ABOUT US

The U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) is a scientific nonprofit organization that sets standards for the identity, strength, quality, and purity of medicines, food ingredients, and dietary supplements manufactured, distributed, and consumed worldwide. USP’s drug standards are enforceable in the United States by the Food and Drug Administration, and these standards are used in more than 140 countries. USP’s focus on global public health extends to lower and middle-income countries with work in over 20 countries through donor-funded programs. Our programs are focused on building the capacity of regulatory authorities and manufacturers in ensuring patient access to quality-assured essential medicines by providing: 1) technical assistance to manufacturers to increase the supply of quality-assured priority medicines for malaria, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB), neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), and maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH) products; and 2) capacity-building activities to regulatory authorities to fulfill their function in ensuring the supply of quality-assured medical products.

PQM+

The Promoting the Quality of Medicines Plus (PQM+) program1 is a five-year U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded cooperative agreement with a goal to sustainably strengthen medical product quality assurance systems in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). PQM+ provides technical assistance to Medicines Regulatory Authorities in a number of countries in Asia. This cooperative relationship supports the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) for regulatory reforms, quality assurance systems, and strengthening the quality control laboratories in Pakistan. Moreover, PQM+ also provides technical capacity building in close coordination with DRAP and provincial health authorities.

OBJECTIVE

PQM+ is intended to hire the services of a consultant as a coordination assistant, who will work to undertake project coordination, management, monitoring, and evaluation data collection during project closeout activities in support of the program PQM+. Under the overall direction of the PQM+ Chief of Party and team, the entity/individual will be responsible for all project management support, including coordination of closeout activities. The consultant will be responsible to perform the following activities under the supervision of the Chief of Party.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Support to collect M&E data for project closeout report, including the compilation of means of verification (MoV) and its uploading on SharePoint.

Regularly update the master program activity tracker.

Contacting stakeholders for transition meetings and data collection

Support in drafting monthly and project closeout reports.

Monitor pending technical activities for programs and keep the COP and leadership team updated.

Manage minutes of technical team meetings and follow-ups.

Coordinate with technical team members and consultants for timely review of submitted documents.

Collect/compile trainings data and records.

Other duties as assigned by the CoP.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Applicant should have a pharmacy graduate with a minimum of 01 Year of relevant experience.
• Should have good communication skills.
• Should have an understanding of project monitoring and evaluation requirements.
• Should have good writing skills.

MANDATORY DELIVERABLES

1. Minutes of Meeting and Presentations 
2. Training Reports
3. Updated Project Activity Tracker

EVALUATION CRITERIA

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

The scope of the work defined herein should be implemented before December 31, 2023. The assignment will be based in Islamabad. One hundred and thirty (130) days of Level of Effort (LoE) will be required.