ORGANISATONAL PURPOSE:

Islamic Relief Jordan is a country branch of Islamic Relief Worldwide. Islamic Relief Worldwide is an internationally recognized charity (Charity No.: 328158), looking back on nearly 30 years of experience in humanitarian and developmental aid. It was founded in 1984 in Birmingham, UK, in response to the devastating famine in the Horn of Africa. Since then, Islamic Relief has grown into a charity that is active worldwide, putting development projects, emergency aid, and rebuilding projects into action in over 28 countries around the world.

Islamic Relief Jordan (IRJ) began its operations in 1997 with orphan’s sponsorship, sponsoring hundreds of orphans living in Jordan. IRJ extended its programs to seasonal projects with Ramadan and Qurbani distributions and In-Kind donations. IRJ has established strong partnership with international non-governmental organization and local one’s strengthening the overall response to the Syria crisis. At the onset of Syria humanitarian crisis in late 2011, IRJ provided emergency response to those affected by violence in Syria and has since then scaled up its capacity and operations with number of 70 staff across the country.

IRJ programmes work toward introducing relevant interventions to Jordanians as well as Syrians and Palestinians refugees that would impact their lives and improve their life conditions. IRJ programme act upon IRW mandate to ensure safe, dignified and peaceful living conditions for refugees, IDPs and vulnerable groups as well as communities at risk of disasters. IRJ office has expanded with the Syrian crisis in 2011, reaching more than 200,000 refugees by 2013 with an annual income of 35,000,000 GBP. 

The health department has successfully introduced interventions in multi-component projects providing primary, secondary and tertiary health care services. The department also provides medical assistive equipment, health awareness sessions, and dialysis support

Our values and commitment to safeguarding:

IRJ is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behavior at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity, and financial misconduct; and committed to promoting the welfare of children, young people, adults, and beneficiaries with whom IRJ engages. IRJ expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.

The post holder will undertake the appropriate level of training and is responsible for ensuring that they understand and work within the safeguarding policies of the organization.

All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records checks. IRJ also participates in the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme.

In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse, and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment.

Job Purpose:

Under the overall guidance of the Health Programme Coordinator, the Male/Female pharmacist is responsible for the overall implementation of basic pharmacist duties by providing medications and needed education for beneficiaries.

Vacancy Details:

This advert is open for 2 vacancies. First vacancy, is for a pharmacist in the Mobile Clinic (MC) team in Al-Karak. Residents of Al-Karak are highly encouraged to apply for the post.

Second vacancy, is for a pharmacist in the Fixed Clinic team in Al-Mafraq. Residents of Al-Mafraq are highly encouraged to apply for the post.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

The pharmacist will be specifically responsible for performing the following activities in close collaboration with the medical doctors and other clinic staff, provides professional care for clinic patients following established standards and practices. Duties include:

• Responsible for medication management, pharmacy, inventory, and prescriptions.
• Prepare medication purchase request to supply IRJ with medications from the supplier and receive medication purchases from the supplier
• Prepare medications for use in the clinic by requesting medications from the main store
• Review and interpret physician orders; detect therapeutic incompatibilities and review doses.
• Dispense medications and provide proper patient education to patients in written and verbal format
• Maintain the patient prescription and medication batches and ensure the proper identification papers and other pertinent information are attached to them by the end of the day
• Aid physicians as required during treatment and examination.
• Maintain patient confidentiality and privacy.
• Conduct weekly checks on supply materials in the clinics and prepare their restocking from the main store to the clinic
• Ability to provide reports on cases, medications, and analysis.
• Make sure that all beneficiaries are aware of the donor and the health assistance policies.
• Continuously update the work plan with the officers and doctors according to locations, medication stocks, and procurement issues
• Work with the team for beneficiaries’ feedback analysis and surveys.
• Provide health awareness sessions as needed for the beneficiaries and staff as needed and requested.
• Assist in monthly, quarterly, interim, and final project reports
• Contribute to any research, knowledge sharing and generation function
• Performing other related duties as may be assigned by IRJ programs.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• University degree in Pharmacy or PharmD.

• Minimum 3 years of professional experience
• NGO’s sector experience is preferable
• Valid MoH pharmacy practice license.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications including Excel and Word
• Excellent management for storage, medical warehousing, and medical orders.
• Ability to follow up with patients and ensure receiving good quality service.

SKILLS AND COMPETENCE:

Technical skills and experience:

• Strong Analysis skills of the needs, social and political context.
• High documentation skills.
• A Genuine Desire to Help People.
• Good understanding of humanitarian issues, with experience of/or ability to work directly with NGOs, CBO’s and communities.
• Reliable medical knowledge and medications experience.
• Positive and energetic attitude with a "can do" mentality and willingness to perform highly demanding as well as menial tasks with equal zeal and enthusiasm.

Core humanitarian competencies:

• Understanding of humanitarian contexts and principles.
• Understanding of Islamic relief values and principles.
• Knowledge of Jordan key aspects in terms of its political, economic and social trends plus a good understanding of the key development and humanitarian issues in the region.
• Sympathy with the aims and objectives of the organization and a commitment to humanitarian principles and INGO's code of conduct.
• Demonstrated experience of integrated gender and diversity into humanitarian response programs.

Developing and maintaining relationships:

• Excellent verbal and written communications skills and the ability to relate to people from all backgrounds.
• Ability to operate effectively across organizational boundaries and the ability to establish and maintain effective working relations with people in a multi-cultural environment.
• Ability to effectively influence and liaise with key stakeholders on behalf of and in line with Organizational beliefs.
• Make sure that all beneficiaries are aware of the donor and the health assistance details terms.

Managing yourself in a pressured and changing environment:

• Demonstrated ability at being flexible and adapt to changing situations.
• The ability to remain calm while dealing with conflicting priorities and working under pressure.
• Operating safely and securely in humanitarian response.

Languages:

• Fluent spoken and written English.