United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential. Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: International Multiple Micronutrient Supplement Market Shaping Consultant

Job no: 570891
Location: Abuja
Contract type: Consultant
Duty Station: Abuja
Level: Consultancy
Categories: Nutrition

Description
How can you make a difference?

• To enable UNICEF to work in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders to define and manage a transparent pathway to certification of technically qualified and interested vendors who have the potential to locally produce MMS for the domestic, regional and global markets.
• Prepare gap analysis and certification roadmap for selected vendors requiring technical and/or financial assistance to become certified.

Requirements
Educational Qualification:

• Master’s degree in Pharmacy or a field relevant to global health and procurement.

Experience:

• A minimum five years’ progressively responsible professional work experience relevant to medicines and nutrition products to include product dossier assessments for procurement or regulatory registration.
• Experience with the UNICEF Supply Manual, guidelines for public procurement, and the procurement process.
• Experience evaluating technical information such as stability studies, comparative dissolution, analytical methods, certificates of analysis, manufacturing processes, manufacturing quality control measures, product usability.
• Experience with product introduction, WHO Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) standards, UNICEF approval processes, NAFDAC and SON processes, etc
• Demonstratable knowledge of International Council for Harmonization (ICH) quality guidelines (http://www.ich.org/products/guidelines/quality/article/quality-guidelines.html)
• Proficiency in MS Excel, PowerPoint, and Word
• Experience related to global public health is an asset.

Language Requirements:

• Fluency in written and spoken English is required.

Application Closing Date
16th April, 2024.