Thursday, 5 November 2015

NGO Pharmacy Manager

Project Pharmacy Manager Job at MSF Switzerland (MSFCH), Kenya
MSF Switzerland (MSFCH) is a humanitarian medical organization providing emergency medical aid to populations in need.
In collaboration with the Ministry of Health, MSFCH implements ‘Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare’ services at the Mrima health facility in Likoni, sub-county of Mombasa.
The objective of the activities is to increase access to quality SRH and CEmONC services to contribute in improving maternal and newborn outcomes.
Job Title: Project Pharmacy Manager
Location: Likoni, Mombasa County
Start date: 1st of December 2015
Length of contract: 3 months probationary contract with possibility of extension
The selected candidate will be reporting technically to the Project Pharmacy Manager at Coordination & hierarchically to the Project Medical Referent.

Pharmacy Manager Job Responsibilities in Kenya

  • Monitor correct stock management across pharmacies within project area, to guarantee a good control and up-dated data of stock levels and general control over drugs and medical devices.
  • Supervise the functioning and organization of the project peripheral pharmacy units, setting the protocols and procedures to be followed by all staff.
  • Carry out periodical order with support of the Project Medical Referent
  • Give support in the medicines and medical devices ordering and supply process, in order to ensure the stock follow-up for all pharmacies avoiding expiries, overstocks and stock outs and ensuring its overall efficiency and effectiveness
  • Carry out the reporting tasks associated to his/her field of action and responsibility, ensuring its consistency and accuracy, in order to support the decision-making.
  • Reports on drug consumptions and medical devices dispensed according to protocols, informing on unusual patterns
  • Provides clinical support to the teams and clinicians. Monitors prescriptions and conducts audits to ensure legitimacy and clinical justification based on MSF protocol.

Requirements for Pharmacy Manager Jobs In Kenya

  • Pharmacists with diploma/degree from recognized institutions. He/she must be registered with Pharmacy and Poisons Board Kenya, and hold a current practice licence.
  • Minimum of 2 years’ experience as a pharmacist. Experience with MSF or with another INGO within the pharmacy management is preferable.
  • Strong interpersonal skills, strong initiative, flexible, results oriented, able to handle complex assignments with proactive attitude
  • Organized, autonomous and attentive to details
  • Punctual, reliable and flexible to work long hours when required
  • Computer literacy with practical use of MS-Office applications is an advantage
If you meet the above requirements, please send your CV, motivation letter outlining HOW you fulfill each of the requirements in bullet points, copies of certificates/diplomas and current registration documents on or before 15th November 2015 here

