Job Title: Public Affairs Manager
Job Code: PAM/SAN/130528
Number of Positions Open: 1
Reports To: Head, Public Affairs & Key Accounts
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Closing Date: Open Until Filled
Summary:
Our client is a global and diversified healthcare leader, discovers, develops and distributes therapeutic solutions focused on patients’ needs.
Summary:
Our client is a global and diversified healthcare leader, discovers, develops and distributes therapeutic solutions focused on patients’ needs.
They have core strengths
in healthcare, with 6 growth platforms: emerging markets, vaccines,
consumer healthcare, diabetes treatments, innovative products and animal
health
Job Objective:
Job Objective:
- To establish institutional and professional relations with authorities, key decision makers at country level.
- To increase the client’s visibility (all activities) and to position company as trusted public health partner and opinion leader in the pharmaceutical and Healthcare environment
- To valorize the client’s production capacity when interacting with authorities
Primary Responsibilities:
- Develop and maintain the Public Affairs action plan to support the affiliate strategy and priorities
- Organize business intelligence near pharmaceutical market authorities through an active role in shaping the Healthcare environment by interacting and networking activities with National /regional /government and local pharmaceutical associations and influencers to optimize the institutional environment and to contribute to the company’s growth
- Ensure our client becomes a key partner to health and to other non – health authorities /institutions at the national level
- Propose and create public/private partnership that position our client as a public health reference and build long term relationships with decision makers and civil society (patient associations, NGOs) for promoting their image
- Implement programs designed to enhance public understanding of the organizations objectives, achievement and strategies to ensure communications between the organization and the government are in the organizations best interests
- Provide scientific communication to all key stakeholders in North East Africa.
- Provide proper advice and guidance on Business Development opportunities.
- Respect Company’s values, code of ethics and social charter.
- Ensures compliance of actions with legal requirement and ethical norms.
- Maintain good relations and lobbying with Health Authorities.
Skills and Certification:
- Demonstrated track record of building and maintaining a KOL network in a country
- Experience in working across and building effective partnerships between businesses.
- Experience working within an international company with a complex organizational environment and the ability to operate in a matrix, team oriented structure
- Strong commercial acumen and strategic ability
- Strong interpersonal and influencing skills
- Excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills
- High standards of integrity
Experience:
Minimum of 3yrs experience in a cognate industry
Working Relationships:
Internal: All Departments, Headquarters,
External: KOLs, Health authorities, Government Parastatal, Pharmaceutical companies
How to Apply:
Interested candidates holding the necessary requirements, good performance and / or references are encouraged to apply with detailed CV’s, inclusive of names and contacts of 3 referees, current telephone number and email address by scrolling down and clicking on: Public Affairs Manager
Minimum of 3yrs experience in a cognate industry
Working Relationships:
Internal: All Departments, Headquarters,
External: KOLs, Health authorities, Government Parastatal, Pharmaceutical companies
How to Apply:
Interested candidates holding the necessary requirements, good performance and / or references are encouraged to apply with detailed CV’s, inclusive of names and contacts of 3 referees, current telephone number and email address by scrolling down and clicking on: Public Affairs Manager
