Under the overall guidance of the Chief of Nutrition and the Chief of Supply and the direct supervision of the Nutrition Manager, Abuja, the consultant will

• Follow-up on the report of UNICEF’s Supply Division Visit to Nigerian manufacturers/suppliers of MMS.
• Assess the size of the local MMS market and the inputs required by local manufacturers to meet international standards and formulations, particularly the UNIMMAP formulation.
• Identify capacity gaps and areas of improvement to meet international requirements.

Qualification:

• Master’s degree in pharmacy or a field relevant to global health and procurement.

Experience:

• A minimum five (5) years progressively responsible professional work experience relevant to medicines and nutrition products to include product dossier assessments for procurement or regulatory registration.
• Experience with the UNICEF Supply Manual, guidelines for public procurement, and the procurement process.
• Experience evaluating technical information such as stability studies, comparative dissolution, analytical methods, certificates of analysis, manufacturing processes, manufacturing quality control measures, product usability.