{"id":16052,"date":"2016-08-22T10:39:15","date_gmt":"2016-08-22T10:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/?p=16052"},"modified":"2016-08-22T10:41:03","modified_gmt":"2016-08-22T10:41:03","slug":"rti-international-august-vacancies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/rti-international-august-vacancies.html","title":{"rendered":"RTI International August Vacancies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Center for Applied Public Health Research (CAPHR) in the Biostatistics and Epidemiology Division of RTI International (RTI) is currently seeking a Programme Officer with public health program management experience. Public health surveillance experience is preferred, particularly with antimicrobial resistance and infectious diseases. This position is focused on the goals of bolstering low and middle income country (LMIC) capacity to improve the surveillance of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), including the collection, management and analysis, use and sharing of AMR data and related issues in the global community in accordance with a One Health programme being initiated to support LMICs in tackling AMR. The Programme Officer will utilize his\/her technical capabilities in public health program management, infectious disease epidemiology and\/or surveillance to help country grantees create comprehensive national plans to combat antimicrobial resistance, identify gaps in capacity for AMR, and to improve policies and systems for infection prevention and control. Areas of work may be in public health capacity development, field epidemiology, and surveillance and laboratory systems strengthening, One Health research, Global Health Security, and\/or applied public health research on infectious diseases in various international settings in in Africa. The successful candidate is expected to develop collaborative relationships with other project staff, interact with internal and external clients and partners, and bring innovative ideas, methodologies and approaches to problems associated with AMR and infectious disease surveillance and response in the global setting.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Job Description<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Job Title:\u00a0Country Programme Officer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Responsibilities:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Assume responsibility for up to two countries and their respective grants portfolio, which will include oversight of programmatic\/technical elements of the grantees\u2019 implementation process.<\/li>\n<li>Assist target countries in identifying technical assistance needs with relation to AMR and in the drafting of scopes of work (SOWs) for short-term technical assistance (STTA).<\/li>\n<li>Assist target countries in development, refinement and implementation of a one health approach-based national action plan to combat AMR which includes elements such as best practice in hygiene and infection control and prevention measures, reliable surveillance systems for AMR and antibiotic consumption, actions to raise awareness of AMR issues, to name a few.<\/li>\n<li>Liaise with the Senior Technical Advisor to identify and supply technical assistance and to ensure sound delivery and value for money (VfM) through routine follow-up. This may be inclusive of provision of direct technical assistance to grantees as and where appropriate.<\/li>\n<li>If appropriate in country setting, assist grantees by liaising with national governments, health system officials and other relevant stakeholders to identify gaps in AMR capacity, draft SOWs for STTA, help identify technical assistance (with support from Senior Technical Advisor), and oversee the STTA activities.<\/li>\n<li>Providing necessary support to ongoing work with international organizations to develop and implement a harmonized approach for monitoring and surveillance of AMR drug use and AMR in humans and animals, inclusive of interpretive criteria for susceptibility reporting across WHO, FAO, and OIE regional surveillance programs.<\/li>\n<li>Participating collaboratively with international initiatives to encourage and accelerate the capacity of LMIC to improve the surveillance of AMR and sharing of AMR data with the global community.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Qualifications<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Master\u2019s in public health, epidemiology and surveillance, laboratory sciences, biology, microbiology, medicine or other health-related field and 5-10 years of experience or equivalent education\/experience.<\/li>\n<li>Strong background in monitoring and evaluation combined with a technical health background<\/li>\n<li>Minimum of 5 years of international project experience<\/li>\n<li>Experience in project and\/or program management and coordination<\/li>\n<li>Research\/practice training in Public Health Surveillance<\/li>\n<li>Ability to travel for up to two weeks multiple times (4-6 trips) a year to international locations in Africa. Travel will include site visits to project locations.<\/li>\n<li>High-proficiency in the area of cultural competency as evidenced by living\/working in various locations in Africa.<\/li>\n<li>Excellent oral\/interpersonal and written communication skills.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Desired Qualifications (not mandatory):<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Knowledge of research and practice issues around antimicrobial resistance<\/li>\n<li>Fluency in spoken and written English.<\/li>\n<li>Experience in veterinary medicine to inform and support RTI\u2019s One Health research agenda and domestic and international zoonotic disease research projects.<\/li>\n<li>Experience\/knowledge in the public health laboratory realm, including understanding of laboratory informatics and reporting<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>About RTI<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>RTI International is one of the world&#8217;s leading research institutes, dedicated to improving the human condition by turning knowledge into practice. Our staff of more than 4000 provides research and technical services to governments and businesses in more than 75 countries in the areas of health and pharmaceuticals, education and training, surveys and statistics, advanced technology, international development, economic and social policy, energy and the environment, and laboratory testing and chemical analysis.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Equal Opportunity Employer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Further information is available here .<\/p>\n<p><strong>Closing Statement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>RTI participates in the US Government E-Verify program. Further information regarding the E-Verify program and laws that are designed to protect you against discrimination relating to your legal right to work in the US can be found at www.rti.org\/jobs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Center for Applied Public Health Research (CAPHR) in the Biostatistics and Epidemiology Division of RTI International (RTI) is currently seeking a Programme Officer with public health program management experience&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6721,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[38],"tags":[2027],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2nO32-4aU","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16052"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6721"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16052"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16052\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}