Technical Officer, Meningitis Laboratory Specialist

vor 4 Wochen

Genf, Genf, Schweiz WHO Vollzeit

Main Responsibilities

The incumbent will be responsible for providing technical expertise to countries in the sub-region to support the definition and implementation of quality-assured WHO endorsed diagnostic technologies with emphasis on quality management systems towards accreditation.

Key Duties

  • Develop work plans in cooperation with sub-regional, regional and national partners.
  • Establish, plan, and implement monitoring and evaluation protocols.
  • Develop and review existing guidelines and standard procedures and their implementation at the sub-regional, regional and national levels within the regional and national public health networks.
  • Build the capacity of national public health or reference laboratories, to perform laboratory surveillance of priority communicable diseases, confirm etiological agents and monitor antimicrobial resistance, through training and supervision of laboratory technicians and improving quality assurance and control.
  • Guide the development and update of norms and standards to improve laboratory technologies, with emphasis on capacity building through training courses on laboratory methodologies, procedures and biosafety aspects based on WHO policies.
  • Set up functional laboratory services to provide high-level expertise in laboratory diagnostics and quality control including conducting research and training to support these activities.

Qualifications

Education

  • Masters degree in bacteriology.
  • Desirable: Post-graduate training in public health or epidemiology.

Experience

  • At least seven (7) years' experience of national and international experience in managing or implementing the technical requirements in the field of laboratory methodologies and procedures.
  • Experience in project management of tropical/communicable diseases reference laboratory projects at country level, including project planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, quality assurance, research and/or health worker training.

Skills

  • Demonstrated knowledge of and experience in laboratory methodologies, technologies, procedures and biosafety aspects.
  • Ability to plan, coordinate and implement laboratory protocols at sub-regional level; monitoring and reporting on results, progress, lessons learnt and obstacles.
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills with ability to write in a clear and concise manner and give technical advice and guidance taking into consideration the views of multiple stakeholders and partners in resource-limited contexts.

Language Skills

Expert knowledge of French and intermediate knowledge of English.

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