username and password for future job applications through the online system.

Save the Children International provides an equal employment opportunity and does not ask for money at any stage of recruitment.

We need to keep children safe so our selection process reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse

“Save the Children strongly encourages applications from women. Minimum country requirements for potential female applicants will be followed.”