Pakistan Job Openings

United Nations Pakistan

Technical Officer (National Regulatory Authority)

Islamabad

September 13, 2024

Purpose:
The incumbent will work under the supervision of National Professional Officer (Health Systems) to provide technical support to Mo NHSR&C for strengthening National Regulatory Authority (DRAP) by adapting policies related to essential medical products and strengthening medical supply systems that promote access to effective, safe and good quality medical products within the context of achieving universal health coverage.
Background:
Medicines, products, and technologies have a major role in protecting and maintaining health. Access to essential medicines is one of the key building blocks of the health systems. Strengthening capacity of national regulatory authorities and end-to-end supply chains is one of the flagship programs of the Regional Director of the Eastern Mediterranean Region for a well-functioning health system that ensures equitable access to essential medical products, vaccines, and technologies of assured quality, safety, efficacy, and cost-effectiveness, and their scientifically sound and cost-effective use.
WHO Pakistan intends to engage a technical officer with expertise in the area who will be responsible for the provision of technical guidance for the application and adaptation of WHO policies and strategies on Essential Medicines and Health Products (EMP). S/he will have the overall responsibility to provide technical support for the implementation of national policies, plan and recommendations of Global Bench Marking Tool (GBT) assessment for strengthening capacity of NRA to ensure availability of good quality and cost-effective medical products. The incumbent will closely coordinate activities with the Drug Regulatory Authority Pakistan, NIH, Ministry of National Health Services Regulations and Coordination, and Departments of Health at the federal and provincial levels.
Tasks to be performed:

Assist the supervisor in coordinating with WHO regional office and HQ experts to support Mo NHSR&C to review, update and implement national regulatory policies, plans etc, for strengthening core regulatory capacities of DRAP;

Provide technical support in coordination with WHO EMRO and HQ to implement and monitor the activities / KPIs including GBT assessment to strengthen NRA capacity;

Technical support for revision and implementation of essential medicine list, essential diagnostic list, priority medical devices, assistive product list, programs, including medical supply chain activities;

Technical support to monitor the availability of Substandard and falsified medical products and coordination with NRA focal point to report to the WHO global monitoring system;

Liaise with the WHO 3 level team and national health authorities on quality control and assurance systems for procurement, supply chain management, distribution, and storage, including cold storage of medical products and issues related to access of quality-assured medical products, market intelligence, pricing and the appropriate use of medical products at the various health care levels;

Coordinate the publishing and dissemination of information, documents, and guidelines on best practices and coordinate efforts about the various technical activities;

Assist the supervisor in preparation of workplans, policy briefs, talking points and various reports including end of biennium reporting;

8erform any other related specific duties, as required by the functional supervisor.

Qualifications required:
Education: First university degree in medicine, pharmacy, supply chain or related pharmaceutical sciences from an accredited/recognized institute.
Experience: A minimum of 3 years experience in a related field. Experience working with national regulatory authorities, medicines manufacturers, and international partners.
Required Competencies: (WHO global Competency model http://www.who.int/employment/WHO_competencies_EN.pdf?ua=1)

Communication

Producing Results

Teamwork

Functional knowledge and skills:

Good technical knowledge in the field of medical products with a focus on the treatment of diseases with high public health impact.
Better understanding of the concepts of access to medical products, supply chain management, rational selection, and use.
Ability to anticipate new trends in the field of medical products and take actions accordingly.
Working knowledge of medical product regulation is an asset.

Languages:
Excellent knowledge of English and local language (Urdu).
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Only candidates under serious consideration will be contacted.
WHO is committed to workforce diversity.
WHO has a smoke-free environment and does not recruit smokers or users of any form of tobacco.
A written test may be used as a form of screening.
Appointment of selected candidate will be on Local Individual Contractor Agreement (LICA) issued by the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) for a period up to three months which is further extendable based on multiple factors including job performance, programme need, and funding availability. LICA is a non-staff contract whereby the signatory has the status of a contractor and not considered in any respect as being a staff member of either the World Health Organization (WHO) or UNOPS. As such, there will be no employer-employee relationship between the signatory and the contracting Organization.
In the event that your candidature is retained for an interview, you will be required to provide, in advance, a scanned copy of the degree(s)/diploma(s)/certificate(s) required for this position. WHO only considers higher educational qualifications obtained from an institution accredited/recognized in the World Higher Education Database (WHED), a list updated by the International Association of Universities (IAU)/United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The list can be accessed through the link: http://www.whed.net/. Some professional certificates may not appear in the WHED and will require individual review.
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