The West African Health Organization (WAHO) is the health institution of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) charged with leadership and coordination of health improvement programs across the ECOWAS region. WAHO is seeking applications from suitably qualified candidates to fill the underlisted vacant position<\/p>\n
Job Description<\/strong><\/p>\n Job Title: Research Applications \u2013 Industry & Third Sector Programme Officer<\/strong><\/p>\n Role Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n Under the supervision of the Principal Professional Officer, Research and Grants, The Programme Officer, Research Applications \u2013 Industry & Third Sector shall be responsible for the linkage of WAHO with the Industries and third sector on the following aspects:<\/p>\n \u2022 development and implementation of regional research programs in WAHO\u2019s areas of interest, Role and Responsibilities<\/strong><\/p>\n The incumbent shall be engaged at regional level on:<\/p>\n \u2022 Assess the research development needs and the third sector research needs at regional level, Qualification Required & Experience<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 A minimum of a Bachelor\u2019s Degree in Medicine or Pharmacy or Public Health or Medical Science or any of the Allied Health Sciences from a recognised university.<\/p>\n Experience<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 5 to 7 years of professional experience in management and implementation of public health programs on Non-Epidemic Diseases & Neglected Tropical Diseases, particularly Malaria and in the implementation of public health programs involving test and research laboratories, JOB DESCRIPTION JOB CODE:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 ability to investigate the occurrence of health effects and health hazards, strengthen disease surveillance, disease prevention, control and notification and analyse the determinants of identified health needs. ECOWAS Key Competencies<\/strong> \u2022 ability to persuade\/influence others to consider a certain point of view, adopt a new idea or implement new methods and practices; Location:<\/strong>\u00a0Accra<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The West African Health Organization (WAHO) is the health institution of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) charged with leadership and coordination of health improvement programs across the…..<\/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":[106],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2nO32-gZr","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65313"}],"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=65313"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65313\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u2022 development and the implementation of regional research capacities strengthening and dissemination, synthesizing and translation of the research results into policy and practices.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Analyse the determinants of third sector research programs success.
\n\u2022 Assess the implementation of research development and the third sector programs,
\n\u2022 Investigate the occurrence of drug effects,
\n\u2022 Strengthen regional pharmacovigilance,
\n\u2022 Advocate for research development programs in collaboration with industries,
\n\u2022 Identify research development priorities in the third sector,
\n\u2022 Develop a database of actors in research development and research in third sector,
\n\u2022 Build inter-sectoral action to support research development or research in the third sector,
\n\u2022 Develop and implement research development programs in the third sector in collaboration with all stakeholders.
\n\u2022 Document research development and research in third sector evidence and transform these into policies and practices.
\n\u2022 Provide quality assurance mechanisms on research development programs or research programs in third sector
\n\u2022 Take a lead role in regional research development or research in third sector.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 knowledge of the health needs, health policies and related laboratory work environment in the ECOWAS member States;<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Knowledge of the International Health Regulations, the epidemiology of infectious diseases and other threats to regional health security, as well as issues and practices related to disease prevention and control in the West African region.
\n\u2022 Knowledge and understanding of the policies and procedures on Non-Epidemic Diseases & Neglected Tropical Diseases and in implementation of public health strategies on Non-Epidemic Diseases & Neglected Tropical Diseases, particularly Malaria,
\n\u2022 Demonstrated knowledge of WAHO mandates and operations in the areas of public health, epidemiology, Tuberculosis, HIV and other communicable disease prevention and control strategies and programmes.
\n\u2022 Knowledge of problems and needs in the pharmaceutical sector at country and regional levels, and the ability to develop suggestions for resolving pharmaceutical challenges;
\n\u2022 Ability to develop programs to support local pharmaceutical manufacturers to upgrade their facilities to attain GMP\/WHO standards;
\n\u2022 Knowledge the principles and practice of public health management in the ECOWAS region, and proven ability to conduct Research Development or research with the third sector in West Africa.<\/p>\n
\nP3-02-01 LEADERSHIP<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 ability to lead a team of trainees\/junior staff and instill a spirit of teamwork to engage employees and achieve a well-defined set of activities;
\n\u2022 ability to respect chain of command in an appropriate manner;
\n\u2022 ability to resolve challenges that occur with minimal direction and\/or to recommend and explain solutions or alternatives for approval;
\n\u2022 ability to utilize the Code of Ethics to manage self, others, information and resources;
\n\u2022 ability to mentor others and create feedback loops with supervisors, colleagues and the subordinates to build strong working relationships and improve performance;
\n\u2022 contribute to maintaining the organizational unit\u2019s performance goals and standards.<\/p>\n