About Us
MSI Reproductive Choices is one of the world’s leading providers of sexual and reproductive healthcare. We believe that everyone should have the right to choose. From contraception to safe abortion and life-saving post-abortion care, we are committed to delivering compassionate, affordable, high-quality services for all.
Today, our organisation has over 9,000 team members working in 37 countries across the world. Our success lies in the fact that MSI teams are locally led, entrepreneurial and results-driven, and are passionate about delivering high quality, client-centered care in their own communities. As a social business, we focus on sustainable delivery, efficiency, and funding models that are built to last, so that the women and girls we serve today will have a choice in the future too.
We know that access to reproductive choice is life changing. For some, it can mean the ability to complete an education or start a career. For others, it means being able to look after the family they already have. For everyone, it means the freedom to decide their own future, creating a fairer, more equal world.
About the Role
The Medical Development Team (MDT) guides MSI in clinical service provision. The team represents MSI in all clinical matters related to MSI services and provides expert clinical support to all MSI country programmes. The MDT supports country programmes to develop and maintain in-country clinical capacity needed to maintain clinical quality in the form of client safety, effectiveness of services and best client experience across all service delivery channels.
Reporting to the Head of Clinical Governance and in close collaboration with the Global Medical Director, this role provides oversight and technical advice regarding the pharmaceutical quality of products that are used or might be considered for use by MSI teams and the pharmaceutical manufacturers whose products are used or are being considered for use by MSI teams.
About You
We recruit talented, dynamic people with diverse backgrounds and experiences, all united by a belief in our mission and a focus on delivering measurable results. We’re proud to be an equal opportunities employer and are committed to creating a fully inclusive workplace, where everyone feels able to participate and contribute meaningfully. You must be open-minded, curious, resilient, and solutions-oriented, and committed to promoting equality, and safeguarding the welfare of team members and clients alike.
To perform this role, it is essential that you have the following skills:
- Understanding of Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP), Good Pharmacovigilance Practice (GPvP) and Good Distribution Practice principles (GDP), and how these apply within complex supply chains
- Able to communicate with authority on pharmaceutical/medical product quality issues, both internally and externally
- Excellent English, written and spoken. Basic French would be desirable
- Excellent organisational skills and minute attention to detail
- Ability to produce and deliver innovative documents and presentations
- Excellent command of Microsoft Office suite: Word, Excel, Power Point and SharePoint
- Able to manage a fluctuating workload
- Ability to manage conflicting demands and prioritise
- Results-oriented and comfortable with meeting deadlines
- Able to work remotely as part of a large multicultural team
To perform this role, it is essential that you have the following experience:
- Experience as a pharmacist in a relevant field, preferably commercial
- Experience in the quality assurance of pharmaceutical products and medical devices
- Understanding of or experience of working with generic pharmaceutical manufacturers and generic products
- Understanding of the different standards and expectations of different global accreditation bodies/regulatory authorities (WHO, UNFPA, national regulatory agencies)
- Experience working on time-sensitive projects with strict budgets
Personal Attributes:
We seek exceptional individuals who are aligned to MSI’s mission and entrepreneurial mindset. You must be a strong communicator, self-motivated and solutions-seeking, committed to driving social change in an environment that measures sustainable results and impact at an individual and global level. You must be able to work effectively with and across diverse teams and be comfortable with ambiguity.
For this role, we’re looking for an individual who is:
- Unequivocally pro-choice
- Interested in reproductive and global health
- Able to represent the Medical Development Team with authority
- Able to speak and present with confidence on issues of medicines and medical device quality
- Flexible and remains calm under pressure
- Assertive and diplomatic
- Able to prioritise tasks
- Able to demonstrate sound judgement
- Able to work with a remote team in a culturally diverse environment
For more information about the role, please view the job description and person specification on our website.
Location: Where any MSI country programme operates.
Full-time: 40 hours a week, Monday to Friday (UK contracted hours)
Contract type: Permanent
Salary: The salary will be banded within the national context. Discretionary bonus + benefits.
Closing date: 19th May 2023 (midnight GMT+1). Interviews may take place before this date for exceptional candidates.
For internal employees applying from an MSI country programme, the role will be positioned within the existing salary structure of the country. Local terms and conditions of the country will apply.
How to apply
Please visit our website to apply - https://careers.msichoices.org/vacancyinformation.aspx?vguid=02e5f11e-1972-4f7c-aeea-648f1c67ccfd