Deputy Director, Pesticide Studies & Regulatory Trials

Pakistan Single Window (PSW); Karachi Division; On-site; PKR 1,200,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Pakistan Single Window (PSW) is recruiting on behalf of the National Agri-Trade and Food Safety Authority (NAFSA) to join its foundational team. The role focuses on coordinating pesticide studies, ensuring regulatory evaluation and protocol compliance, and supporting evidence-based registration decisions.

You will collaborate with research institutions, review study outputs, and help maintain documentation traceability for regulatory defensibility, contributing to post-market surveillance and

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years of relevant pesticide studies or regulatory evaluation experience.
• Understanding of study design and protocol compliance for regulatory use.
• HEC-recognised journal publications preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage planning and oversight of pesticide studies for regulatory evaluation.
• Coordinate with research institutions and trial sites to ensure protocol compliance.
• Review study outputs to support evidence-based registration decisions and post-market surveillance.
• Ensure documentation traceability of study data and reporting for regulatory defensibility.
• Support post-registration monitoring based on study evidence and emerging risks.
• Provide technical briefs to the Director and committees.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the reporting officer.

Skills

Pesticide studies

Regulatory evaluation

Study design

Data review

Education

MSc/MPhil in Agriculture or related

Job description

Pakistan Single Window (PSW) is recruiting on behalf of the National Agri-Trade and Food Safety Authority (NAFSA) to join its foundational team. The role focuses on coordinating pesticide studies, ensuring regulatory evaluation and protocol compliance, and supporting evidence-based registration decisions.

You will collaborate with research institutions, review study outputs, and help maintain documentation traceability for regulatory defensibility, contributing to post-market surveillance and