Pharmacy Advisor (“Pharma-6” Project)

ReliefWeb; Genf; Vor Ort; CHF 102’000 - 117’000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A humanitarian organization in Geneva seeks a Pharmacy Advisor for the 'Pharma-6' project. The role involves developing project deliverables, ensuring compliance with pharmaceutical standards, and providing advisory services to field teams. Candidates should have a Master's in Pharmacy, relevant field experience, and fluency in English and French. This full-time position offers a fixed-term contract until 2027 with a competitive salary.

Leistungen

Paid vacation: 25 days per year

Pension plan

Relocation package

Qualifikationen

• Field experience is essential.
• Hospital experience is considered a plus.
• Fluency in Spanish or Arabic is desired.

Aufgaben

• Develop project deliverables to meet quality standards.
• Provide expert pharmaceutical advisory services.
• Monitor and evaluate pharmaceutical operations.

Kenntnisse

Pharmaceutical Regulatory Affairs

Project Management

Medical Supply Chain Management

Quality Assurance

Data-driven decision-making

Fluency in English

Fluency in French

Ausbildung

Master’s degree in pharmacy

Public/Global Health and Tropical Medicine Degree

Hospital Pharmacy Degree

Tools

Isystock

Power BI

MedOrder

Jobbeschreibung

Switzerland

Pharmacy Advisor (“Pharma-6” Project)

Organization

• Médecins Sans Frontières en Suisse
  
  

Posted 24 Jul 2025 Closing date 17 Aug 2025

Job Offer

(strictly no recruitment agencies)

Join MSF OCG as a Pharmacy Advisor (“Pharma-6” Project)!

We are looking for passionate candidates ready to contribute to our humanitarian mission.

Below, you will find the job details and the qualifications we are looking for.

Inclusivity and Diversity at MSF

Do your qualifications and experience not exactly match all requirements of the job?

At MSF OCG, we are committed to an inclusive culture that supports and amplifies the diverse voices of our staff members. We strive to create workplaces where teams of people with diverse backgrounds, characteristics, perspectives, ideas and experiences work together to advance MSF's social mission and create better outcomes for our patients and the communities we work with.

We understand that some people may hesitate to apply for employment if they don't meet all listed job requirements. Research shows that this is especially true for women. If you believe your profile is a good match for this position, we invite you to apply even if you don’t fulfil every listed qualification.

We encourage applications from individuals of all genders, ages, sexual orientations, ethnicities, background, religions, beliefs, ability status, and all other diversity characteristics.

MSF does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of discrimination or harassment, including sexual harassment. All selected candidates will undergo reference checks.

Context & mission

Médecins Sans Frontières is an independent, international medical and humanitarian organization that provides care to people in need, people affected by natural or man-made disasters, and victims of armed conflict, without discrimination and without regard to race, religion, creed or political affiliation (MSF Charter).

The MSF movement is built around 5 operational centers supported by 24 sections and offices worldwide. MSF Operational Center Geneva (MSF OCG) is one of these centers.

The “Pharma-6” project (2025-2027) works on 6 pillars such as: Staff and Capacity Building, Compliance to National Regulation, Quality Assurance management, Quality of Care and Patient Safety, Medical Supply Chain Management and Governance. The project aims to bring innovation and transformation at Pharmacy level in a comprehensive way.

The Pharmacy Advisor attached to the “Pharma-6” project, whose duration is of 2.5 years, works to achieve the related project deliverables by involving the related strategic stakeholders according to the established chronogram reaching the accurate completion.

On a minor percentage, the Pharmacy Advisor attached to the “Pharma-6” project could also work as front office for field requests.

Tasks & Responsibilities

As Pharmacy Advisor, Working On “Pharma-6”

• Develop project deliverables to meet defined quality standards and project requirements.
• Complete assigned project tasks to achieve project milestones within established deadlines.
• Document project outcomes to provide accurate records and support project evaluation.
  
  

On a Minor Percentage, As Pharmacy Advisor (front Desk)

• Provide expert pharmaceutical technical advisory services to field teams and all partners to ensure evidence-based decision-making and compliance with pharmaceutical standards and best practices (e.g. GDSP, CCB, stock management, regulatory compliance, forecasting, tools, dispensing, etc)
• Coordinate and support the development and implementation of quality management system to ensure pharmaceutical standards compliance and to increase efficiency and effectiveness of the pharmaceutical systems in place (e.g. SOPs, WIs, software, application, platform, databases, tools, LP/LMA, pharmacovigilance, Quality Alerts/Batch Recalls, etc)
• Define and implement, in collaboration with HR and Ops, strategies for staff recruitment, capacity building and retention to strengthen competencies and ensure effective professional development of all staff involved in pharmaceutical operations (e.g. Recruitment criteria, perform training, CVs validation, etc)
• Monitor and analyse pharmaceutical performance indicators to evaluate pharmaceutical operations and proactively identify risks mitigation measures and areas for improvement (e.g. CCB, KPIs, etc)
  
  

Your profile

Education

• Master’s degree in pharmacy
• Public/Global Health and Tropical Medicine Degree
• Hospital Pharmacy Degree
  
  

Experience

• Field experience is essential
• Hospital experience is considered as a plus
  
  

Languages

• English and French are the working languages of MSF Switzerland. Fluency in both English and French is required for this position (oral and written).
• Spanish or Arabic are desired.
  
  

Skills/ Technical competencies

• Sector-specific knowledge: Pharmacy, Medical Supply Chain Management, Quality Assurance, Quality of Care, Selection & Forecasting, GDSP, CAPA
• Methodologies: project management, change management, risk management & standards compliance
• Regulatory & Compliance knowledge: Pharmaceutical Regulatory Affair
• Software & Tools: Isystock, Power BI, MedOrder (desirable)
  
  

Personal Abilities/Qualities

• Written Communication,
• Persuasion & Influence,
• Cross-Cultural Sensitivity,
• Analytical and critical thinking,
• Creativity & Innovation,
• Risk Assessment & Mitigation, Data-driven decision-making
• Flexibility and openness to change
• Stress Management
• Project & Time Management, Process optimization,
• Stakeholder Management, Accountability
  
  

Terms of employment

• Full-time position 100% (40h/week)
• Ideal start date: September 2025
• Fixed-term contract, end date: 31.12.2027
• Working place: Geneva, Switzerland
• Gross annual salary (for 100%): from CHF 102’180.- to CHF 116’484.- (salary commensurate with equivalent experience and internal salary grid)
• Paid vacation: 25 days per year, prorate temporis, plus any Swiss public holidays falling within the contract period.
• Pension plan: pension contribution covered 3/4 by MSF, 1/4 by staff member.
• Relocation package if moving from a different country to Switzerland.
  
  

How to apply

Candidates are invited to submit their application exclusively through our recruitment platform, following these guidelines:

• CV (maximum 2 pages)
• Cover letter (maximum 1 page)
• Documents must be submitted in either English or French.
  
  

The application deadline is August 17th, 2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier if we receive a sufficient number of quality applications.

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All applications will be treated confidentially.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Please note that we do not wish to use the services of recruitment or placement agencies.

Job details

Country

• Switzerland
  
  

City Geneva Source

• Médecins Sans Frontières en Suisse
  
  

Type

• Job
  
  

Career category

• Program/Project Management
  
  

Years of experience

• 3-4 years
  
  

Theme

• Health
  
  

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