Pharmacist Coordinator

Publish Date: July 27,2026
Category: Development/UN/NGOs
Deadline: August 09,2026
Position: Pharmacist Coordinator

Contract type: Regular
Location: Aden
Reports to: Program Manager
Duration: Until December 31, 2026, Renewable based on fund availability and performance
Reference: HR-26-17
Note: Position is open for Nationals

ABOUT RI:

Context

Relief International (RI) is an international non-profit organization that partners with communities impacted by conflict, climate change and disaster to save lives, build greater resilience and promote long-term health and wellbeing.

Our team of more than 7,000 staff and local volunteers work in 15 countries across Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, providing Health and Nutrition, WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene), Education and Livelihoods programming that creates the foundation for community resilience.

We do this by working with local actors to develop safe and inclusive local programming that is evidence based, conflict sensitive, climate smart, and reaches those in need.

Relief International is an alliance of four organizations with one shared mission, comprised of Relief International, Inc., Relief International-France, Relief International-UK and Relief International-Europe, which operate under a one-team concept under a single senior leadership team.

Job Profile

The Pharmacist Coordinator will be a roving position supporting pharmaceutical management for RI health and Nutrition programs in the South of Yemen. This role will include regular travels to RI’s field locations and hence the candidate must be willing and able to travel regularly. The Pharmacist Coordinator will be required to collaborate with program managers, Ministry of Public Health and Population (MoPHP) pharmaceutical assistants, and RI supply chain team to ensure medical supplies management in RI supported health facilities remains uninterrupted.

Key responsibilities

Accountability and Complexity:

• Address challenges related to pharmaceutical storage quality, availability, and distribution, ensuring timely and appropriate solutions.

• Act as a bridge between different teams and stakeholders, fostering effective communication and collaboration to ensure the smooth flow of pharmaceutical management.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ensure the implementation and proper use (following RI and MOPH’s standards) of pharmacy management and monitoring tools (daily follow-up form, order forms, etc.)

• Support pharmaceutical assistants in ensuring health facility monthly inventory and reconciliation of the pharmaceuticals. Ensure adherence to Good Storage and Distribution Practices (GSDP) throughout the pharmaceutical supply chain.

• Support proper use and management of buffer stock as per RI’s buffer stock policy.

• Work with pharmaceutical assistants to ensure quarterly pharmacy supportive supervision including developing action plans for the identified gaps.

• Review monthly RI pharmaceuticals warehouse reports, flag medicines entering 6 months window for disposal and advise pharmaceutical assistants on stock management.

• Support the pharmaceutical assistants in the setting up of new pharmacies in the RI supported health facilities and define their management.

• Ensure information flows to the other members of the team concerning stock levels, pharmacy management and prescriptions.

• Organize a monthly meeting with pharmaceutical assistants to discuss pharmaceutical management issues identified across projects.

• Accompany health and nutrition teams during joint supervision with MoPHP and lead the supervision team on pharmaceutical related supervision.

• Assist management of donations and the destruction of expired medicines in conformity with national procedures.

• Ensure that there is no shortage of medicines and supplies in the targeted health facilities from the available stock.

Medical supply and orders:

• In collaboration with the medical and logistics team, ensures there is a supply process for medicines and medical material in the project that functions properly (procedures, etc.).

• Participate in ensuring full implementation of RI Medical supplies procurement policy including reviewing GMP and EC certificates.

• Communicates regularly with the medical, logistics, HR and finance departments concerning medical supply.

• Guarantees respect of RI recommendations and information process in case of local purchase.

Pharmaceutical and nutrition supplies orders:

Basic principle: the medical order must be prepared by the persons in charge of pharmacies in the projects and their health and Nutrition coordinator, in collaboration with the health officer.

• Ensures that the final version of orders has been sent to the field (lead time, quantities, etc.)

• Perform any other tasks as required by line manager or program manager or technical manager.

• Ensure that each item used in the project is part of RI Medical standard list and medical standard list is updated regularly.

• Provide specific directives and participate in stock reception and physical stock counts as needed.

Capacity Building:

• Train the RI and MoPHP pharmaceutical assistants on pharmaceuticals related topics.

Additional job responsibilities:

The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.

Behavior and conduct:

• Ensures that behavior inside and outside of work promotes the values in RI’s code of conduct and safeguarding policies

• Acts with integrity and holds themselves accountable for being respectful, inclusive and professional

• Reports any concerns

Person Specification

Skills, knowledge and expertise required for the role.

Essential criteria

• Pharmacist with BSc degree/diploma in pharmacy and licensed by the pharmaceutical professional board.

• 5 years professional experience in pharmacy management, including humanitarian organization.

• Experience in designing and implementing trainings.

• Experience in Computer and Microsoft office programs.

• Experience with quality assurance and procurement is an asset

• Fluency in Arabic and good English are mandatory.

• Ability to work and report independently.

• Excellent writing and communication skills.

• Good in coaching, training and supervising pharmaceutical/drug dispensing staff.

• Flexible, adaptable, able to improvise and work in stressful, volatile environment.

• Experience in representation and interaction with partners & government officials.

• Ability to visit RI supported health facilities in the districts (South Hubs).

• Ability to work cooperatively and strategically in a team environment with all level of professional, technical and administrative staff and to integrate resources on timely and organized basis a participatory and consultative management approach.

RI Values

Guided by the humanitarian principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality, and independence, as well as “Do No Harm,” Relief International Values:

• Integrity

• Adaptability

• Collaboration

• Inclusivity

• Sustainability