Pharmacy Supervisor

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international, independent, medical humanitarian organization that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural disasters, and exclusion from healthcare. Médecins Sans Frontières provides assistance to populations in distress, to victims of natural or man-made disasters, and to victims of armed conflict.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Pharmacy Supervisor

Location: Kebbi

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Ensure the general smooth running of the pharmacy and manage supply chain processes according to MSF standards while ensuring its efficiency, operational availability, and good stock management in outreach and pharmaceutical care.

Accountabilities

• Coordinate the delivery, receipt, and registration of local and international orders in close collaboration with the logistics department, update stock sheets, and inform the operational manager of their status (shortages, surpluses, expiry dates), to permanently maintain safety stock levels and guarantee effective management at central and peripheral levels throughout the Kebbi project, Nigeria.
• Ensure the efficient supply of other pharmacies managed or supported by MSF on the project, based on orders and stocks, and using the cold chain if necessary. Control and analyze orders from care units, in order to prevent stock shortages or prevent medications from expiring.
• Assist in the training of healthcare personnel regarding the dispensing of medications, interactions, and their side effects.
• Control the dispensing of medicines at the institutional and Community level, in accordance with medical prescriptions, by informing patients on how to take and store them, to guarantee their therapeutic progress.
• Supervise orders for medical equipment and medications to ensure efficient, rational, and appropriate consumption, while respecting budgetary constraints.
• Report and Record (in Isystock) the consumption of medicines and medical equipment provided in compliance with protocols, alert on unusual consumption patterns and anticipate future needs, to rationalize the budget and guarantee availability in real time, and to make estimates efficiently.
• Supervise, in collaboration with the human resources department, the related processes (needs, transfers, recruitment, training, feedback/feedforward, development and internal/external communication) of the pharmaceutical team and nursing staff, to have sufficient team and knowledge, and to improve the team's capabilities.
• Storage, inventory management and supply processes, hygiene and safety procedures, tools, as well as protocols (against rodents and other pests), establish adequate quality controls and archive them, to guarantee good storage conditions (temperature, humidity, exposure to light) and the availability of drugs and medical equipment. These tasks will be carried out in compliance with MSF protocols, national regulations, and in cooperation with the logistics and supply department.

Context Specific Accountabilities

• Promote a management policy resulting in reducing losses through expiration and damaged products, sleeping stocks and overstock.
• Provide effective support in the management, storage and delivery of controlled products, their traceability and their use according to WHO, MSF and Nigerian regulations.
• Ensure the secure routing of any delivery or return of items from the service units to the central pharmacy and vice versa.
• Ensure the establishment and effective use of an input management system and efficient supply in quality and in real time, taking into account the necessary proactivity to avoid any form of disruption.
• Organize or participate in briefings, training, and internships for staff involved in the management and use of medical inputs, including logistical elements (e.g., cold chain)
• Ensure monitoring of the use of inputs in the units by producing a regular report or on request, of the stock status (inventory, expired and damaged, justification of use, etc.)
• Support the medical team in ordering inputs, continually informing them about the status of the central project stock.
• Manage and control the use of medical and biomedical inputs in outreach, with the aim of promoting effective and rational use in ATFC, ITFC and ICCM.

Minimum Required Skills and Qualifications
Education: 

• Bachelor of Pharmacy (B.Pharm) or Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D) with a valid license with the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN)
• Candidate must be willing to make their valid professional registration /license available for MSF’SRegulatory and compliance requirements in the country.

Experience:

• Desirable: Experience with MSF or other INGO.
• At least 3-5 years’ post-qualification experience in a pharmacy, hospital or medical warehouse

Languages

• Desirable: English (mission language)
• Knowledge of Good Storage Practice (GSP) and Good Distribution Practice (GDP)
• Knowledge
• Strong knowledge of pharmaceutical care and drug management
• Essential: Local languages (Hausa, Fulani, Suru)
• Essential: Basic knowledge of Microsoft Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint
• Familiarity with PCN regulations, NAFDAC guidelines, and Good Pharmacy Practice (GPP)

Competencies:

• Teamwork and Cooperation L2
• Behavioural Flexibility L2
• Results and Quality Orientation L2
• Stress Management L3
• Commitment to MSF Principles L2

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Application Detail

• Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for the next recruitment steps.
• MSF reserves the right to cancel any step or the whole of the process at any stage of recruitment.
• Please note that only short-listed candidates will be notified and invited for an interview; MSF Belgium takes this opportunity to thank all potential candidates for their applications.
• The following vacancy is open to all residents in Nigeria.
• Submit their application, including a cover letter, resume, and a copy of relevant certificates and NYSC certificate/Exemption letters 
• Applications should be sent through the indicated channel, meeting all requirements; otherwise, applications will not be entertained.

Application Deadline: 29 October, 2026; at 11:59pm