Pharmacist – UKRAINE – 4 months Short contract

HI is engaged in supporting the Ukrainian population affected by the war: since February 28, two teams left for Ukraine and the neighboring countries to analyze the context, the security, and the needs.

To date, HI continues the implementation of its program in two countries, Ukraine and Moldova, with more than 20 expatriates and more than 50 employees recruited on the spot.

More than any other, HI ensures that humanitarian actions are inclusive, allowing the most vulnerable populations (people with disabilities, elderly, sick, injured) to have access to the help they need. With a focus on physical rehabilitation, psychosocial support, shelter, access to food, water, and sanitation, explosive remnants of war risk education, and advocacy.

Atlas Logistics provides the humanitarian community in Ukraine with shared storage and transport solutions (, visit our website HERE). As part of its activities, ATLAS Logistics wants to develop storage and transport for medecines. Atlas Logistics has 2 temperature-controlled warehouses (one in Vinnytsia and one in Dnipro) and stores medicines in reefer in Dnipro (cold chain storage). Atlas also rents reefers in Kharkiv and Vinnytsia.

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Dnipro

The security situation in Dnepropetrovsk remains strong. Markets, restaurants, and cafes are open and life remains normal. From 22:00 to 6:00, there is a strict curfew as in the whole of Ukraine. In the last two months, there have been several ballistic missile attacks on the airport and military and logistics facilities on the periphery, but no impact on the city center. The nearest front line is 130 km away, completely out of reach of artillery or ground attacks. Hi, the staff in Dnepropetrovsk is currently sleeping in each room at the hotel. We opened an office a few minutes from the hotel. Within walking distance are at least 20/30 restaurants and cafes with a variety of quality dining styles, as well as a large public park and shopping center.

Primary responsibilities

In this context, the pharmacist will be in charge of the following responsibilities :

Responsibility 1: Legislation compliance

• You guaranty the application of national regulation inside the temperature-controlled warehouses and the reefers for the medical products
• You Provide update on the national legislation about pharmaceutical storage and transport of medicines and medical equipment for humanitarian’s actors to the HQ

Responsibility 2: Quality Assurance System

• You implement a Quality Assurance System, supervise or perform self-inspections
• You create procedures and tools for temperature-controlled storage and transport
• You train the Atlas team about the good practices on handling medicines, storage and transport
• You monitor real-time temperature/humidity and alert of any temperature excursion that could have an impact on the quality of medicines or other problems

Responsibility 3: Cold Chain Implementation

• You implement the cold chain spaces and drafting of procedures in close collaboration with the cold chain specialist
• You implement and update contingency plans
• You participate to the refrigerated equipment’s selection and temperature-controlled devices
• You control the planning process to the maintenance of the equipment necessary for the storage of medicines

Responsibility 4: Communication and representation

You are the focal point for technical questions of partners on medicines and medical devices, for transmission of traceability reports to the HQ and you represent HI amongst the Logistic Cluster and The Health/Logistique sub group’.

Responsibility 5: Capacity building for Atlas Logistique staff

You ensure good communication-coordination-information with and between members of the team to implement and maintain adequate processes + conduct support missions : training, mentoring, support, recruitment, internal audit, handovers.

Profile

You hold a Master of Pharmacy and at least 2 years experience in medical warehouse and you have developed an excellent knowledge of good storage & distribution practices

You are oriented solutions

You are autonomous, rigorous and one can rely on you

Conditions

In HI, the conditions offered are up to your commitment and adapted to the context of your mission. https://hi.org/en/join-the-team

• 04 months International contract starting from January 2023
• The international contract provides social cover adapted to your situation:
• Unemployment insurance benefits for EU nationals
• Pension scheme adapted to the situation of our employees: If you already have a personal pension scheme HI will contribute at the same level as your monthly contribution with a maximum of 272.53€/month; If you do not have a personal pension scheme, we will open a private pension account with your contribution of 272.53€/month and a contribution of HI of the same amount
• Medical coverage with 50% of employee contribution; Repatriation insurance paid by HI
• Salary from 2200€ gross/month upon experience
• Perdiem: 527 € net/month – paid in the field;
• Hardship: 500 € net/month paid with your salary
• Paid leaves: 25 days per year;
• R&R: 5 days every 8 weeks => + possible transport/package support.
• Position: unaccompanied; Payment for travel costs (air ticket & visa)
• Housing: Collective took in charge by HI
• If you live in your home country: package local