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One Health Surveillance Advisor
Closing: Apr 10, 2024
This position has expiredPublished: Mar 13, 2024 (2 months ago)
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- A Postgraduate Degree in Veterinary Medicine or another related subject; PhD and/or MD preferred.
- A minimum of 7+ years of professional experience in the field of AMR surveillance.
- Significant experience working in the field of Global Health Security and One Health is required.
- Demonstrated experience in One Health/AMR.
- Excellent interpersonal, writing, and English language skills.
- Previous experience working in Nigeria, with government and non-government stakeholders in AMR surveillance.
Responsibilities
- A Postgraduate Degree in Veterinary Medicine or another related subject; PhD and/or MD preferred.
- A minimum of 7+ years of professional experience in the field of AMR surveillance.
- Significant experience working in the field of Global Health Security and One Health is required.
- Demonstrated experience in One Health/AMR.
- Excellent interpersonal, writing, and English language skills.
- Previous experience working in Nigeria, with government and non-government stakeholders in AMR surveillance.
- The One Health Surveillance Advisor (OHSA) will serve as the key technical expert and leader of the OH AMR surveillance systems strengthening as related to this project and will be responsible for developing and leading the OH AMR surveillance activities of the project.
- Under close supervision of the Project Director, the OH Surveillance Advisor will work closely with other project staff and experts to provide technical support in the development, modification, and implementation of a One Health (OH) approach to AMR surveillance, including but not limited to design, policies, strategies, guidelines, and Standard Operating Procedures across OH stakeholders at federal and state levels for AMR data collection, reporting, analysis and use.
- The OSH Advisor will coordinate closely with the project AMR Advisor, Lab Systems advisor and Clinical Microbiologist to develop and integrate OH AMR surveillance into AMR Surveillance System (AMRSS) and Global Antimicrobial Resistance and Use Surveillance System (GLASS), and contribute to project learning and evidence generation to strengthen One Health systems of Nigeria to prepare for, detect, and respond to epidemics, pandemics, and Antimicrobial Resistance.
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