Starting date of position: ASAP

Place of work: Teknaf, Cox's Bazar

Deadline for applications: 12th November 2026

About Terre des hommes (Tdh):

Terre des Hommes has been working in Bangladesh since 1974, implementing integrated humanitarian and development programmes across Cox's Bazar, Kurigram, and Dhaka. The country programme focuses on Health, Access to Justice (including social cohesion and conflict resolution), and Migration, supported by cross-cutting expertise in Child Protection and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH). Tdh's interventions address both humanitarian needs and long-term development priorities, with a strong emphasis on resilience, localization, and systems strengthening. Following the large-scale influx of more than 800,000 Rohingya refugees into Bangladesh since August 2017, Tdh significantly expanded its humanitarian response in Cox's Bazar to provide integrated and life-saving assistance to Rohingya refugees and vulnerable host communities. The response includes comprehensive interventions in Health, WASH, Child Protection, Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS), and Social Cohesion, delivered in close coordination with government authorities, UN agencies, and humanitarian partners.

Building on its extensive humanitarian experience, Tdh is advancing an integrated Humanitarian–Development–Peace (HDP) Nexus approach that links emergency response with longer-term recovery and resilience. The organization is committed to strengthening local capacities, generating evidence and learning, promoting localization, and leveraging programme experience to inform policy dialogue, advocacy, and sustainable programme expansion across Bangladesh.

Context:

Tdh has been present and active in Bangladesh since 1974 and focuses its work on Migration, tackling child labour, health, child protection, WASH, Access to Justice and humanitarian aid. We are currently working in Dhaka, Cox’s Bazar, Ukhiya, Teknaf, Kurigram and Satkhira.

Description of the position:

To provide an accurate, timely, and qualitative dispensing service of drugs according to medical prescriptions and protocols, standards and procedures in order to improve the patient’s health conditions.

Specific responsibilities:

• 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 includes 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 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, separated from the normal stock.

• Organizing and keeping clean the pharmacy, 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 color, consistency, and odor) 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 with their visits. Receiving patients, informing them about treatment and adherence, giving appointments 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.

• These responsibilities may be amended in line with the activities or evaluation of the Mission.

The tasks and responsibilities defined in this job description are not exhaustive and can evolve depending on the project needs.

Tdh General Code of Conduct and Ethical Policies:

• Commits to promoting and complying with the Global Code of Conduct, systematically reporting any violations of the Code through Tdh's formal reporting mechanisms and dealing with any violations of procedures and processes appropriately.

• Raises awareness of the Foundation of the risks of policy non-compliance, violence and abuse, and related rights, towards children, community members and our own employees.

• Undertakes to comply with key ethical policies and guidelines, including the Safeguarding Policy, the Anti-Fraud and Corruption Policy, the Conflict-of-Interest Policy and other policies related to the prevention of terrorist financing and criminal activities, as well as workplace behaviour.

• Commits to putting values and principles into practice through exemplary behaviour, in full compliance with the Code of Conduct, and always respecting established procedures and processes.

• Commits to developing a compliant and enlightened management culture within the organisation and in our work with children and the communities in which we operate.

Profile: We are looking for a Pharmacy Assistant (medicine dispenser) with a minimum 2 years of experience in PHC or humanitarian settings

Education:

• Diploma / Bachelor's degree in pharmacy (master's in pharmacy might get preferences)

Experience and Skills:

• Minimum 2 years of experience in PHC or humanitarian settings

• Effective verbal and written communication skills

• Teamwork orientation

• Organized and able to manage competing priorities

• Good judgment

• Resourcefulness in problem-solving

• Able to take and follow through with delegated tasks and accountability

• Knowledge of Rational Use of Drugs (RUD) and using of EMR or IMS (Inventory Management System)

• Essential knowledge of basic mathematics and use of measuring equipment

Languages:

• Fluent in Bangla and proficient in English (written and spoken)

• Chittagong dialect skills will be an asset

Salary: Monthly gross salary of BDT. 44,352/-

Application procedure:

Only complete applications (Online questions, CV and covering letter) submitted through the Tdh official website will be processed. Additional documents (diplomas, work certificates, etc.) will be requested at a later date. We will only contact those candidates selected for further recruitment.

References check:

Please note that all job offers will be subject to satisfactory references and checks (criminal record and anti-terrorism funding check). Terre des hommes will ask the Human Resources of previous organisations to provide references on any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment, as well as fraud and corruption, during employment, or incidents under investigation at the time the candidate left employment.

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