Vacancies

We invite freelance translators and editors (English, French, Chinese and German) in the following areas:

• Medicine (clinical studies, medical case summaries, popular medical literature, scientific papers, monographs, etc.)
• Medical equipment (documentation, operating manuals)

Mandatory requirements:

• Higher medical education
• Experience in translating medical texts
• Ability to translate 4–5 standard pages per day
• Computer literacy — advanced user (MS Word, Excel, Acrobat Reader, IExplorer, Trados)
• Email and Internet access
• Ability to work with Yandex, Google and other search engines

Preferred:

• At least 5 years of experience
• Experience translating from Russian into English, German, French
• A second higher education in linguistics

Your resume should contain the following information:

1. Details of medical education (name of the university, year of graduation, faculty and specialty, internship, residency, postgraduate studies).
2. Work experience in the core specialty (medicine) — in detail.
3. Language pairs you work with, specifying the translation direction (En–Ru, Ru–En, etc.).
4. Translation work experience — in detail.
5. Approximately how many pages you translated on medical topics over the past year.
6. Most preferred topics for translation.
7. Computer skills (MS Word, Excel, IExplorer, Adobe Acrobat, Trados)
8. Internet and email access. Please indicate your connection type (dial-up or dedicated line) and how often you check email.
9. Time availability for translations (full day, weekday evenings only, weekends); whether you work on weekends and can take on rush jobs when needed.
10. Contact phone numbers and convenient times to call.

Please send your resume to: info@granconsult.ru

Drug Registration Specialist

Responsibilities: ·

• preparation of regulatory documentation based on the manufacturer’s documents and in accordance with legal requirements;
• compilation of the document package (“Registration Dossier”) in accordance with regulatory requirements for the registration (re-registration, amendments) of medicines (Rx and dietary supplements) in the Russian Federation;
• submission of the Registration Dossier to the Ministry of Health of Russia;
• monitoring the review process at the registration authorities;
• preparing documentation to obtain clinical-trial authorization;
• obtaining permits, clarification/refusal letters for drugs and medical devices;
• monitoring the drug-registration process;
• liaison with authorized state bodies and other organizations on matters related to drug registration;
• coordination with the company’s head office.

Requirements:

• English — reading and, if necessary, translating Pharmacopoeias, professional literature (articles, monographs, EMEA and ICH guidelines), regulatory and registration documents; fluent command of pharmaceutical-documentation terminology; correspondence;
• flexibility, proactivity, strong communication skills;
• higher education in CHEM/PHARM/MED;
• knowledge of GCP and GLP;
• over 2 years of experience;
• knowledge of Russian and Customs-Union regulations on pharmaceuticals and drug registration;
• knowledge of technical documentation.

Clinical Research Specialist

We invite clinical-research specialists (monitors) with experience in clinical studies (including as a monitor, coordinator, monitor assistant or co-investigator).

Core responsibilities:

• Conduct selection, evaluation, initiation, monitoring and close-out of investigational sites for clinical studies, in accordance with the approved protocol, Standard Operating Procedures, applicable law and the principles of Good Clinical Practice (ICH-GCP);
• Act as liaison between the study sponsor and the investigators;
• When appropriate and based on experience and qualifications, take part in other areas of clinical-research organization, staff and investigator training.

Candidate requirements:

• Higher education in natural sciences;
• Preferably at least 1 year of experience in clinical research (as a monitor, co-investigator, coordinator or monitor assistant);
• English (written and spoken, upper-intermediate).

Preclinical Drug Research Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Organization, execution and oversight of preclinical drug studies (pharmacology, pharmaceutical safety, toxicology);
• Collaboration with R&D, drug-development and drug-registration divisions.

Requirements:

• Knowledge of current Russian and international regulatory documentation in the area of preclinical drug studies;
• Knowledge of intellectual-property protection principles during the development and testing of new products;
• Command of the fundamentals of contract law.