Please be aware that only online applications will be considered!
We apologize that due to the volume of application we receive; only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Description Applications are invited from qualified persons for the above vacant position. Details The Kenya Integrated Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (KIWASH) Project is a five-year, USAID-funded project to improve lives and health through the development and management of sustainable water, sanitation, and hygiene services in Kenya. Its purpose is to institutionalize catalytic models of sustainable service delivery for accelerated water and sanitation access in nine specific target counties and to improve complementary hygiene behaviors. Summary of Primary Duties: The Environmental Sustainability Specialist will design and lead activities to incorporate climate change adaptation planning into source water monitoring and quality protection. He or she will use geospatial data to track trends around flooding and drought, promote innovations to adapt and track climate changes, and promote real-time water source monitoring. He or she will support the KIWASH team, county governments, Water Service Providers (WSPs), and Water Resource Users Associations (WRUAs) to carry out water safety and security analyses and to integrate these analyses into business plans and broader land and watershed management plans. Essential Duties Provide technical assistance and mentoring to County Water Boards, WRUAs, and WSPs to develop and monitor County Water Security Plans; Design and lead activities to expand source water quality protection and utilize climate change data for adaption planning; Support utilization of geospatial data to track trends around flooding and drought, promote innovations to adapt and track climate changes, and promote real-time water source monitoring; Support county governments, WSPs, and WRUAs to incorporate climate change data into planning and monitoring efforts; Assist with the development of the KIWASH Learning Platform and provide training and mentoring to county governments, WSPs, and WRUAs to incorporate climate change data into planning and monitoring efforts; Promote holistic attention to the natural resource base upon which water supply services ultimately depend to promote the sustainability of the services themselves; Assist with the examinations of options for safe re‐use of human waste in agricultural or agro‐processing applications (for fertilizer, energy, etc.), and possibly to create synergies with other Mission investments; Increase climate change resiliency in drinking water source planning, development and design of systems/services; Make presentations of findings, lessons learned of the proposed climate change adaptation plans to USAID and KIWASH partners; Contribute to the KIWASH bi-weekly, quarterly, annual and final reports as well as annual work plans; Coordinate input for KIWASH monitoring and evaluation, specifically for tasks related climate change adaptation; Write occasional articles and/or essays on KIWASH achievements in climate change adaptation work; Other tasks as required Supervisory Responsibilities No supervisory responsibilities. Qualifications A minimum of 5 years of professional experience in fields related to environmental sustainability and climate change mitigation; Experience and knowledge of working with Kenyan WSPs, WRUAs, and County Water Boards, and NGO’s/ Associations; An advanced graduate degree in a related field of study preferred, e.g. environmental science, sustainable design, public health, governance, engineering, etc.; Knowledge of Kenyan water supply and sanitation and environmental legislation and issues preferred; Familiarity with Government of Kenya structures and reporting systems required for the monitoring of water quality (Water Services Regulatory Board (WASREB), Water Resources Management Information System (WRMIS) and Water Regulation Information System (WARIS), desirable; Familiarity of the WHO Water Safety Planning Methodology desirable; English language written and verbal fluency essential. Base of Operations: Nairobi, Kenya with frequent travel to KIWASH activity counties. Reporting: The Environmental Sustainability Specialist will report to the Water/Sanitation Advisor. Qualified candidates should e-mail their CV by November 12, 2015, indicating position of interest in the subject line.

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Description Applications are invited from qualified persons for the above vacant position. Details The Kenya Integrated Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (KIWASH) Project is a five-year, USAID-funded project to improve lives and health through the development and management of sustainable water, sanitation, and hygiene services in Kenya. Its purpose is to institutionalize catalytic models of sustainable service delivery for accelerated water and sanitation access in nine specific target counties and to improve complementary hygiene behaviors. Summary of Primary Duties: The Environmental Sustainability Specialist will design and lead activities to incorporate climate change adaptation planning into source water monitoring and quality protection. He or she will use geospatial data to track trends around flooding and drought, promote innovations to adapt and track climate changes, and promote real-time water source monitoring. He or she will support the KIWASH team, county governments, Water Service Providers (WSPs), and Water Resource Users Associations (WRUAs) to carry out water safety and security analyses and to integrate these analyses into business plans and broader land and watershed management plans. Essential Duties Provide technical assistance and mentoring to County Water Boards, WRUAs, and WSPs to develop and monitor County Water Security Plans; Design and lead activities to expand source water quality protection and utilize climate change data for adaption planning; Support utilization of geospatial data to track trends around flooding and drought, promote innovations to adapt and track climate changes, and promote real-time water source monitoring; Support county governments, WSPs, and WRUAs to incorporate climate change data into planning and monitoring efforts; Assist with the development of the KIWASH Learning Platform and provide training and mentoring to county governments, WSPs, and WRUAs to incorporate climate change data into planning and monitoring efforts; Promote holistic attention to the natural resource base upon which water supply services ultimately depend to promote the sustainability of the services themselves; Assist with the examinations of options for safe re‐use of human waste in agricultural or agro‐processing applications (for fertilizer, energy, etc.), and possibly to create synergies with other Mission investments; Increase climate change resiliency in drinking water source planning, development and design of systems/services; Make presentations of findings, lessons learned of the proposed climate change adaptation plans to USAID and KIWASH partners; Contribute to the KIWASH bi-weekly, quarterly, annual and final reports as well as annual work plans; Coordinate input for KIWASH monitoring and evaluation, specifically for tasks related climate change adaptation; Write occasional articles and/or essays on KIWASH achievements in climate change adaptation work; Other tasks as required Supervisory Responsibilities No supervisory responsibilities. Qualifications A minimum of 5 years of professional experience in fields related to environmental sustainability and climate change mitigation; Experience and knowledge of working with Kenyan WSPs, WRUAs, and County Water Boards, and NGO’s/ Associations; An advanced graduate degree in a related field of study preferred, e.g. environmental science, sustainable design, public health, governance, engineering, etc.; Knowledge of Kenyan water supply and sanitation and environmental legislation and issues preferred; Familiarity with Government of Kenya structures and reporting systems required for the monitoring of water quality (Water Services Regulatory Board (WASREB), Water Resources Management Information System (WRMIS) and Water Regulation Information System (WARIS), desirable; Familiarity of the WHO Water Safety Planning Methodology desirable; English language written and verbal fluency essential. Base of Operations: Nairobi, Kenya with frequent travel to KIWASH activity counties. Reporting: The Environmental Sustainability Specialist will report to the Water/Sanitation Advisor. Qualified candidates should e-mail their CV by November 12, 2015, indicating position of interest in the subject line. Apply Now Report Job

