AFENET Senior Technical Officer Jobs 2023 – Ethiopia NGO Jobs

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AFENET Senior Technical Officer Jobs 2023 – Ethiopia NGO Jobs.

AFENET Ethiopia looking for “Senior Technical Officer”.

Applicants with a Bachelor’s Degree may apply on or before November 24, 2023.

The African Field Epidemiology Network (AFENET) is a not-for-profit networking and service organization dedicated to improving health outcomes of the communities we serve in liaison with ministries of health and other partners. Strengthening capacity for public health preparedness and response through Field Epidemiology (and Laboratory) Training Programs {FE(L)TPs}, and other applied epidemiology training programs is one of our core activities.

The AFENET has published a job vacancy announcement on October 30, 2023 for qualified Ethiopia’s to fill in the vacant post of Senior Technical Officer to be based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

AFENET Job Vacancy 2023

Main Responsibilities:

Reports to the Head of Clinical Trials Coordination Unit, Africa CDC and Head of Health Programmes, AUDA-NEPAD and works hand-in-hand with other senior technical staff in the unit.
Lead on the development and implementation of the regulatory solutions as identified in the 10-year road map for optimising the efficiency and impact of the African clinical trial ecosystem.
Drive analyses (e.g., ethics review systems, regulatory pathways, and systems) and provide inputs for working group decision making and strategy setting.
Advise on all regulatory and quality control aspects of vaccine research and development, licensing, and post-market surveillance.
Support implementation of regulatory workstream for PAVM.
Lead the work of AUDA-NEPAD technical committees on clinical trial oversight and pharmacovigilance.
Lead the operationalization of Regional Economic Communities (RECs) clinical trials regulation expert working groups.
Contribute to reporting, presentations, articles, case studies, monitoring and evaluation and other documentation related to clinical trial oversight.
Support development of projects on AMRHI, operationalization of the AMA entities, RECMRH and resource mobilization.
Draft key documents (e.g., presentations, technical design document, proposals, briefing notes, Q&A) for internal and external meetings.
Lead joint internal unit meeting preparation, facilitation, and follow-up (daily/weekly team-wide updates, regular brainstorming sessions, working group-specific meetings, senior management updates) as regards to his/her thematic area.
Liaise with other senior technical staff to identify and oversee potential synergies between the different thematic areas.
Perform any other duties as may be assigned by the supervisor(s).

Position in Organization:

Job title: Senior Technical Officer – Digital Solutions
Grade: P3 equivalency
Number of posts: One (01)
Supervisor: Head of Clinical Trial Coordination Unit
Duty Station: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Application Deadline: November 24, 2023

Minimum Requirements:

Master’s Degree in Public Health, Business Administration, Public Administration or related field with a total of 7 years’ experience, with a minimum of 2 years working in public health programmes, management consultancy, project management, health care delivery systems, or any other relevant topic. Candidate needs to have at least 3 years of supervisory and managerial experience.

Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health, Epidemiology, Health Systems Management or a related health field with 10 years of work experience with a minimum of 2 years working in public health programmes, management consultancy, project management, health care delivery systems, or any other relevant topic. Candidate needs to have at least 3 years of supervisory and managerial experience.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills; fluency in English.