# \[e-drug\] Job Announcement: Drug Regulation Specialist **URL:** \ **Category:** e-drug\ **Created:** [October 2, 2006, 12:38pm UTC](https://talk.edrugplus.org/t/e-drug-job-announcement-drug-regulation-specialist/26424 "2006-10-02T12:38:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
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E-DRUG: Job Announcement: Drug Regulation Specialist -------------------------------------------- Health Sector Policy Support Programme in the Philippines The Project Availability and utilization of affordable and financially sustainable, quality essential health services and population programmes in the Philippines continue to be issues in need of further support and development. Within the framework of the Philippine Government's efforts to advance its health sector reforms, the envisaged project is designed to support the reform programme ("FOURmula One for Health" - F1-for-health), which aims at at attaining better outcomes, more responsive health systems and equitable health care financing through action in four areas: Financing - increased, better and sustained investments in health; Regulation - better quality and cheaper health products; Service delivery - enhanced accessibility and availability of health care; Governance - enhanced health system's performance, in particular through improved public finance management and sector-wide management. Consequently, the envisaged project will be giving special attention to issues such as - financial sustainability of national health insurance and extended insurance cover for the poor - governance, operational efficiency and service provision in public hospitals - utilisation of cost-effective public health programmes and primary health care services - quality, accessibility and safety of health care related products, facilities and services - governance in health sector through (i) more efficient local health systems based on inter-local health zones and partnerships with the private sector, (ii) increased public accountability, (iii) improved health sector planning, monitoring and evaluation, (iv) increased efficiency and effectiveness of public health spending and (v) improved public finance management. GTZ is currently preparing the tender for this project and is inviting suitable candidates to apply. Your Tasks as Drug Regulation Specialist The Drug Regulation Specialist will provide technical support for strengthening the regulatory and technical capacity of the Bureau of Food and Drug (BFAD); he/she will work in close coordination and under the oversight of the Drug Management Specialist. His/her tasks will in particular include - facilitation of the review and update of drug & medicines legislation and regulations used for ensuring the quality, efficacy and safety of medicines and their relations to the National Drug Policy and the goals of the Health Sector Reform Agenda, - assessing the current status of BFAD and developing recommendations to Secretary of Health on how to strengthen the legal mandate and capacity of BFAD and other relevant agencies to enforce relevant durgs & medicines regulations - secure support from Department of Health (DOH) and relevant government authorities for reforms at BFAD and assist with their implementation including organisational/managerial reforms and reforms to set up sustainable financing system and to build adequate technical and legal capacity - assess current quality control and quality assurance systems of BFAD and develop short, medium and long term proposals on how best to ensure quality of registered medicines and prevent the distribution of counte rfeit and substandard products - assess the current BFAD master plan for improvements to increase efficiency of the drug regulatory processes, make recommendations where necessary and assist with implementation - facilitate collaboration of BFAD with other agencies like the World Health Organization and international / regional partner agencies on pertinent issues related to improvements of the drug regulatory and drug quality assurance systems in the Philippines - monitor and evaluate progress of BFAD reforms and assist in the development of routinely conducted self-assessments and continuous quality improvement practices - contribute to the design and delivery of training materials in his/her area of work Your Qualifications: The following qualifications and experiences are mandatory: - university degree at Master's level or equivalent in a relevant field - a minimum of 10 years relevant professional experience with 5 years international experience in at least three developing countries - strong background in drug regulation - working experience in middle income countries - experience of decentralised contexts - experience in other health-related regulatory areas would be an advantage - experience in the pharmaceutical industry sector would be an advantage - knowledge of international pharmaceutical standards would be an advantage - strong communication and drafting skills - fluency in English, both written and spoken Duration: February 2007 - January 2010 To apply, please contact: Jutta Hein Personnel Officer GTZ International Services P.O. Box 5180 D-65760 Eschborn, Germany Tel. +49-6196-79-3114 Fax: +49-6196-79-7450 \