Job
Title: Principal
Regulatory Officer – Medicines
Title: Principal
Regulatory Officer – Medicines
Organisation: National
Drug Authority (NDA)
Drug Authority (NDA)
Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda
Uganda
Reports to:
Director Product Safety
Director Product Safety
About US:
The National Drug
Authority (NDA) is an autonomous body which was established by the National
Drug Policy and Authority Act Cap 206 , Laws of Uganda (2000 Edition) to
regulate Human and Veterinary Medicines and other healthcare products.
NDA’s mandate is to ensure quality, safety and efficacy of human and veterinary
medicines and other healthcare products through the regulation and control of
their production, importation, distribution and use.
Authority (NDA) is an autonomous body which was established by the National
Drug Policy and Authority Act Cap 206 , Laws of Uganda (2000 Edition) to
regulate Human and Veterinary Medicines and other healthcare products.
NDA’s mandate is to ensure quality, safety and efficacy of human and veterinary
medicines and other healthcare products through the regulation and control of
their production, importation, distribution and use.
Job Summary: The Principal Regulatory Officer – Medicines
will ensure that drug-related information is disseminated to promote
appropriate use of medicines in accordance with the NDA Act.
will ensure that drug-related information is disseminated to promote
appropriate use of medicines in accordance with the NDA Act.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Collect and coordinate drug-related information and disseminate to
relevant stakeholders. - Ensure that drug promotional materials are vetted, approved and
monitored to avoid dissemination of misleading, biased and inaccurate
information on medicines. - Provide all relevant drug-related information for purposes of
updating NDA’s website. - Sensitize the public on drug and substance abuse.
- Maintains working knowledge of regulatory changes for medicines and
public healthcare products through guidelines, articles, writings and
courses. - Coordinate the reviewing of Standard Operating Procedures,
guidelines, regulations related to medicines information. - Undertake any other responsibilities, tasks or activities as may be
assigned from time to time.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The ideal candidate for the National Drug Authority (NDA) Principal
Regulatory Officer – Medicines job must hold a Bachelor’s degree in
Pharmacy, Human Medicine, Veterinary Medicine. - At least eight (8) years relevant working experience in regulation.
- Five years of experience in relevant scientific area.
- Extensive experience with clinical research sciences, regulatory
affairs. - Good interpersonal and communication skills
- Good working knowledge of ICT applications.
- High degree of integrity.
How to Apply:
All candidates
should send a cover letter, copies of your academic qualifications together
with your Curriculum Vitae (CV) indicating three (3) referees of whom one (1)
should be your current or most recent employer.
Please deliver your application pack in hard copy to National Drug
Authority Office, First Floor, Rumee, Plot 19 Lumumba Avenue Opposite TWED
Plaza, or through post office P.O. BOX 23096, Kampala Uganda.
should send a cover letter, copies of your academic qualifications together
with your Curriculum Vitae (CV) indicating three (3) referees of whom one (1)
should be your current or most recent employer.
Please deliver your application pack in hard copy to National Drug
Authority Office, First Floor, Rumee, Plot 19 Lumumba Avenue Opposite TWED
Plaza, or through post office P.O. BOX 23096, Kampala Uganda.
Deadline: 1st November 2018
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