Posted on: Thu 04-04-2024

United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfil their potential. Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: International Multiple Micronutrient Supplement Market Shaping Consultant

Job no: 570891

Location: Abuja

Contract type: Consultant

Duty Station: Abuja

Level: Consultancy

Categories: Nutrition

Description

How can you make a difference?  

• To enable UNICEF to work in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders to define and manage a transparent pathway to certification of technically qualified and interested vendors who have the potential to locally produce MMS for the domestic, regional and global markets.
• Prepare gap analysis and certification roadmap for selected vendors requiring technical and/or financial assistance to become certified.

Requirements

Educational Qualification:

• Master's degree in Pharmacy or a field relevant to global health and procurement.

Experience:    

• A minimum of five years’ progressively responsible professional work experience relevant to medicines and nutrition products including product dossier assessments for procurement or regulatory registration.
• Experience with the UNICEF Supply Manual, guidelines for public procurement, and the procurement process.
• Experience evaluating technical information such as stability studies, comparative dissolution, analytical methods, certificates of analysis, manufacturing processes, manufacturing quality control measures, and product usability.
• Experience with product introduction, WHO Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) standards, UNICEF approval processes, NAFDAC and SON processes, etc
• Demonstratable knowledge of International Council for Harmonization (ICH) quality guidelines (http://www.ich.org/products/guidelines/quality/article/quality-guidelines.html)
• Proficiency in MS Excel, PowerPoint, and Word
• Experience related to global public health is an asset.

Language Requirements:

• Fluency in written and spoken English is required.

How to Apply

Interested and qualified candidates should:

Click here to apply online

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