NGO JOBS

Pharmaceutical Management Advisor (Short-term), Primary Health Care Project, Baghdad

Company Profile: Management Systems International (MSI) is a global international development firm based in Washington, D.C. providing specialized short- and long-term technical assistance. MSI is part of Coffey International Development, a global international development consulting firm. Together with Coffey ID, MSI now has more than 1,500 development professionals worldwide, a corporate presence in 11 countries and manages more than 200 projects worldwide. It currently manages more than 20 long-term projects in countries, including Iraq, Sudan, Colombia and Russia. Broadly, MSI implements a range of analytical and field projects in its core technical areas, including democracy and governance, strategic management and performance improvement, organizational capacity building, human development and natural resource management. For more information on MSI, please visit our website at www.msiworldwide.com.

Project/Proposal Summary:
The Iraqi Ministry of Health is currently engaged to move forward with stabilizing and reorganizing its health services. Ensuring access to routine, high quality and equitable healthcare has emerged as a critical need and the Government of Iraq is committed to improving the quality of primary healthcare (PHC) services. To assist with these efforts, USAID’s Primary Health Care Project Iraq (PHCPI) has been designed to support the Iraqi Ministry of Health (MoH) to achieve its strategic goal through putting in place key building blocks to support the delivery of quality PHC services at the community and facility levels. Within this framework, PHCPI includes three components: 1) Strengthening Supportive Management Systems and Processes, 2) Strengthening Quality Clinical Care, and 3) Building Community Partnerships for PHC. The PHCPI will last for 4 years.

Position Summary:
The Pharmaceutical Management Advisor position is short term assignment based in Baghdad. The consultancy will take place over two six-week periods, the first of which is to begin as soon as possible.

Responsibilities during initial 6 week assignment:• Develop and submit standardized medication/pharmaceutical list in accordance with the Essential Medicines `List for MoH PHC’s of varied types/levels.• Develop and submit verification protocols that all PHC’s have access to aforementioned medications as previously described.• Develop and submit pharmacy supply chain algorithm to be posted in all PHC’s containing pharmacies. • Develop and submit educational curriculum to train pharmacy staff on supply chain management, if necessary.• Develop and submit Standard Operating Procedures in accordance with MoH guidelines as they apply to the delivery of pharmaceuticals in PHC’s.

Responsibilities during second 6 week assignment:• Develop and submit policies/protocols for addressing proper storage, refrigeration, temperature, stock inventory, labeling, and environment for pharmaceuticals.• Develop and submit drug classification identification system by drug class, label, color and type.• Develop and submit a policy/protocol on First In-First Out to avoid drug expirations.• Develop and submit a pharmaceutical record, if not already existent, compatible with MoH regulations which track and identify medication usage, dispensing individual, and reorder.• Develop and submit verification record or training curriculum (if necessary) to insure pharmacists are supplying patients with all pertinent information.• Develop guidelines for the pharmacy supply chain management and confirm guidelines are present and followed by trained staff through education.

Qualifications:• Master’s degree in pharmacy or public health.• At least 10 years of relevant experience.• Middle East working experience.• Arabic fluency required.

Only candidates who have been selected for an interview will be contacted. No phone calls, please.