Manager Veterinary Medicines

Reports To: Director Product Evaluation & Registration

Job Grade: Band 3

Closing Date for Submission: 29/05/2025.
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

Job Summary

Reporting directly to the Director Product Evaluation & Registration, the Manager Veterinary Medicines ensures that Veterinary medicinal products (VMPs) that are authorized to be in the market comply with
legal and regulatory requirements in Botswana with respect to quality, safety, and efficacy

Key Responsibilities:

• To advise the Director on matters pertaining to veterinary medicinal products evaluation and registration.
• To ensure the timely processing of applications for pre-marketing authorization and postregistration variations of products, especially veterinary medicines.
• To work closely with the Director to ensure that all approved VMPs in the market comply with legal and regulatory requirements in Botswana with respect to quality, safety, and efficacy.
• To prepare and manage work plans, budget, and resources for the unit.
• To supervise, control and coordinate registration activities, ensuring consistency with corporate plans.
• To manage and develop staff in the unit.
• To maintain up to date product registration databases.
• To assist the Director to ensure that necessary guidelines, standard operating procedures (SOPs), templates, reference materials, and tools are in place for medicines registration.
• To efficiently manage all external contracts and to ensure that all the Company’s expenditure is correctly authorised and accounted for
• To collaborate with other departments within BoMRA on matters pertaining to VMPs
• To collaborate with national, regional, and international stakeholders on matters pertaining to veterinary medicines evaluation and registration.
• To implement the VMP stakeholder engagement plan
• To prepare and implement Registration Committee and any other scheduled meetings pertaining to the function.
• To prepare management reports for the Unit.
• To perform any other duties assigned by the Director and Executive from time to time.

Knowledge And Experience:

Holder of a Degree in Veterinary Medicine or Pharmacy and a Masters in any other relevant field. 5 years’ working experience in pharmaceutical sectors, Government, national or international NGOs, with at least 3 years in a supervisory role.

Competencies:

The candidate must demonstrate the ability to plan and work independently, interpersonal skills, ability to embrace diversity of views, and presentation skills. Additionally, good knowledge of pharmaceutical
regulatory issues; knowledge of Botswana and regional medicines policies, and legislative system
governing pharmaceuticals, plant medicine and/or pharmacology is essential. The candidate must also be proficient in ICT applications.

If you believe that you have the above capabilities, meet the minimum requirements, and would like to
grow with BoMRA, kindly send your application, latest CV, certified copies of certificates, and two (2) current referees’ details to: recruitment@bomra.co.bw