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November 30th, 2021 at 01:57 pm
Company Profile
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 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 the 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 for years to come.
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.
Job Description
Scope of Work:
- Review and understand the study protocol prior to data collection
- Visit selected health facilities and other relevant stakeholders to collect data using data collection tool(s) provided by the PQM+ technical team through interviews and document review.
- Review data for completeness and compile collected data in templates provided by PQM+.
- Submit collected data (hard and electronic copies) to PQM+ program coordinator.
- Collect any other data related to the study requested by the PQM+ team
Deliverables:
- A technical report containing data collected
Required Skills or Experience
Minimum Requirements
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in public health, science, or other scientific fields relevant to public health
- Bachelor of science with 1-year experience in the relevant field
Experience:
- Exposure to working with Ghana health service or the health sector in Ghana.
- Experience in participating in studies related to the use of maternal and child health commodities such as oxytocin injection.
- Experience in data collection using electronic tools and software
- Experience working in rural and hard to reach communities
Knowledge,
Skills, and Abilities:
- Ability to work independently and effectively liaise with relevant parties, including government and non-government stakeholders.
- Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills with attention to detail
- Must be proficient in English and possess excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills.
- High level of integrity and commitment to quality.
- Ability to travel within Ghana.
HOW TO APPLY
Interested candidates should submit a cover letter, CV to GHProcurement@usp.org clearly stating consultancy for which the applicant is applying in the subject line of their application e-mail.
CLOSING DATE: The closing date for submission of the application is December 14, 2021.