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• Serve as the Chief Executive and
  Accounting Officer of the Authority and ensure the maintenance of Accounts
  of the NDAs income and expenditure as required and approved by the
  Authority and other laws and legislations
• The incumbent will serve as the secretary
  to the authority and thus is responsible for recording, timely circulation
  and custody of all Authority minutes.
• Actively coordinates authority activities
  and work plans as well as communication between the authority and
  management.
• Guides the authority on operational issues
  while communicating and implementing Authority decisions.
• Providing overall leadership, motivates
  and inspires heads of departments to deliver best value and manage their
  departments, people and budgets.
• Prepare and submit for Authority approval
  strategic plans, annual budgets and work plans, financial statements and
  other relevant documents
• Direct the proper management and
  accountability for the overall performance of NDAs human, fiscal, and
  other resources according to authorized policies, procedures and; provide
  regular reports about their utilization, to the Authority to guide
  effective decision making.
• Develop an efficient and effective
  internal management structure that enhances maximum productivity of the
  organization
• Develops, promotes, and maintains complex
  relationships with key stakeholders including the government particularly
  the ministry of health, development partners, other regulatory bodies and
  players in the regulated sectors.
• Provide leadership on policy matters,
  strategy development, resource mobilization, strategic partnerships
  development and an advocate on all key issues pertaining to the
  development of drug regulation.
• Regularly review and recommend relevant
  corporate policy changes to the Authority from time to time in order to
  keep them aligned with new developments in the regulatory environmental.
• Constantly review the effectiveness of
  systems and procedures steering them to improve and uphold organizational
  effectiveness, and efficiency.
• Responsible for, public relations, crisis
  management and legal affairs.
• Be the custodian of the seal, and assets
  of the Authority
• Register all medicines and healthcare
  products in the country.
• Authorize the licensing of importation,
  manufacture, distribution and sale of medicines and mandated health
  products.
• Ensure the preparation of final financial
  statements and liaise with the office of the Auditor General to have
  annual external audits.
• Represent the Authority before Parliament
  the Sector Ministry of Health and other legally gazzeted bodies and other
  relevant fora as required for the interest, effective performance and
  visibility of the National Drug Authority.

• The applicant must hold a Bachelor’s
  degree in a Biomedical Science (Pharmacy, Medicine, Surgery, Dentistry,
  Veterinary Medicine, Biochemistry), OR Food science, Law, from a
  recognized University and an additional Master’s in Business
  Administration.
• Registration with a professional body in
  case of Pharmacy, Medicine, Surgery, Dentistry, Veterinary Medicine and
  Law is a MUST.
• Possession of a post graduate
  qualification or a Ph.D. in any of the above mentioned fields will be an
  added advantage.
• A minimum of 12 years working experience
  at Head of Department, General manager, or Director level in a large
  organization of National/ International repute with not less than 50 people
  and an annual budget of not less than 15 billion Uganda shillings or
  equivalent. 8 years of this experience MUST have been at one of the above
  mentioned SENIOR levels of governance.
• Excellent track record of high integrity.
• Foresightedness
• High level of leadership and strategic
  decision making.
• Evidence of ability to interact, work with
  and support the activities of the Authority and employees.
• Strategic planning and budgeting.
• Excellent communication and advocacy
  skills
• Possess the ability to add value to
  Authority’s strategic goals
• Good at negotiation and arbitration as
  well as demonstration of understanding of corporate governance and good
  work ethics.
• Possess the ability to work under tight
  deadlines
• Good knowledge and understanding of drug
  regulation problems in Uganda and the current government’s policies and
  strategies to address them
• Ability to provide strategic leadership to
  a complex organization in a dynamic regulatory environment
• Ability to inspire high performance levels
  across multi-disciplinary, multi institutional and multi stakeholders
  teams
• Ability to work with regional and
  international regulatory agencies on regulatory initiatives.
• Demonstration of a clear view of how drug
  regulation can contribute to improved public health.
• Computer literacy skills
• Working knowledge of the law governing the
  management and accountability for public finances.
• Working knowledge of regional and
  international medicines, regulatory practices.

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