A day in the life @ Biovac
A career at Biovac is much more than a job. We recognise that our employees are our most significant resource. For this reason we strive to ensure a progressive, purposeful and mutually beneficial partnership with those who join our dynamic team.
Our commitment to our current and prospective employees is to ensure:
- A good place to work
- Meaningful exposure
- Authentic growth and development
- Involvement in developing our country one step at a time
- Work-life integration
Helping you grow
At Biovac, we offer growth and employment opportunities in various ways;
1: Building future skills today
We are proactive in identifying and grooming scholars within the biotechnology and pharmaceutical fields, as they are our future. We engage, teach, coach and mentor young people in need of opportunities to develop their skills at school level, during tertiary education and after graduation through various learning opportunities within fields such as Pharmacy, Chemistry, Microbiology, Immunology, Biotechnology, Chemical, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Planning and Logistics.
Ideally, we would like to absorb, as far as possible, those who participate in our learning programmes into our organisation in order to leverage from the learning obtained as a learner.
For more information on our skills development opportunities relating to our Internships, In-Service Training and Learnership just click on the tabs below:
Job shadowing
Learnership Programmes
In-Service & Graduate Programmes
Bursary Programmes
2: Searching for the right skills today
In searching for skills that match your interest just click on any function you are interested in and learn more about how they work at Biovac;
Our Human Capital team is responsible
to manage and co-ordinate an effective human capital infrastructure that
supports the full life cycle of an employee, including but not limited to
talent attraction, recruitment, onboarding, productivity & performance,
career progression, talent development, talent retention, employee relations,
wellness and ultimately up to exit stage. The Human Capital team are the
conduits of people and organisational development and change initiatives across
the company as well as leading change linked to specific projects and
departments.
Our Finance team is responsible for
co-ordinating the company’s expenditure in accordance with its budget. They
ensure payments are received from our debtors and expedite payments to
creditors. They facilitate cost analysis and measure affordability of manufacturing
outputs and projects related thereto. Within Finance is also the Procurement
team who are responsible for the company’s tendering process including
negotiating services and pricing with existing and potential suppliers.
Our Project Support Office is
responsible to facilitate, together with the relevant stakeholders, the
planning, implementation monitoring and conclusion of business projects and
programmes. Typical projects and programmes include infrastructural products,
technology transfer, product development and automation & digitisation
projects,
Our Science & Innovation team is responsible for Product Development
related to vaccines and other biologicals, as well as the optimisation of
related processes and technologies. Our Team has developed a technology package
which has been tech transferred successfully to vaccine manufacturers.
Our Regulatory team is responsible to ensure compliance with the
relevant legislation associated with the registration of new vaccines and other
biologicals. This team is also responsible for the registration of dossiers as
well as pharmacovigilance
Our Commercial team is responsible for the effective maintenance of our
existing business and product pipeline, as well as delivering a good customer
experience to our customers and business partners. We serve the business market
and while we export to some countries in Southern Africa, our largest customer
is South Africa’s Department of Health. Over and above maintain our existing
customer base, our commercial team is also responsible for the acquisition of
new business.
Our Production team is responsible for the formulation, filling,
viewing, labelling, and packaging of vaccines within our sterile manufacturing
facility. The production teams are split into rotational shifts that stretch across
a day and an afternoon shift.
Our Quality Control team is responsible for testing of products and raw
materials as well as monitoring the environment within which these products are
being manufactured to ensure that the product meets the required quality and
safety standards before the product is released.
Our Quality Assurance team ensures the development, implementation and
monitoring of a well- established Quality Management System that governs the manufacturing
and supply of safe, efficacious, and quality assured products that meet quality
legislation and best practice standards. Part of quality assurance at
Biovac is the validation and qualification of facilities, equipment and
processes that impact our manufacturing and product supply process.
Our Engineering team is mainly responsible for the maintenance and
calibration of all equipment on site. They are also responsible for general
site maintenance, managing environmental impact of our manufacturing activities
and the overall health and safety aspects within the business and its premises.
Our Supply Chain Management team is responsible for planning product
demand forecasting and product supply planning. Furthermore, this team oversees
the cold chain management, receipt and distribution of all products and product
related materials, its warehousing and related inventory control.
Our Corporate & Site Office Services team is responsible for corporate services including but not limited to travel co-ordination, stationery management, cleaning services, transport, deliveries, catering, office space, furniture and general facilities management and support.
Our IT Team is responsible for servicing Software, Hardware, IT related
equipment, information storage, data recovery and IT system development. As the
company has shifted towards virtual collaboration as a key mode of engaging,
the company’s IT infrastructure and IT team support remains crucial aspect of
our business operations.