Vacancy title:
Biotechnology Specialist

[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Public Administration, and Government, Category: Science & Engineering]

Jobs at:
Pharmacy and Poisons Board

Deadline of this Job:
Monday, October 20 2025

Duty Station:
Kenya | Nairobi | Kenya

Summary
Date Posted: Saturday, October 11 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

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.

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 provider 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 organizations 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 ensures 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 work 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
• Identifying, selecting and applying pragmatic tools or technological solutions, appropriate to the task at hand
• Investigating or reporting questionable or aberrant test results
• Monitoring testing procedures to ensure all tests are performed according to established specifications and standard test methods or protocols
• Preparing high quality documents such as experimental protocols, technical reports and numerical analyses
• Overseeing the calibration, qualification, requalification, repair, preventative maintenance and troubleshooting of equipment
• Performing and interpreting standard, complex and specialized tests
• Researching, developing, implementing and evaluating new and existing methodologies, including instrumentation and quality assurance

Person Specifications
For appointment to this grade a candidate:

• 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 relevant work experience, three (3) of which must have been in a supervisory role
• Having 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 from a recognized Institution will be an added advantage
• Certified courses in Biologics Development and Manufacturing or vaccines manufacturing, Blood & blood products
• Professional certification and membership with a relevant professional body, where it is applicable, and in good standing
• Have Certificate 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

Important Notice

• Candidates will be required to submit copies of the following documents: detailed curriculum vitae, academic transcripts, academic certificates, KRA PIN, NCPWD certificate (for disabled persons), and passport photo
• Shortlisted candidates will be required to submit clearance certificates from KRA; EACC; Credit Reference Bureau and the Kenya Police as per Chapter Six of the Constitution
• Shortlisted candidates will be required to bring with them original certificates listed above with national ID card or passport
• Please note that it is an offence to give false or misleading information to the PPB
• PPB does not charge any fee in the recruitment process
• Pharmacy and Poisons Board is an equal opportunity employer
• Persons with disability, female candidates, marginalized and minority groups are encouraged to apply

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 36

Level of Education: bachelor degree

Job application procedure

Quick Guiding Steps

• Access the application system in the following link: Click here
• Fill out all the mandatory areas and upload the required documents in portable document format (pdf)
• All documents uploaded should be named appropriately
• Click the 'submit' button and logout

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