About Organisation:

Makerere University Joint AIDS Program (MJAP) emerged from the Mulago – Mbarara Teaching Hospitals Joint AIDS Program (MJAP) which was established in November 2004 under the then Makerere University Faculty of Medicine. Over the last 20 years, we have broadened our work beyond the support of provision of comprehensive HIV and TB services to include capacity strengthening for health care workers across Uganda and conduct research to inform policies for HIV/TB and other HIV comorbidities in the country.

Job Summary: To Develop and implement technical activities of pharmacy services at ISS and TB/HIV clinic, in compliance with MJAP/MoH set policies and guidelines

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Plan, quantify, forecast and monitor usage of medicines and medical sundries needs for the clinic in line with the procurement plan.
• Ensure rational use of drugs and prevent causes of irrational use e.g. Poly-pharmacy
• Dispense prescribed medicines and provide appropriate information to clients on indications, contra-indications, dosage and side effects of medicines.
• Record pharmacy data including missed appointments, all the drugs dispensed to the clients, names of the drug and the patients to whom the drugs were dispensed both electronically and manually
• Provide pharmaceutical related technical information (such as interactions, treatment mismatches, and adverse reactions) to prescribers, medical staff, patient counselors and clients.
• Carry out adherence monitoring on medicines, used by the clients at the pharmacy level in line with the MJAP objectives
• Maintain proper inventory controls at the Pharmacy stores i.e. stock card balances, track expiries, minimum stock balances and buffer stocks in line with the MJAP policies and procedures

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Valid practicing license
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in a busy clinical setting, experience in an HIV clinical setting is an added advantage
• Strong leadership, analytical and organizational skills; demonstrated ability to work both independently and within a team, assess priorities, and manage multiple activities with attention to detail.
• Excellent cross-cultural communication (both oral and written) and interpersonal skills demonstrated by ability to interact professionally with culturally and linguistically diverse staff, stakeholders, clients and consultants.

All suitably qualified candidates are encouraged to apply by clearly stating the position applied for in the Subject line. Combine all your application documentation, i.e. cover letter, CV & academic documents into one PDF with names/contact details of three referees including the immediate Supervisor addressed to: The Human Resources Manager, Makerere University Joint AIDS

Program (MJAP). Email: recruitment@mjap.mak.ac.ug NOT later than Thursday, 16th July 2026, at 4:00 pm.

Deadline: 16th July 2026

NB: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.