Internship: Regulatory Scientist

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POSITION INFO:

Oro Agri, a member of the Rovensa Group, manufactures and markets environmentally friendly crop protection products. An excellent entry-level opportunity is available in the regulatory department for a recent graduate to obtain industry experience.

Duties:

• Assisting with planning, executing, and monitoring of regulatory dossier submissions and mutual recognition submissions within Sub-Saharan countries
• Assist with coordinating importing permits required for trial samples for all approved projects
• Assist in ensuring that applications and submission processes meet internal Rovensa Next standard and crop protection regulatory legislations within designated countries
• Participate in the regulatory agency review process of the dossiers
• Ensure that the labels meet the local regulation for each country within Sub-Saharan countries
• Ensure all the regulatory folders are kept updated and correspondence from the authorities is filed away
• Assist with supporting the commercial team with updated safety data sheets and labels, by collaborating with global safety and the labelling teams
• Collaborate with other country regulatory specialists to ensure team goals are achieved

Requirements:

• BSc Hons degree in a scientific discipline (minimum), but preferably an MSc degree
• Previous experience in handling trial reports and data
• Ability to write and review scientific reports
• Good communication and organisational skills
• Good analytical and data consolidation skills
• Understanding of crop protection industry
• A member of SACNASP (South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions) or willingness to enrol
• Good command of English (ability to communicate in other languages will be beneficial)
• Good computer skills (MS Office; statistical data programmes)

A market-related remuneration package will be negotiated based on experience.