Team Lead, Lns Laboratory Networks and Services - Geneve, Schweiz - World Health Organization

World Health Organization

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Geneve, Schweiz

vor 3 Wochen

Geschrieben von:

Lena Schneider

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Beschreibung

Grade:
P5

Contractual Arrangement:
Fixed-term appointment

Contract Duration (Years, Months, Days): One Year

Job Posting:
Apr 27, 2023, 3:53:14 AM

Closing Date:
May 18, 2023, 4:59:00 PM

Primary Location:
Switzerland-Geneva

Organization:
HQ/RPQ Regulation and Prequalification

Schedule:
Full-time

OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME

The Regulation and Prequalification Department (RPQ) works with Member States and partners to improve the access to essential medicines and other health technologies of assured quality, safety and efficacy or effectiveness.

RPQ works within the Access to Medicines and Health Products Division (MHP) division departments in the wider framework of Universal Health Coverage and category 4 of the General Programme of Work and cooperates with disease-oriented programmes (among others HIV/AIDS, TB, malaria, reproductive health, maternal and child health, immunization, NCDs and mental health) towards the Sustainable Development Goals.

The department works with a wide range of UN organizations, international partners and expert networks, and WHO Collaborating Centres.

The objective of the Regulation and Safety (REG) unit in RPQ is to support all Member States to strengthen their capacity so that they will have regulatory systems to ensure that all medical products and other health technologies on their markets meet internationally recognized standards of quality, safety and efficacy.

The strategic objective of the LNS Team is to coordinate global strategies for the strengthening of national and/or regional control laboratories for vaccines including other biologics, control laboratories for pharmaceuticals, including towards meeting WHO requirements and other international standards as well as laboratories for testing of medical devices consistent with WHO guidelines on good laboratory practices and lot release for vaccines, supporting WHO Prequalification programme in testing of vaccines, monitoring quality of prequalified vaccines, undertaking audits of WHO contracted laboratories for vaccines testing and promoting global and regional networks of quality control laboratories.

The team also provides leadership in development and maintenance of procedures, knowledge hubs and databases of control laboratories and monitoring the impact of WHO policies and strategies through regulatory strengthening activities and proposes changes or new initiatives to address needs for impact.

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES

Provides technical leadership and managerial support within the Department/Programme, in the area of laboratory networks and services ensuring that activities in this area are carried out efficiently and effectively.
Develops and proposes technical health policies and strategies for implementation through collaboration with Regional and Country Offices and provides advice in developing further the laboratory networks and services for strengthening and improving technical capacity of target clienteles.
Manages the programme area in delivering its objectives through efficient managing a small team of technical staff, financial resources and effective work planning to optimize the programme's deliverables in line with the mandate of the Organization.
Leads and conducts research on best practices in implementing programmes and activities and dissemination of information for capacity building in the respective area of work.
Serves as the technical reference among the peer community, UN Agencies and other stakeholders at the technical levels in the respective area of expertise.
Liaises with and utilizes partnerships in other UN Agencies, Donor, or research institutions in the area of laboratory networks and services to position the technical area of work and implementation into Global and/or National policies.
Represent the programme area of work at various meetings to advocate for strengthening of quality control laboratories for medicines, vaccines, medical devices including in vitro diagnostics as well as promoting networking of such laboratories.
Coordinates and endorses responses to country requests for strengthening national control laboratories and propose appropriate capacity building and specialized technical support activities to address identified gaps, including technical seminars, workshops and country/regional training activities and promotes awareness of and support for the work of laboratory networks and services through advocacy, communication and resource mobilization activities.
Perform all other related duties as assigned.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Education

Essential:

An advanced level university degree in chemistry, biochemistry, pharmacy, microbiology, medicine, biology, and/or field closely related to the functions of the position

Desirable:

PhD in one of the above-mentioned fields.

Experience

Essential: