Pharmacy Head (NO 2 Pharmacy)
Position:
Organization: Ethiopian Red Cross Society
Not Specified
Duties and Responsibilities
1.Administers the human resource, material resource and financial matters of the pharmacy outlet;
2.Leads and motivates the staff and ensure the proper execution of the duties and responsivities of the pharmacy outlet;
3.Ensure that the pharmacy outlet is properly furnished with human resource, materials and financial resource requirements and that the resource is efficiently and effectively utilized;
4.Heads the drug stock supply, storage and dispensing of good quality, safe, efficacious and affordable essential drugs to target community members of the pharmacy outlet;
5. Ensures that the administrative and regulatory requirements of the Food, medicines and Healthcare Administration and Control Authority and the EDP Head office on Pharmacies are strictly complied in running the outlet;
6.Conducts drug need assessment to identify priority list of essential drugs that are most wanted by the target community of the outlet area;
7.Ensure that drugs in the outlet are stored properly in accordance with the pharmacopeias stands and the requirements of the Food, Medicines and Healthcare Administration and Control Authority;
8.Follow up the stock level of the drugs stocked in the outlet and request replenishment from the Head Office of the program or effects replenishment through locality purchase if authorized to do so;
9.Checks the drugs dispatched from the central store of EDP against the list down in support documentations, inspects the expiry/condition of each drug, count and certify on goods receiving note and confirms delivery;
10.Monitors and evaluates the applied drug distribution system and proposes improvements or alternatives which can upgrade efficiency of the dispensary service delivery;
11.Ensure that expired, damaged and spoiled drugs and medical supplies are disposed within a responsibly short time and obtains certificate of destruction in accordance with the directives of the Food, medicines and Healthcare Administration and Control Authority, and that proper documentation or certification is obtained from the relevant local health offices and kept to that effect;
12.Monitors market response to drugs distributed by EDP with the objective of assessing the opinion of prescribers, dispensers and consumers;
13.Ensures that work instructions, directives, procedures issued by the Head Office of EDP and the society in general are properly executed in the pharmacy outlet:
14.Schedules, reshuffles, monitors and controls guarding shifts of the Pharmacy;
15.prepares and submits regular and specials reports and data on operations reports, requisitions and issues to the Head Office / AA Branch of the Program;
16.Performs other related duties and responsibilities of the Pharmacy outlet as assigned by the Head of the Operations Division/AA Branch.
Work Unit: A.A Branch
Report to: AA Branch Head
Job Requirements
Qualification
First degree /Collage Diploma in Pharmacist/Drugist and registered as a pharmacist /Drugist by the MOH.
7/9 years relevant experiances out of which 4/5 years in managerial/head posision.
How To Apply
We invite candidates meeting the required qualification to fill out online employment application form with the indicated link https://ee.ifrc.org/x/y/KeJce3f before the closing date of this announcement on March 20/2026.
Job Requirements Candidates must hold a first‑degree or college diploma in Pharmacy/Drugology and be registered pharmacists. The role requires 7–9 years of experience, including 4–5 years in managerial positions. How to Apply Apply using the provided link below.Deadline: Mar 20, 2026, 12:00 AM
Location: A.A Branch
Amount: 1
