Senior Deputy Director, Health Management – Health Products & Technologies (Quality Assurance and Market Shaping) at Public Service Commission Kenya (PSCK)

Duties and Responsibilities
Duties and responsibilities at this level will include: - 

• Coordinating development review and implementation of policies, strategies, legislations, guidelines, frameworks, standards for HPT quality assurance and market shaping;
• Conducting regular and scheduled HPT quality and safety audits;
• Collaborating and liaising with other bodies responsible for HPT quality and safety in enforcing compliance with international standards and best practices;
• Coordinating HPT local production initiatives with relevant MDACs for all HPT Manufactures in Kenya;
• Developing a targeted plan for technology transfer and investment for local production of HPT;
• Promoting and monitoring the implementation of the preferential procurement initiatives for locally manufactured HPT,
• Integrating HPT in trade policy decisions to enhance local manufacturing of HPT
• Fostering research and development activities to enhance Local manufacturing of HPT;
• Spearheading the implementation pf Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) agreement in the local HPT manufacturing agenda;
• Providing leadership and developing a platform for knowledge exchange and networking for HPT production;
• Coordinating regular monitoring of pricing and affordability of essential health products and technologies in the country;
• Spearheading business process re-engineering for market shaping; and
• Coordinating client satisfaction survey of locally manufactured HPT.

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have: -

• Served for a minimum period of three (3) years at the grade of Deputy Director- Medical Services, CSG ‘6’ or in comparable and relevant position in the wider public service;
• A Bachelors Degree in Pharmacy, or equivalent qualification from a university  recognized in Kenya;
• A Masters Degree in any of the following disciplines: Health Policy, Pharmacognosy and Complementary Medicine, Traditional and Alternative Medicine, Toxicology, Clinical Pharmacy, Pharmacovigilance and Pharmacoepidemiology, Medicines Supplies Management, Regulatory Affairs, Pharmaceutics, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Pharmaceutical Analysis, Tropical & Infectious Diseases, Medicinal & Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Industrial Pharmacy, Health Systems Management, Pharmaceutical Care, Health Informatics, Health Economics, Epidemiology, Medical Statistics, Drug Design & Development, Radiopharmacy, Public Health, Microbiology,  or equivalent qualification from a university recognized in Kenya;
• Registration and licensing by a recognized regulatory body as applicable;
• Membership to a relevant professional body where applicable;
• Demonstrated managerial, administrative and professional competencies in work performance and results; and
• Exhibited a thorough understanding of national goals, policies, objectives and ability to relate them to proper management of HPT services function.