This job was copied from BrighterMonday
Description Applications are invited from qualified persons for the above vacant position. Details The Kenya Integrated Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (KIWASH) Project is a five-year, USAID-funded project to improve lives and health through the development and management of sustainable water, sanitation, and hygiene services in Kenya. Its purpose is to institutionalize catalytic models of sustainable service delivery for accelerated water and sanitation access in nine specific target counties and to improve complementary hygiene behaviors. Summary of Primary Duties: The Environmental Sustainability Specialist will design and lead activities to incorporate climate change adaptation planning into source water monitoring and quality protection. He or she will use geospatial data to track trends around flooding and drought, promote innovations to adapt and track climate changes, and promote real-time water source monitoring. He or she will support the KIWASH team, county governments, Water Service Providers (WSPs), and Water Resource Users Associations (WRUAs) to carry out water safety and security analyses and to integrate these analyses into business plans and broader land and watershed management plans. Essential Duties Provide technical assistance and mentoring to County Water Boards, WRUAs, and WSPs to develop and monitor County Water Security Plans; Design and lead activities to expand source water quality protection and utilize climate change data for adaption planning; Support utilization of geospatial data to track trends around flooding and drought, promote innovations to adapt and track climate changes, and promote real-time water source monitoring; Support county governments, WSPs, and WRUAs to incorporate climate change data into planning and monitoring efforts; Assist with the development of the KIWASH Learning Platform and provide training and mentoring to county governments, WSPs, and WRUAs to incorporate climate change data into planning and monitoring efforts; Promote holistic attention to the natural resource base upon which water supply services ultimately depend to promote the sustainability of the services themselves; Assist with the examinations of options for safe re‐use of human waste in agricultural or agro‐processing applications (for fertilizer, energy, etc.), and possibly to create synergies with other Mission investments; Increase climate change resiliency in drinking water source planning, development and design of systems/services; Make presentations of findings, lessons learned of the proposed climate change adaptation plans to USAID and KIWASH partners; Contribute to the KIWASH bi-weekly, quarterly, annual and final reports as well as annual work plans; Coordinate input for KIWASH monitoring and evaluation, specifically for tasks related climate change adaptation; Write occasional articles and/or essays on KIWASH achievements in climate change adaptation work; Other tasks as required Supervisory Responsibilities No supervisory responsibilities. Qualifications A minimum of 5 years of professional experience in fields related to environmental sustainability and climate change mitigation; Experience and knowledge of working with Kenyan WSPs, WRUAs, and County Water Boards, and NGO’s/ Associations; An advanced graduate degree in a related field of study preferred, e.g. environmental science, sustainable design, public health, governance, engineering, etc.; Knowledge of Kenyan water supply and sanitation and environmental legislation and issues preferred; Familiarity with Government of Kenya structures and reporting systems required for the monitoring of water quality (Water Services Regulatory Board (WASREB), Water Resources Management Information System (WRMIS) and Water Regulation Information System (WARIS), desirable; Familiarity of the WHO Water Safety Planning Methodology desirable; English language written and verbal fluency essential. Base of Operations: Nairobi, Kenya with frequent travel to KIWASH activity counties. Reporting: The Environmental Sustainability Specialist will report to the Water/Sanitation Advisor. Qualified candidates should e-mail their CV by November 12, 2015, indicating position of interest in the subject line. Apply Now Report Job

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