The French Section of Médecins Sans Frontières is currently recruiting:
Opening Date: January 26th, 2026
Work Location: Jahun
End Date: February 3rd, 2026
Contract Type:
Fixed Term – (Till December 2026) with possibility of extension
Context
Médecins Sans Frontières is a private, not-for-profit international humanitarian organization dedicated to providing medical assistance to populations in distress, without discrimination and regardless of race, religion, creed, or political affiliation.
Currently, MSF France is co-operating with the Federal Ministry of Health, State and Local government departments of health on various projects. Our current focus is a VVF and maternity response in Jahun, Jigawa state, and Malaria and Nutrition response in Katsina state with it’s coordination office in Abuja, Nigeria.
Main Purpose
To provide an accurate, timely, and qualitative dispensing service of drugs according to medical prescriptions and MSF protocols, standards and procedures in order to improve the patient’s health conditions
Job Description
Dispensing medication to patients according to medical prescription, ensuring the medication is labeled with the correct drug name, strength, quantity, expiry date, directions for use and additional required information and providing clear instructions and advice on how to take the drug, when, how long, how to store, possible side-effects and any other relevant warnings. Making sure the patient understands in order to ensure correct treatment.
Adhering to MSF practice policies and procedures for dispensing medicines, in particular those relating to controlled drugs and ensuring respect of confidentiality in dispensing
Placing accurate and timely orders with the central stock, maintaining minimum stock levels of medicines, checking expiry dates and storage conditions and ensuring no medicines or material are taken out of the dispensary without authorization
Maintaining accurate dispensing records and regularly reporting them to his/her technical reference. Ensuring returned and out-of-date medication is safely removed to a well designated quarantine zone for unwanted pharmaceuticals, separxad ated from the normal stock
Organizing and keeping clean the dispensing area, ensuring cleanliness and care in handling medicines to avoid contamination and mix-up. Maintaining dispensary equipment, ensuring it is clean, accurate and in a good state of repair.
Maintaining the integrity and security of the dispensary by admitting only authorized personnel and ensuring that all medicines are stored as appropriate. Reporting immediately to the technical reference on any problem arising in the service (especially loss, robbery, quality problems with medicines (abnormal changes in colour, consistency, and odour) damage of medical equipment or medicines).
Carrying out Patient Therapeutic Education (PTE) and interacting with patient using a patient-based approach to accompany chronic disease (HIV, TB, etc.) patients along their visits. Receiving patients, informing about treatment and adherence, giving appointment for the next drug delivery. Informing the medical doctor in case of lack of adherence and identifying the reasons and finding solutions to improve adherence.
Understanding, recording and informing on any complaint received from patients related to medicine use or side effects.
Collaboration with the pharmacy team especially the pharmacy assistant in the hospital.
Daily update of the emergency cupboards in the units according to the defined quota.
Provide on time the daily order sheets to the units.
Supplying on time the patients’ medications to the units responsible according to 24hours medical prescription for in-patients and total treatment duration for discharges. The medicines should be packed per individuals.
Ensuring the medication is labelled with the correct drug name, strength, quantity, expiry date, directions for use and additional required information.
Assist the pharmacy assistant in making and receiving the weekly/bi-weekly order.
Report immediately any abnormal request of medicines to the unit supervisor.
Follow-up on good dispensing pratices: constituted/opened medicines have to be properly labelled and discarded on time.
Requirements
Education Paramedical background
Experience Working experience of at least 6 months is essential
Languages Mission language desirable and local language essential
Competencies Commitment to MSF Principles L1
Behavioural Flexibility L1
Stress Management L2
Results and Quality Orientation L1
Teamwork and Cooperation L1
Service Orientation L1
Knowledge Desirable computer literacy
Essential knowledge of basic mathematics and use of measuring equipment
Contract
208 working hours per month
Remuneration
According to MSF salary scale plus 13th month allowance equivalent to 1 month of gross salary.
To Apply
Submit ONLY your updated CV, with contact details to the “Personnel Administration Manager”
with subject “Medecines Dispenser” via email to [email protected]g
Qualified females are highly encouraged to apply.
Only successful applicants will be called for the next steps and are obligated to disclose any information about family member(s) currently in the employ of MSF-France in any location.
No monetary transactions, neither demands of favors in kind, nor other types of favoritism will be tolerated in the MSF recruitment process.
MSF reserves the right to refuse to hire a candidate having benefitted from any such acts. All illicit demands may be pursued through the judicial system.
MSF is an equal opportunity employer and encourages any Nigerian citizen to apply irrespective of race, gender, religion, creed, political affiliation.
Dual Employment is considered gross misconduct and hence not acceptable.
MSF reserves the right to cancel any step or whole of the recruitment process at any stage. MSF France takes this opportunity to thank all potential candidates for their application.
