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Job Information:

  • Job Title: Roving Pharmacist
  • Job Identification: 14616
  • Job Category: Programme Operations
  • Contract Length: 5 months
  • Team/Programme: Health
  • Grade: 4
  • Posting Date: 11/26/2025, 05:31 PM
  • Apply Before; 12/15/2025, 10:30 PM
  • Job Schedule; Full time
  • Locations: CO – Juba

Role Purpose:

The primary purpose of the position is to ensure the effective management of pharmaceuticals and medical supplies across Save the Children South Sudan’s health and nutrition programs. This includes forecasting, procurement, storage, distribution, quality assurance, and rational use of medicines in line with Save the Children’s policies, the Ministry of Health (MoH) regulations, and international standards. The role also involves capacity building of field staff and partners on pharmaceutical management and ensuring compliance with donor and national requirements.

Key Areas of Accountability:

01. Pharmaceutical Management

  • Ensure the proper quantification, forecasting, and procurement of pharmaceuticals and medical supplies for all projects, country office preposition stock.
  • Develop and maintain an updated country office formulary for healthcare commodities (divided by project but consolidated centrally).
  • Ensure healthcare commodities are procured from SCI validated suppliers or proper alternative authorisation has been given as per QF guidance.
  • Oversee appropriate storage, temperature monitoring, and stock control at all levels (central warehouse, field facilities).
  • Implement and monitor good distribution practices (GDP) for all healthcare commodities.
  • Conduct regular physical inventories and reconcile stock data with program consumption reports.
  • Manage destruction of expired or damaged medicines in compliance with environmental and regulatory standards.

02. Quality Assurance and Compliance

  • Ensure compliance with Save the Children’s Supply Chain and Pharmaceutical Management Policies.
  • Ensure compliance with local regulations for healthcare commodities (including license, registration, staffing, GDP, controlled drugs and dangerous goods handling).
  • Conduct regular audits and supervision visits to field sites to ensure proper drug management.
  • Monitor pharmacovigilance activities and report any adverse drug reactions or quality issues.
  • Conduct quarterly pharmacy standards scorecards within the central warehouse and field locations) guided by SCI’s medical services quality framework
  • Support donor reporting requirements related to pharmaceuticals (e.g., pipeline reports, consumption tracking).
  • Ensure all pharmaceutical transactions are documented and auditable.
  • Report and support medical incidents related to pharmacy (including temperature excursions), being the focal point and managing them in Datix.

03. Technical Support and Capacity Building

  • Provide technical guidance and mentoring to field pharmacists, health facility staff, and implementing partners.
  • Conduct trainings on rational drug use, storage, and inventory management.
  • Support MoH and county health department counterparts in strengthening pharmaceutical systems.
  • Collaborate with health program teams to ensure medicines are prescribed and dispensed rationally.

04. Coordination and Representation

  • Represent South Sudan as the Pharmacy and Quality Assurance Focal Point for Global teams fulfilling all aspects of the ToR, including attendance at the monthly Pharmacy Reference Group meetings.
  • Liaise with the MoH Pharmacy Department, WHO, UNICEF, and other partners to align with national pharmaceutical policies.
  • Represent Save the Children in relevant health and supply chain coordination forums.
  • Contribute to proposal development, budgeting, and reporting related to pharmaceuticals and medical commodities.

Qualifications and Experience:

Essential

  • Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy (BPharm) or Diploma from a recognized institution.
  • Valid registration and license to practice as a pharmacist.
  • Minimum 3–5 years of experience in pharmaceutical management within humanitarian or development programs.
  • Proven experience in drug supply chain management, quantification, and forecasting.
  • Knowledge of WHO and MoH standards on pharmaceutical management.
  • Strong analytical, organizational, and reporting skills.
  • Fluency in English (written and spoken).
  • Budget management and financial skills and experience
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills and ability to represent SC and work effectively with a range of stakeholders including government and partner NGOs
  • Sound report writing skills
  • Ability to work as part of a team and demonstrate flexibility, motivation, and maturity
  • Ability to work within a tight timeframe,
  • Willingness to travel extensively to the field.
  • Good understanding of Save the Children’s programming approach and child safeguarding principles.
  • Experience in conducting organizational capacity assessment, developing capacity building plans and implementing strategic capacity building activities
  • English language skills
  • Good knowledge of quality standards and quality controls related to medical practice.

Desirable

  • Experience working in fragile or conflict-affected contexts (preferably South Sudan or similar settings).
  • Familiarity with donor compliance requirements (USAID, ECHO, Global Fund, etc.).
  • Experience with logistics and supply chain systems (e.g., LMIS, UN IMS).

How to Apply:

Interested candidates should send their application through Online [Apply-Now]. For more details visit official website: www.savethechildren.org

Save the Children Overview:

The Save the Children Fund, commonly known as Save the Children, is an international non-governmental organization. It was founded in the UK in 1919; its goal is to improve the lives of children worldwide.