Technical Officer

To support countries to attain universal coverage of health services for better and equitable health outcomes. Health systems act as the foundation that both underpins and unifies public health efforts aimed at combating diseases and building healthy communities in an efficient and equitable manner, especially for high priority, excluded and underserved population groups. A strong health system foundation enables effectiveness of individual programmes and efficient use of shared system resources for all programmes. In addition, it also promotes community empowerment and participatory governance as a means of integrating equity-enhancing and rights-based approaches as well as addressing the social determinants of health.

To support Member States to develop and implement policies, regulatory and financing mechanisms that ensure equitable access to effective and safe medical products and technologies of assured quality and their rational use by prescribers and consumers. Works across programmes and divisions to support countries combat antimicrobial resistance along the areas of the development and implementation of multisectoral action plans; strengthening of systems for surveillance, antimicrobial stewardship, outbreak response and monitoring of antimicrobial consumption; infection prevention and control and regulation of antimicrobials; and advocacy for behavioral change.

Duties:

• Provide input to the work program in the area of AMR in the assigned region/country(ies) and assist the Responsible Officer in the successful implementation and monitoring of national action plan for AMR and other policies related to AMR, including Tripartite AMR country self-assessment survey (TrACSS).
• Support draft, revise and further develop guidelines and national strategies related to AMR and provide recommendations on a plan of action for improvement in the existing policies and systems.
• Monitor work plans and budgets including resource mobilization for the work programme and follow up on the implementation of planned activities.
• Conduct data analyses and information on best practices and partners’ experiences in implementing sustainable health systems related to AMR, especially focusing on clinical antimicrobial stewardship, diagnostic stewardship and AMR outbreak response at hospital settings, and disseminate information.
• Support capacity building of health systems concerning AMR outbreak response, clinical antimicrobial stewardship, diagnostic stewardship, and primary health care and the management and financing of the systems.
• Support countries to develop and implement national clinical stewardship programmes; including, for example, licensing and accreditation of health professionals and pre-service and in-service educations.
• Support countries to develop, update and implement national antibiotics guidelines which reflect antibiotic susceptibility data from the country for hospitals and for the community.
• Support quadripartite coordination to support in the implementation of AMR programmes at the regional and country levels.
• Serve as a technical resource at counterpart level concerning AMR in the country(ies); respond to inquiries and provide detailed and technical information concerning related principles, practices, issues, measures, techniques and procedures.

Required Qualifications:

Education

Essential:

• A bachelor’s degree in medicine, nursing, pharmacy or microbiology.

Experience

Essential: 

• At least five years combined relevant experience, with proven international exposure, in clinical practice with experience in AMR-related surveillance, microbiology laboratory, antimicrobial stewardship, or outbreak response.

Skills:

• Knowledge of country level situations with regard to AMR systems development and management with good understanding of relevant country’s needs, priorities and policies, along with WHO’s policies, practices, guidelines and procedures in the related areas and ability to apply them in the country office setting.
• Ability to conduct research and analyze results, identify issues, formulate opinions, make conclusions and recommendations for strengthening health care systems.
• Ability to review and revise policies and objectives of assigned program and activities.
• Interpersonal skills using tact, patience and courtesy.
• Excellent knowledge of Health care systems and safety regulations.
• Proven knowledge of technical aspects inthe  field of specialty.
• Public speaking techniques.
• Excellent drafting and communication skills.
• Commitment to implementing the goal of gender equality by ensuring the equal participation and full involvement of women and men in all aspects of work.
• Team spirit and time management skills.

Language Skills:

Essential:

• Expert knowledge of English.

Source: https://careers.who.int/careersection/ex/jobdetail.ftl?job=2404729