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Biotechnologists Specialists – 10 Posts

Full time @The Pharmacy and Poisons Board posted 17 hours ago in Health Care
  • Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya, 01000 View on Map
  • Post Date : October 10, 2025
  • Salary: Ksh30,000.00 - Ksh100,000.00 / Monthly
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Job Detail

  • Job ID 6773
  • Offered Salary  1000
  • Career Level  Others
  • Experience  2 Years
  • Gender  Both
  • Industry  Healthcare
  • Qualifications  Diploma/Degree/Masters
  • State  Nairobi
  • City  Nairobi

Job Description

Biotechnologists Specialists – 10 Posts

Job Purpose

The position is responsible for the day-to-day regulatory activities of implementing standards, procedures, and guidelines to ensure the implementation of Lot Release for vaccines and biotherapeutics registration.

Job Specification

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Interpreting test data relative to established specifications, standards, and control limits, and making recommendations on appropriateness
  • Ensuring all vendors have been qualified and adhere to vendor qualification and performance standards with the aim of optimal utilization of equipment
  • Reviewing test data from contract laboratories and external calibration service providers to ensure accuracy and regulatory compliance
  • Using statistical methods and applying business and economic data in decision-making
  • Identifying patterns in data that may indicate the test system is operating outside of specifications and investigating and troubleshooting when certain patterns exist
  • Establishing corrective and preventive actions and ensuring review and follow-up
  • Executing and approving/closing-out of laboratory investigations
  • Systematically reviewing all operational procedures to identify potential risks and sources of non-compliance and areas that require improvement
  • Reviewing of lot summary protocols and recommending for approval of lot release certificate
  • Conducting and documenting regular safety inspections
  • Ensuring compliance with the organization’s and regulatory Health and Safety Policies
  • Establishing a waste management programme addressing the disposal of all hazardous, biological, pharmaceutical, and chemical waste
  • Ensuring that analytical reports comply with standards and regulations
  • Ensuring that procedures are carried out carefully and accurately to eliminate errors, by checking that all details have been considered
  • Verifying analytical reports produced by other analysts
  • Verifying the comprehensiveness of the tests, as well as the integrity and compliance of supporting documents, and ensuring follow-up of abnormalities
  • Developing, installing, and revising validation procedures and protocols
  • Writing and reviewing technical reports or documentation, such as deviation reports, testing protocols, and trend analyses
  • Coordinating and tracking projects
  • Training project teams and reporting performance metrics to supervisors
  • Developing, maintaining, and abiding by project timelines and resource plans, and working directly with other team members to ensure deliverables meet target deadlines
  • Ensuring integration of quality control functions with other regulatory functions
  • Understanding and utilizing good control and inventory standards
  • Evaluating performance of analytical methods and procedures to determine how they might be optimized and/or improved

Person Specifications

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must:

  • Have a Bachelor’s Degree in Pharmacy, Biotechnology, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Biomedical Engineering, or any other relevant and equivalent qualifications from a recognized institution
  • Have at least Eight (8) years of relevant work experience, three (3) of which must have been in a supervisory role
  • Holding a Master’s Degree leading to recognition as a Specialist in Biotechnology, Vaccinology, Biotherapeutics, Immunology, Pharmaceutical Innovation & Drug Development, Molecular Biology, Pharmacotherapy, or equivalent qualifications from a recognized institution will be an added advantage
  • Have certified courses in Biologics Development and Manufacturing, Vaccines Manufacturing, or Blood & Blood Products
  • Hold professional certification and membership with a relevant professional body, where applicable, and be in good standing
  • Possess a certificate in a management course lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognized institution
  • Be proficient in computer applications
  • Have demonstrated merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results
  • Fulfill the requirements of Chapter Six of the Constitution

Method of Application

Visit https://web.pharmacyboardkenya.org/careers/ for details and application. Applications must reach PPB on or before 14 October 2025 at 11:59 pm EAT.

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