Vacancy Notice No: AFRO/14/FT132
Position Title: Medical Officer, Bacteriologist
Grade: P5
Contract type: Fixed-Term Appointment
Duration of contract: Two (2) years
Application Deadline: 15 April 2014
Duty Station: Brazzaville, Congo
Organization unit: AFRO Africa Regional Office (AF/RGO) /AF/DPC Disease Prevention and Control
(AF/DPC)DSR/IDS
OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME :
In order to contribute to the reduction of communicable and
non-communicable disease morbidity and mortality in the WHO African Region, the
Integrated Disease Surveillance (IDS) Program supports Member States in scaling
up the implementation and monitoring of the Integrated Disease Surveillance and
Response Strategy and the International Health Regulations, and strengthening
capacity in public health laboratory diagnosis and networking.
Description of duties:
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Facilitate the development of norms, standards, policies, plans, guidelines
and other laboratory tools for the laboratory performance in line with IDSR and
IHR;
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Support the enhancement and expansion of regional laboratory networks for
disease surveillance and response of IDSR priority diseases, conditions and
events in the Region;
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Contribute to the establishment and sustainability of the network of
Centres of excellence in the Region;
·
Coordinate laboratory training courses and regional or sub regional
meetings on public health laboratory networks and WHO's global alert and
response activities;
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Provide guidance to Member States to monitor antimicrobial resistance;
·
Coordinate support to Member States in strengthening biosafety and
biosecurity including proper handling of specimens with the aim of improving
country's capacity and capability in the area of bio-risk reduction and
containment of highly infectious pathogens;
·
Coordinate quality assurance activities including proficiency testing of
network laboratories;
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Monitor and evaluate laboratory services with targets and measurable
indicators;
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Promote collaboration between public and animal health laboratories in
accordance with One Health approach;
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Perform any other duties that may be assigned by the supervisors.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Education:
Essential: Degree in medicine from a recognised institution with post
graduate degree in microbiology or bacteriology or virology or related
laboratory speciality.
Desirable: University degree or diploma in Public Health or Epidemiology.
Skills:
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Technical expertise and experience in microbiology or bacteriology or
virology;
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Ability to work effectively with colleagues at national and international
level;
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Excellent knowledge of laboratory management;
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Previous experience in field epidemiology related activities would be an advantage;
·
Good writing skills.
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Computer literate.
Experience:
Essential: At least 10 years of professional experience in laboratory management,
evaluation, planning and training.
Desirable: Experience in disease surveillance, prevention and control at national
and or international level. Experience in WHO or the UN system is an advantage.
Languages:
Excellent knowledge of English and or French with a good writing knowledge
of the other. Knowledge of Portuguese would be an asset.
Annual salary: (Net of tax)
USD 80734 at single rate
USD 86904 with primary dependants Post
Adjustment: 65.3 % of the above figure(s). This percentage is to be considered
as indicative since variations may occur each month either upwards or downwards
due to currency exchange rate fluctuations or inflation.
Online applications are strongly encouraged to enable WHO to store your
profile in a permanent database. Please visit WHO's e-Recruitment website at: www.who.int/employment.
The system provides instructions for online application procedures.
All applicants are encouraged to apply online as soon as possible after the
vacancy has been posted and well before the deadline stated in the vacancy
announcement.
WHO is committed to workforce diversity.
Any appointment/extension of appointment is subject to WHO Staff
Regulations, Staff Rules and Manual. Only candidates under serious
consideration will be contacted.
How to Apply:
If you are qualified and interested in discussing this engagement in more
detail,
please submit your resume in confidence to the website on the link below:
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