TECHNICAL ADVISOR – ANTI-RETROVIRAL VALUE CHAIN PROMOTION

Project Description

The programme “Cooperation for the Enhancement of Southern African Development Community (SADC) Regional Economic Integration” (CESARE) supports SADC in economic development as well as good governance. Its main cooperation partner is the SADC Secretariat in Gaborone, Botswana. The programme is further implemented in cooperation with national governments of the SADC Member States as well as with associations and companies of the private sector and civil society.

One of the four measures of CESARE is composed by the Joint Action “Support towards Industrialization and the Productive Sectors (SIPS) in the SADC region”. This Private Sector Development component is co-financed by the EU and the German Government. GIZ is responsible for the implementation of two result areas of SIPS: 1) to enhance the private sector participation in the regional Anti-Retroviral (ARV) Value Chain as well as the regional Covid-19-relevant Medical and Pharmaceutical Products (CMPP) Value Chains and 2) to enhance private sector participation in the regional Leather Value Chain. The Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH therefore invites suitably qualified, experienced, innovative individuals to apply for the following position:

TECHNICAL ADVISOR – ANTI-RETROVIRAL VALUE CHAIN PROMOTION

Job Title: Technical Advisor- Anti-retroviral Value Chain Promotion

Job Category: Professional, Band 4 Location: Gaborone, Botswana Project: GIZ – CESARE component for “Support towards Industrialization and the Productive Sectors (SIPS) Duration: 01.04.2021 until 31.03.2022

Key Responsibilities;

You work as a technical advisor in the ARV team (composed of 2-3 colleagues) within SIPS and report to the ARV team leader and the SIPS Project Executive Manager. The overall goal of your work is to increase value creation within the ARV Value Chain in the SADC region and to increase participation of the local private sector in the Value Chain (VC), foster private sector-university collaborations etc. You support the ARV team leader in the planning and the discussions of the activities and support him/her in monitoring and reporting of outputs. You support the identification, connection and management of external ARV VC stakeholders and identify/ combine (joint) activities in agreement with above-mentioned goal. SADC has engaged a separate contractor to implement the political branch of the SIPS program. You support the ARV team leader in liaising with this contractor to coordinate implementation activities and, in addition, support the project executive manager to report to SADC. After an initial phase in Gaborone working within the team and contributing to the inception phase of the program, you will relocate to a SADC member state with major implementation activity to oversee and steer implementation activities in that country and/ or its neighbours. In addition, the position requires regular business travel within the SADC region by the successful incumbent (if the pandemic situation allows).

Responsibilities include in detail:

• Support the planning and implementation of the Anti-Retroviral Value Chain activities of the program
• Support the continuation of the in-depth analysis of development opportunities within the ARV VC, an intervention strategy, and an operational plan for the VC; Increase value creation within the ARV VC in the SADC region
• Support the close coordination with beneficiaries and the private sector in preparing, monitoring, and updating the strategy and activities of the measure
• Cooperate intensively with the private sector to understand and overcome binding constraints to growth (support and organize private/public dialogues, trainings, policy advice, procurement, financial grants and all other instruments that lead to a positive development within the ARV VC)
• Support the planning of the ARV result area
• Support the preparation of high-quality reporting towards the different stakeholders (SADC, EU, BMZ) and in additional administrative processes
• Support the planning and monitoring of an efficient use of project finances

Requirements:

Qualification

• Master’s degree or equivalent in Public Administration, Public Policy, Public Health, Pharmacology, Biomedical sciences, Chemistry, Biotechnology, Engineering or equivalent.

Professional experience

• In-depth knowledge of drug development, manufacturing (GMP) and distribution of pharmaceuticals, (procurement) supply chains of pharmaceuticalsand specifically antiretroviral drugs is a strong asset.
• In-depth knowledge of health & drug regulation processes, market access,
• Commercialization processes and pharmaceutical public policy experiences, etc. is a strong asset
• Familiarity with institutions, organization, actors, processes and mechanisms in the pharmaceutical sector including (inter-)national and regional (stringent) regulatory authorities (e.g. FDA and EMA, WHO prequalification) is a strong asset.
• Working experience with GIZ and/ or other development organizations especially in private sector development and/ or health is an asset.
• In-depth knowledge of the SADC region and/ or individual Member states is an asset.

Other knowledge, additional competences

• Profound knowledge of English required. Advanced skills in another SADC language (French, Portuguese) or German is an asset.
• Ability to work in a dynamic team, intercultural and social competence, strong communication skills, flexibility and patience.
• Very good knowledge of ICT technologies and computer applications (e.g. Microsoft Office, MS Teams, Project Planning Tools)