Technical Officer – Pharmacovigilance
Category | Grade:Volunteer | UNVDeadline:19 Aug 2026Job ID:1784888021271339Posted on:5 Aug 2026
Overview
Support WHO Africa pharmacovigilance systems by helping countries implement smart safety strategies, assess regulatory maturity and use regional reporting tools. The volunteer strengthens signal detection, risk communication, data analysis, collaboration and capacity for medicine and vaccine safety.
Languages
Required: English
Desired: French or Portuguese
Minimum Experience
5 years
Estimated Salary
Not available
Responsibilities
- Support regional uptake and measurement of the smart pharmacovigilance strategy
- Assist pharmacovigilance assessments and institutional development plans
- Implement WHO safety-reporting tools, surveillance protocols and risk-management templates
- Coordinate pharmacovigilance collaboration and joint signal reviews
- Help countries prioritise risk-based safety actions and improve communication
- Provide technical assistance on signal detection, causality assessment and data analysis
- Support pilots and scale-up of regional pharmacovigilance metrics
- Advance responsible use of artificial intelligence in pharmacovigilance
Requirements
- Relevant degree in pharmaceuticals, pharmacology, pharmacoepidemiology, pharmaceutical sciences or a related field
- At least five years of pharmacovigilance, regulatory science, medicine or vaccine-safety experience
- Experience with signal detection, assessment and safety communication
- Experience supporting national authorities or programmes in low- and middle-income countries
- English
Skills
Pharmacovigilance and regulatory scienceMedicine and vaccine safetySignal detection and causality assessmentRisk management and safety communicationData quality, analytics and visualisationGuidance, training and stakeholder engagement
Tools
VigiBaseVigiMobileVigiFlowVigiLyzeMedSafetyMedDRAWHODrug
Additional info
- UN Volunteer assignment