[Hiring] Consultant @Pan American Health Organization

Role Description

This requisition is for a consultancy at the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)/Regional Office of the World Health Organization (WHO).

The Communicable Disease Prevention, Control, and Elimination Department (CDE) promotes, coordinates, and implements technical cooperation activities directed toward the surveillance, prevention, control, elimination and/or reduction of communicable diseases, zoonoses and environmental threats to health.

• Provide technical and strategic support to strengthen infection prevention and control preparedness and response capacities for epidemics, outbreaks, and AMR-related events.
• Support the development, adaptation, implementation, and monitoring of IPC and AMR-related guidance, tools, training packages, and operational procedures.
• Emphasize readiness of health services to rapidly detect, isolate, manage, and safely refer suspected cases.

Qualifications

• University degrees in medicine, nursing, public health, epidemiology, infection prevention and control, health sciences, or a related field.
• A master’s degree or postgraduate training in public health, epidemiology, infectious diseases, infection prevention and control, health emergency management, or a related discipline would be an asset.

Requirements

• Nine years of progressively responsible experience in infection prevention and control, preferably including AMR, outbreak preparedness, health emergency response, health care-associated infection prevention, or communicable disease control.
• Demonstrated experience supporting IPC programs, outbreak readiness assessments, and implementation of IPC measures in hospitals and other health care facilities.
• Experience developing technical guidance, training materials, standard operating procedures, or operational tools for IPC, AMR, and outbreak response.
• Essential: Very good knowledge of English or Spanish and working knowledge of the other language.

Benefits

• Daily Pay Rate: Depending on deliverables, daily rates can vary from US$258 to US$314 (based on 20 working days per month).