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The U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) USA is an independent scientific organization that collaborates with the world's top experts in health and science to develop quality standards for medicines, dietary supplements, and food ingredients. USP brings together more than 1,100 talented professionals across five global locations to deliver its mission to strengthen the supply of safe quality medicines and supplements worldwide. USP is proud to be an equal employment opportunity employer (EEOE) and affirmative action employer. Employment selection and related decisions are made without regard to sex, race, age, disability, religion, national origin, color, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected class. We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. USP does not accept unsolicited resumes from 3rd party recruitment agencies and is not responsible for fees from recruiters or other agencies except under a specific written agreement with USP

Job Description

Regulatory Systems Strengthening (RSS) Consultant

The U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) is a scientific nonprofit organization that sets standards for the identity, strength, quality, and purity of medicines, food ingredients, and dietary supplements manufactured, distributed, and consumed worldwide. USP’s drug standards are enforceable in the United States by the Food and Drug Administration, and these standards are used in more than 140 countries.

USP is an independent nonprofit organization with nearly 200 years of experience developing quality standards for medicines. Through its global public health programs, USP strengthens medicines quality assurance systems, increases the supply of quality-assured medicines, and develops capacity to detect and remove poor-quality medicines from the market. By sharing scientific expertise and providing technical support and leadership, USP helps local regulators improve and sustain local health systems and enables manufacturers to supply quality-assured essential medicines into the foreseeable future. Through these efforts, USP is able to help detect and identify poor quality health products in disease areas such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and neglected tropical diseases, as well as helping safeguard the maternal, newborn, and child health sectors.

USP Ghana is involved with capacity building of personnel in the Regulatory Systems Strengthening (RSS)sector in areas such as Medicines Registration, Dossier compilation, Evaluation of biological dossiers, Quality Management Systems, Quality Control, Pharmacovigilance, etc. Thus, USP-Ghana needs a consultant who will be responsible for performing activities under RSS.

Scope of Work
The consultant will be charged with the development and implementation of activities under RSS. Such activities may include the following:

• Development of materials required for capacity building in Medicines Registration, Dossier Compilation, Evaluation of biological dossiers, Pharmacovigilance, Biologics, etc
• Delivery of trainings in RSS related activities
• Update of existing materials used for capacity building activities

Deliverables
The consultant will provide the following upon resumption of the above role:

• Training materials
• Training reports
• Future areas for training or further capacity building

Required Skills or Experience

• Successful consultant should have enough experience in RSS activities (experience working with Medicines Regulatory Authorities is an advantage) i.e. 5-10 years
• A Scientific background eg, Pharmacist, Biochemist, Chemical Analyst, etc.