Job Summary
- Management
- Addis Ababa
- 5 to 10 years
- Bachelor
- Fixed-term contract
Company
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AKROS RESEARCH
- Industries : Health, pharmacy, hospitals, medical equipmentSocial, public and human services
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Company description:
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Job Ad & Profile Description
Position : Pharmacovigilance Associate - Addis Ababa
Akros Research is supporting a program, funded by the Mastercard Foundation and in partnership with the Africa CDC. We are looking for a Pharmacovigilance Associate in Ethiopia
Responsibilities:
- In coordination with the Ethiopia Country Manager, work closely with the EFDA to plan upcoming technical activities and facilitate the implementation of approved micro plan activities, ensuring that targets are achieved.
- Coordinate logistics for program implementation at the national, district, and health facility levels (e.g., advance requests, venue hire, branding and marking preparations, coordinating invitations as needed) and ensure all expenditures align with the set budgets.
- Identify implementation issues and provide possible solutions to address them, that are timely shared with key stakeholders
- Maintain regular communication with implementation counterparts at the Ministry of Health and EFDA.
- Ensure all forms and records are documented and updated.
- Liaise with Akros Research to ensure effective and efficient program delivery and provide detailed reports to project leadership.
- Work closely with other Akros in country employees to ensure the effective implementation of the program.
- Assist in evidence generation, data collection, data analysis and data use as needed.
- Other duties assigned.
Required profile for job ad : Pharmacovigilance Associate - Addis Ababa
- Bachelor’s degree (required) and Master’s degree (highly preferred) in Pharmacy, public Health, Monitoring and Evaluation or any relevant field, Project management or business administration;
- 3-5 years of experience with program management;
- Strong experience working with Government’s Ministries of Health, national regulatory, donors, districts and sub-district structures and managing a dynamic team;
- Previous experience with project or organizational representation to the national regulatory/Ministry of Health at national or subnational levels is an added advantage;
- Past exposure and experience in a national regulatory institution, or in pharmacovigilance field will be an added advantage;
- Self-starter who will thrive through exemplifying ownership and initiative
- Excellent technical writing, quantitative and critical thinking skills
- Excellent data analysis skills
- Excellent computer skills with fluency in Excel, Word, PowerPoint
- Candidate should be highly productive and internally motivated
- Candidate should work well against complex and challenging delivery schedules
- Candidate should be culturally adaptable and sensitive
- Demonstrated ability to operate with minimal instruction in a fast-paced environment
- Demonstrated ability to productively communicate remotely
Job criteria for job ad : Pharmacovigilance Associate - Addis Ababa
- Job category : Management
- Industries : Health, pharmacy, hospitals, medical equipment
- Employment type : Fixed-term contract
- Region : Addis Ababa
- City : Addis Ababa
- Remote work : Hybrid
- Experience level : 5 to 10 years
- Educational level : Bachelor
- Spoken language : amharic > fluent - english > fluent
- Number of Position(s) : 1
- Team management : No
- Pharmacovigilance
- Data Collection
- Budget Management
- Budget Monitoring
- Leadership
- Management
- Business Administration
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Job Summary
Pharmacovigilance Associate - Addis Ababa
- Management
- Addis Ababa
- 5 to 10 years
- Bachelor
- Fixed-term contract
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