Quality Assurance Specialist

Summary

Join Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) as a QA Specialist Pharmacist and contribute to improving the quality of medicines in MSF projects globally. This permanent, full-time position involves supporting the Drug Quality Assurance Lead in various tasks, including product evaluations, maintaining validated sources of HIV/Hepatitis medications, and coordinating pharmaceutical care within MSF. You will collaborate with internal and external stakeholders, represent MSF at meetings, and contribute to the development of pharmaceutical care strategies. The role requires a pharmacy degree, minimum 5 years of experience (including experience in developing countries), and strong analytical and communication skills. MSF offers a competitive compensation and benefits package according to the MSF entity establishing the contract.

Requirements

• Pharmacist with degree/diploma in pharmacy
• Genuine interest in and commitment to the humanitarian principles and challenges of MSF
• Minimum of 5 years professional experience, including some experience in developing countries, with MSF or another international organisation
• Experience with medicines quality assurance
• Experience in Clinical pharmacy
• Strong team member able to collaborate, share and cooperate with others, working together towards a common goal
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills with excellent attention to detail
• Mature with strong interpersonal and organisational skills
• Has the drive and tenacity to achieve defined objectives and to implement efficient solutions within a set timeframe
• Excellent report writing and presentation skills
• Ability to work and report independently
• Able to represent MSF
• Fluency in English

Responsibilities

• Maintain information on validated sources (product/manufacturer) for HIV, Hepatitis (HBV & HCV) in MSF’s Database (Uniquality)
• Follow up on developments within WHO prequalification and contact potential new suppliers for HIV, HBV & HCV products. Be responsible for product dossiers evaluation in coordination with the Drugs QA Lead, if needed
• Be the MSF QA focal point with manufacturers for these specific products (for regular contacts and technical visits)
• Monitor procurement, including tenders, of HIV and Hepatitis products in coordination with the Medical Platforms leaders, the Supply Centers SCs and possibly with external stakeholders
• Participate and provide pharmaceutical input to HIV and Hepatitis working groups meetings and their projects. Support the WG leader in all pharmaceutical related issues and keep section pharmacists and SCs’ pharmacists informed on relevant HIV and Hepatitis related issues and provide necessary support in this area
• Represent the Pharma Platforms in MSF Medical Platforms meetings, when required. For Medical Platforms which do not have a dedicated pharmacist, IO represents the Pharma Platforms on the clinical and supply perspective
• Revise, from the pharmaceutical perspective, medical guidelines and protocols, on behalf of the Pharma Platforms, when requested by medical referents/Medical Platforms
• Support the QA lead in product dossier assessments, if needed
• Support the QA lead in SOP revision and quality risk assessments, if needed
• Be the IPC focal point in the discussions related to Uniquality development. Represent the IO vis-à-vis Spinco, UQ Project Manager, UQ Product Owner, UQ Data Steward and SCs
• Contributes to the GPU priorities for medicines, in terms of specific discussions linked to categories or strategies, as needed
• Taking the consultation on pharmaceutical care conducted on the topic as starting point, develop roadmap on key intersectional priorities to work on, in agreement with OC focal points
• Coordinate the uptake practical actionable points within pharmaceutical care/clinical component within the Pharma Platforms, liaising with the OC referents
• Liaise with PV unit as needed to further increase uptake of SAE reporting and understanding of tools
• Represent Pharma voice in discussions with other internal stakeholders
• Undertake other duties as required by the IPC or QA Lead

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge or experience on infectious diseases is an asset
• Knowledge of French is an asset

Benefits

MSF practice is to offer the C&B package current in the MSF entity establishing the contract