Overview
Provide technical and analytical support across pharmaceutical policy areas, focusing on World Bank operations, country diagnostics, and global knowledge work. The objective is to strengthen pharmaceutical systems, advance local manufacturing, and improve access to medical products.
Key Responsibilities
- Contribute to the development of country pharmaceutical diagnostics, including assessments of regulatory systems, supply chains, and market dynamics.
- Support analytical work linking pharmaceutical systems to jobs and skills development.
- Support the development and finalization of analytical or knowledge products on pharmaceutical value chains.
- Contribute to the development of technical assessments and policy inputs on workforce development and skills requirements for pharmaceutical manufacturing.
- Contribute to the organization of Community of Practice (CoP) and related knowledge and learning events.
- Provide technical inputs to World Bank country teams on pharmaceutical systems strengthening.
- Contribute to regional discussions on regulatory convergence, local manufacturing, and access to health products.
- Provide technical support for the design, appraisal, and preparation of World Bank-financed projects.
- Contribute to the development of results measurement frameworks.
- Provide inputs to pandemic preparedness and response operations, particularly on access to MCMs, emergency procurement mechanisms, resilient supply chains, and stockpiles.
- Provide support to Bank teams to advance planning and financing for access to MCMs.
- Provide technical support to the Pandemic Preparedness and Response Team on access to medical countermeasures.
- Contribute to the design and implementation of simulation exercises (SIMEX) to improve access to MCMs during health emergencies.
- Support the coordination of AIM 2030 operationalization.
- Support World Bank–IFC collaboration on pharmaceutical sector development.
- Support the operationalization and implementation of AIM 2030 activities.
- Facilitate multi-stakeholder engagement.
- Support preparation of presentations, briefing notes, and internal and external communications.
- Participate in global and regional fora related to access to medicines and medical countermeasures.
- Engage with governments, development partners, and private sector stakeholders.
- Contribute to policy dialogue on pharmaceutical regulatory strengthening, procurement systems, and supply chain management.
Required Experience
- Minimum 5 years relevant experience in pharmaceutical policy, regulatory systems, procurement, or supply chains.
- Experience working on health systems strengthening and/or global health programs.
- Experience working on pandemic preparedness and response and access to medical countermeasures.
- Familiarity with local manufacturing and medical products value chains is highly desirable.
- Experience supporting World Bank or similar development partner operations is an asset.
- Relevant experience working with other international development partners, national regulators, and the private sector.
Qualifications
- Master’s degree in Public Health, Pharmacy, Health Economics, Public Policy, or a related field.
- Additional degree related to health products development is a plus.
