Senior Health Officer Job Vacancy at East African Community Tanzania

Job Title:SENIOR HEALTH OFFICER (MEDICINES REGULATION)
REF: EAC/HR/HEALTH/2011-2012/001
Grade: Professional Staff Category (P2 Equivalent)
Reports to: EAC Senior Health Officer (Medicines and Food
Safety);
Organ/Institution: EAC Secretariat
Duration of Contract: Initially Three (3) Years
Station: EAC Secretariat, Arusha - Tanzania
Main Purpose of the Job:
To coordinate and support the implementation of EAC regional health sector
policies, legislation, strategies, plans, projects, programmes and initiatives on
medicines regulation in the EAC Partner States in liaison with the National
Medicines Regulatory Authorities (NMRAs) in order to enhance access to safe,
effective, quality and affordable essential human and veterinary medicines and
related pharmaceutical products and supplies that are manufactured, imported
and/or traded within the East African Community region.
.
Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Coordinate the development and implementation of a Common Technical
Document (CTD) for registration of medicines in the EAC Partner States
in accordance with the existing World Health Organization (WHO)
Regulatory Documentation Package, International Conference on
Harmonization (ICH) Global Cooperation Group (ICH-GCG) and other
relevant international guidelines and standards;
2. Coordinate the development and implementation of a common EAC
regional Information Management System (IMS) for medicines
Closing Date: Friday, 15th June 2012 2
registration linked to each of the EAC Partner States’ National Medicines
Regulatory Authorities (NMRAs);
3. Provide technical support in the implementation of Quality Management
System (QMS) in each of the EAC Partner States’ National Medicines
Regulatory Authorities (NMRAs) using Risk-Based Approaches (RBAs)
and processes in accordance with priority public health needs with
regard to enhancing access to safe, effective, quality and affordable
essential human and veterinary medicines and related pharmaceutical
products and supplies that are manufactured, imported and/or traded
within the East African Community region.
4. Develop and implement capacity building programmes at both regional
and national levels to support the harmonization and strengthening of
medicines registration and regulation in the EAC Partner States
5. Coordinate the creation and operationalization of a web-based platform
for information sharing on harmonized medicines registration and
regulation systems and procedures among key stakeholders at both
national and regional level
6. Coordinate the development and implementation of a regional policy as
well as a legal and regulatory framework for mutual recognition of the
registration and regulation of both human and veterinary medicines and
pharmaceutical products and supplies based on Chapter 21, Article 118
of the Treaty on the Establishment of the East African Community.
7. Facilitate the establishment of the decentralized East African Community
Medicines and Food Safety Commission (EACMFS) which will be an
autonomous institution of the Community responsible for regional
coordination of the regulation and safety of all human and animal
medicines, foods, feeds as well as human and veterinary pharmaceutical
products, supplies, cosmetics, devices, vaccines, vitamins, sera and
others biological products that are manufactured, imported and/or
traded within the EAC region.
8. Establish an EAC regional mechanism for using regulatory information
from the EAC Partner States’ National Medicines Regulatory Authorities
(NMRAs) (assessments/decisions, etc) and for making information
available to the general public and other multisectoral stakeholders and
partners (legislation, guidelines and lists of registered products,
including rejected applications, etc.)
9. Establish EAC regional policies, guidelines, standards, Standard
Operating Procedures (SOPs) as well as legal and regulatory frameworks
for joint evaluations of dossiers and inspections of various medicine and
pharmaceutical manufacturing sites and to ensure that these
assessments are integrated into national and regional decision-making
processes as applicable.
10. Build regional and national capacity to implement medicines
registration and regulation harmonization (including developing a
capacity building programme for technical, financial and management
staff and project management inc. monitoring and evaluation) including
Closing Date: Friday, 15th June 2012 3
contributing to the establishment of the decentralized East African
Community Medicines and Food Safety Commission (EACMFSC);
11. Develop and implement an EAC regional advocacy and
communication strategy to sensitize key stakeholders at regional and
national levels and to build ongoing multisectoral stakeholder
commitment (including political and local community commitment for
developing and implementing policy and legislative amendments on
medicines registration and regulation)
12. Facilitate regional medicines registration and regulation policy and
legislative review among the East African Community Partner States in
order to incorporate the changes that will occur as a result of the
harmonization of medicines registration and regulation among the
Countries.
13. Coordinate and facilitate operational research, monitoring and
evaluation and reporting of various EAC regional medicines registration
and regulation projects, programmes and initiatives in liaison with the
relevant technical counterparts in the National Medicines Regulatory
Authorities (NMRAs) of the EAC Partner States
Qualification and Experience:
i. A Bachelors Degree in Pharmacy from a recognized University;
ii. A Masters Degree or other relevant post-graduate qualification in
Pharmaceutical, Public Health or other Health-Related Sciences is
preferable
iii. Work experience of five (5) years of which two (2) should be in medicines
regulation, policy, guidelines and standards development.
iv. Demonstrated national, regional and international training experience in
the harmonization medicines registration and regulation will be an added
advantage.
Skills and Competencies:
Analytical skills, interpersonal communication, report writing, leadership,
teamwork, supervisory and planning skills.
TERMS AND CONDITION OF SERVICE
This EAC regional level health sector project staff position has an initial threeyear
contract that may be renewed subject to satisfactory performance and
availability of donor funds.
HOW TO APPLY
Interested candidates should submit their applications quoting the reference
number of the position applied for by registered mail, courier service, e-mail
and dispatch directly together with the full curriculum vitae, copies of both
Closing Date: Friday, 15th June 2012 4
academic and professional certificates and testimonials, names and addresses
of three referees, day time telephone /cell phone numbers to:
The Secretary General
East African Community
P.O. Box 1096,
Arusha, Tanzania
Fax: +255-27-250425354
Closing Date: Friday, 15th June 2012 1

Email: eac@eachq.org
Closing Date: All applications together with copies of relevant attachments
should be received at the EAC Secretariat headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania no
later than Friday, 15th June 2012.