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Pharmacy and Medicines Regulatory Authority

The Pharmacy and Medicines Regulatory Authority (PMRA) invites applications
from suitably qualified, highly motivated and well experienced persons of
Malawi origin to fill management positions tenable at the Pharmacy and
Medicines Regulatory Authority Head Office in Lilongwe.

#### THE ORGANISATION

The Pharmacy and Medicines Regulatory Authority is a body corporate created by
an Act of Parliament Number 9 of 2019 with the mandate to regulate medicines
and allied substances, pharmaceutical businesses and pharmacy personnel and
pharmacy training institutions in Malawi.

#### DETAILS OF THE POSITIONS

The details of the vacant positions are as follows

PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER – GRADE 5

JOB PURPOSE

Reporting to the Director General, the incumbent shall be responsible for
building public support for PMRA services and operations by providing the
public and stakeholders with up-to-date, correct and realistic information in
general, and specifically to plan and implement communication activities for
building consensus between PMRA and the general public, and evaluating their
effectiveness.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

i. Develop and implement communication strategies for the PMRA

ii. Advise management on communication issues and strategies

iii. Conduct research on public opinion about PMRA and implement awareness
campaign programmes

iv. Present information on behalf of PMRA to stakeholders and respond to
enquiries from the public, and other organisations;

v. Develop and arrange production of newsletters, press releases, notices, in-
house magazines, information and educational communication materials,
pamphlets and brochures;

vi. Oversee production of visual (film or video) and audio electronic
material, including uploading news items on to the PMRA website

vii. Organize special events such as open days, visits, exhibitions and
functions, and monitor their effectiveness

viii. Serve as the Authority’s spokesperson and effectively manage media
relations.

ix. Continually monitor and analyse all groundbreaking news items relating to
the pharmaceutical industry both on the local and international scene

x. Conduct internal communication courses, workshops and media training

xi. Liaise with the media i.e. respond to inquiries, arrange interviews with
journalists, prepare and distribute news releases and make statements.

REQUISITE QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

The holder of the position is expected to have the following minimum key
qualifications

i. Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism or Mass Communications

ii. At least 5 years’ experience in a busy Corporate Communications role

iii. Excellent interpersonal, communication, research and ICT skills.

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES

i. An effective team player with a desire to understand Authority’s mandate
and strategic plans.

ii. Must possess expertise in message development and materials production,
design and formatting.

iii. Must have experience in editing corporate documents and news items and
have the ability to develop press releases and notices.

iv. Conscientious, thorough, systematic person with a high level of integrity.

v. Open minded, diplomatic person with excellent communication (both written
and oral) as well as interpersonal skills, and able to assimilate information
quickly and accurately.

vi. Must be proficient in standard computer applications such as MS Office and
in social media.

vii. Must be a self-starter, creative, a problem solver, and assertive.

viii. Familiarity with project management software and video/photo editing is
a plus.

ix. Excellent organizational skills.

x. Must demonstrate knowledge of the pharmaceutical sector/industry in Malawi

#### METHOD OF APPLICATION

Interested individuals should submit their application with (i) with an up-to-
date curriculum vitae(CV) with three traceable referees. At least one of whom
should have been a first or second level supervisor of the applicant within
the last 5 years; and (ii)certified true copies of their Academic and
Professional Qualifications. The application should be sent to the address
below –

The Acting Director General
Pharmacy and Medicines Regulatory Authority.
Off Paul Kagame/Chilambula Road
PO. Box 30241
Capital City
LILONGWE 3

Or Electronic Submission

Electronic submission of the application and accompanying materials to be
mailed as attachments in PDF or MS Word format to [ dg@pmra.mw
](mailtodg@pmra.mw) . The subject line of the application should indicate the
Position(s) applied for.

Applications must reach the Director General of PMRA not later than Friday,
14th May 2021.

Only shortlisted candidates will be acknowledged.

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