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Technical Officer (Influenza and other respiratory viruses), (Re-advertisement)
DESCRIPTION OF DUTIESWithin the framework of the delegated authority, the incumbent is assigned all or part of the following responsibilities: 1.Develop and promote, in collaboration with regional, field staff and national health officials, comprehensive, sustainable influenza surveillance systems including contributing to GISRS and GISRS-related activities2.Utilizing APHSAF, and with particular emphasis on timely response and reporting of outbreaks and pandemic influenza viruses, contribute to the planning of activities in countries together with HQ, country offices, partners and key stakeholders, to strengthen laboratory, surveillance and public health capacity capacity for influenza, zoonotic influenza and other respiratory and coordinate with regional and national counterparts and integrate contributions from across agencies in developing and adapting guidelines and tools in planning, implementing, monitoring, training and evaluating influenza surveillance and control programmes. The work will be carried out with WHO Collaborating Centres, National Influenza Centres, and relevant WHO teams in HQ, Regional and Country a One Health approach to assess, design, plan and implement plans, policies and strategies that support Member States to enhance surveillance and response for the management and control of influenza, zoonotic influenza and other respiratory viruses, including through the use of genomic surveillance. and promote coordination of timely responses to outbreaks, seasonal or pandemic influenza, zoonotic influenza or other respiratory viruses, including building integrated surveillance systems for respiratory diseases, working with various counterparts at regional and country levels, national health officials and other leadership, technical advice and guidance to Member States and other organizations including UN agencies, bilateral developmental agencies, and nongovernmental agencies to ensure the coordination in prevention, preparedness, readiness, response and resilience to seasonal and pandemic influenza viruses, including zoonotic influenza viruses or other respiratory viruses, and support the timely dissemination of essential guidance and to the development and implementation of pandemic influenza preparedness plans and activities including building regional vaccine access and production capacity, serving as focal point in WHE WPR for vaccine composition matters, and influenza virus sharing with internal and external stakeholders identify, develop and implement research activities supportive to the development of influenza vaccine policy, pandemic preparedness planning and strengthening and improving technical capacity in the the programme area of work at various meetings and support resource mobilization efforts by advocating for pandemic influenza prevention, preparedness, readiness, response and resilience. 10.Contribute to the development of workplans, conduct periodic comprehensive programme reviews, and provide input to donor and build capacity in the training, assessment and development of pandemic response strategies including through the use of simulation exercises (such as IHR Exercise Crystal), intra- and after action reviews, Joint External Evaluations and state party annual reports12.Coordinate the establishment of systems of support to countries, including the timely monitoring, evaluation and reporting requirements in the respective area of in the incident management structure (IMS) during any disease outbreaks, pandemic or other public health emergency; 14.Perform the duties of WHO Western Pacific Regional Office IHR Duty Officer on a rotational basis, as part of a roster of WHE request, provide technical support, backstopping and gap-filling for emergency activities at any level of the Organization or scale of emergency; and16.Perform other related duties, as requested by the supervisor, including provision of support to other areas of work and teams or programme areas within the WHO Health Emergencies Programme, as required.REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONSEducationEssential: An advanced university degree in microbiology, virology, molecular epidemiology, public health or related fields.Desirable: A PhD or equivalent in the above mentioned fields.ExperienceEssential: A minimum of ten years of relevant professional experience in communicable diseases control, including international experience, of which a minimum of five years professional experience at regional or global levels, including interaction with national authorities. Experience of working in virology laboratories or surveillance units for influenza, zoonotic influenza and/or other respiratory viruses.Desirable: Experience in building influenza capacity for pandemic prevention, preparedness, readiness, response and resilience. Demonstrated experience in addressing virus sharing issues related to Global Influenza Surveillance and Response System (GISRS). Experience of leading projects or programmes focusing on influenza, zoon |
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