E-DRUG: Recruiting a Pharmaceutical Advisor to the MOH in Afghanistan
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AEDES, a consultancy specialized in public health (www.aedes.be), has been shortlisted to submit a proposal to an EU funded project in support to the Directorate for pharmaceutical affairs of the Ministry of Health in Afghanistan. The position is based in Kabul for 16 months starting end December 2010. You will find a short summary of the project and of the profile required hereunder.
In case you are interested by this position and if your profile matches the requirement, please send your CV and motivation letter to Samantha Dupy (sdupy@aedes.be) before September 15th. You can also apply directly from our website (http://www.aedes.be/view/en/Jobs.html).
The detailed Terms of references will then be sent to you.
General project description
The project has the scope of assisting the General the Directorate for Pharmaceutical Affairs (GDPA) in better defining and increasing its stewardship role for oversight and implementation out of the functions under its guidance. Good governance issues with a long term vision have to be built in.
The purposes of the position are as follows:
· To build capacities and standard operating procedures allowing the GDPA to play its guiding role in coordination and supervision of the pharmaceutical sub-sector;
· To support the GDPA's units and departments in their stewardship role vis-à-vis to all stakeholders involved in the pharmaceutical sub-sector;
· To support the capacity building efforts of GDPA
Profile of the technical assistant
Pharmaceutical advisor: Team Leader
The team-leader has to have competencies on all the items listed below. MC=Minimum Criterion marks the characteristic that need to be satisfied. Where MC is not indicated, the item is desirable (D) and its absence will not exclude the candidate from the evaluation process.
Qualifications and skills
1 MC Post-graduate academic degree in the field of pharmacy and/or a certification for registration to practice as a pharmacist and or Masters degree in Public Health with a focus on pharmacy or other related relevant field to the ToR.
2 D Degree in Phamacy
3 MC Fluency in English
4 D Knowledge of Local Languages
5 D Strong analytical and drafting skills
6 D Proven ability to develop and maintain good professional relations with stakeholders, particularly counterparts and staff members
7 MC Working experience in a post-conflict country.
8 D Initiative and proven ability to work with little supervision
9 MC Proven capacity to supervise, train and coach
General professional experience
10 MC At least 10 years experience in planning and/or implementing pharmaceutical intervention at least at provincial scale
11 MC At least 5 years of experience of institutional development, preferably in the context of post-conflict, weak or failing states
12 MC At least 10 years of working experience with donors, non-governmental organizations, Ministry, civil society, Academia [the total will be considered]
13 D At least 3 years of experience in the health sector in Afghanistan
Specific professional experience
14 MC At least 3 years of working experience at policy level in the pharmaceutical subsector
15 D Working experience as Technical Assistance at Ministry level
Pierre Poivre
AEDES
Belgium
Ppoivre@aedes.be