Asia Programme Manager Volunteer Roles
Exeter Humanist are a local section of Humanists UK. All Humanists UK members and supporters in the local area are automatically part of the section.
Exeter Humanists aim to provide a range of activities for non-religious living in Exeter to meet, socialise, campaign, raise awareness of humanism, participate in local civic life and support each other. The local section represents Humanists UK and the local humanist community at public events and in public forums.
Exeter Humanists is led by a team of volunteers that organises events and activities throughout the year.
As Events Manager, you will lead and develop the Exeter Humanists team.
Your main responsibilities will be to:
● Work with the Coordinator to develop an annual programme of online and in-person events.
● Lead the delivery of all events, including speaker acquisition, venue relations, volunteer briefing, and promotion.
You may also be asked to:
● Collaborate with other groups on joint events.
● Ensure that a fundraising element is in place at events.
● Support other volunteers to organise individual events.
Please view the full application pack before applying.
To apply for the role, please email to let us know:
- Who you are, including a little bit about yourself
- Why you are interested in the role
- What you think you’d bring to the role (e,g. your skills and experiences that would be particularly relevant)
- What you’d like to get out of the role
- Any concerns, or extra support you’d need in the role
Once we receive your application for the role, we will promptly confirm receipt. If we believe you'll be a great fit for the position, we will arrange an informal conversation with the Branch Volunteer Coordinator, Wayne.
We hope the pack contains all the information you will need to decide whether the role is right for you, and to apply. However, if you have any questions before you apply, you are more than welcome to contact us for more information.
As mentioned, while this role operates remotely, we require volunteers to be situated in or near the local area. This ensures their accessibility for any necessary in-person meetings and events and helps to build connections in the local community.
You can read our Recruitment and Promotion and Equal Opportunities policies online.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as the applications come in. Don’t miss your opportunity, apply now!
Role description
Africa Health Organisation (AHO) is setting up a pharmaceutical company to carry out research and produce drugs/medicines and vaccines for patients in Africa. Patients and healthcare providers are all dependent on pharmaceutical companies for the treatment of diseases. Over 80% of drugs/medicines and over 90% of vaccines used in Africa come from outside the continent. AHO is working hard to end this by setting up a new pharmaceutical company to produce drugs/medicines and vaccines in the continent. The purpose of the company is to study diseases, research, and invent new drugs/medicines and vaccines for the diseases. The companies require medical data and reports of patients for researching and discovering new drugs. This is made easier after medical records have gone electronic and are being stored after encryption through blockchain-based applications.
AHO is looking for Specialists in pharmaceutical science to help with setting up the company, registration, governance, board of directors, licensing, production, compliance, regulatory, finance, laboratory, human resources, and marketing.
Roles and responsibilities
- Start-up, registration, governance, licensing, financial, capital, business planning, and lobbying in the UK, US, EU, Asia and Africa.
- Clinical research/clinical trials
- Analysis and pharmaceutical quality,
- biotechnology,
- clinical pharmacology and translational research,
- drug design and discovery,
- formulation design and development and pharmacoengineering,
- pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and drug metabolism,
- physical pharmacy and biopharmaceutics,
- regulatory sciences, and
- social and behavioral pharmacy, pharmacoepidemiology, and pharmaceutical outcomes.
Qualifications and Experience
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in pharmaceutical sciences, chemistry, pharmacy, biology, chemistry, medicine, engineering, epidemiology, or similar scientific subject if combined with further education and training such as the MSc Scientist Training Programme (STP) in Clinical Pharmaceutical Sciences, Business Studies such as MBA and Marketing.
- Registered General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) Member or/& HCPC/ RPS or willing to register.
Desirable
- Technical qualification such as Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Technology, Quality Control, Engineering, Manufacturing.
- Post graduate certificate or diploma in a relevant pharmaceutical field.
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practice and the regulations surrounding Pharmaceutical Manufacture.
- Knowledge of clean room design and functioning.
- Highly developed Professional knowledge, underpinned by theory and experience.
Desirable
- Specialist knowledge of Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Processes including equipment and facility design, construction, validation and testing.
- Knowledge of:- o Aseptic preparation of medicines o Terminal Sterilisation processes o QA/QC services
- An understanding of medicines management procedures
- Knowledge of product licensing and medical devices registration
Experience
Essential
- Experience of product development
- Evidence of working within GMP/GDP guidelines.
- COSHH Regulations and Health & Safety at Work Act.
- Evidence of significant, relevant and on-going personal CPD
Skills
Essential
- Leadership and motivational skills
- Problem solving and analytical skills
- Planning and organisational skills; ability to prioritise demands on service and plan workload of self and others
- Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills; ability to communicate with a range of people such as technicians, pharmacists, engineers, clinicians and customers
Desirable
- Change management
- Project Management skills
Other
Essential
- Capable team worker with ability to create and sustain good relationships.
- Able to deal with constant interruptions, multiple pressures and at times aggression.
- Methodical with attention to detail