Research & Development Assistant Director
Competitive Salary
Based in either GALVmed Nairobi office or New Delhi office
with extensive international travel
GALVmed (Global Alliance for Livestock Veterinary Medicines) is a not-for-profit organisation whose mission is to develop livestock vaccines, medicines and diagnostics to benefit the poorest livestock keepers in the developing world. GALVmed is conducting R & D projects in collaboration with partners worldwide for the development of the required products. GALVmed is looking for an Assistant Director of R & D to provide scientific expertise, advice and support by imparting knowledge, coaching and advice across a range of projects, building on GALVmed’s reputation for scientific and technical excellence.
Interested? If you have........
A PhD or Veterinary Degree + experience in Animal Health product development
Reputation in the scientific animal health community
The ability to drive existing R & D programmes and projects forward towards completion or transfer to Marketing
The ability to manage product development plan productions
The ability to represent the company with the research & scientific communities in Africa and South Asia
The ability to build and manage strong relationships with GALVmed’s project partners
The ability to support GALVmed’s Global Access Strategy and Intellectual Property policies
Experience of working with multi-cultural teams which may be diversely located
Ideally, specific knowledge of GALVmed’s focus diseases, notably Trypanosomosis, Porcine cysticercosis, Contagious Bovine & Caprine Pleuropneumonia, Newcastle disease.
Excellent organisational skills with the ability to effectively communicate the pro poor agenda
........then GALVmed would like to hear from you!
Please visit our website http://www.galvmed.org/about-galvmed/vacancies-1 to review the job description and to find out more about GALVmed. If you would like to discuss the role further please contact: Dr Jeremy Salt, Senior Director, R & D Dept on: jeremy.salt@galvmed.org. Application is by CV with a covering letter outlining your interest in the role to Sharon Ross, HR Manager:recruitment@galvmed.org. Please also advise on which advertising source you viewed this vacancy.
Closing Date by which applications must be received is Sunday, 8th March 2015.