OIE Seeks Animal Health Information Officer

Participating in activities associated with the development of OIE-WAHIS and its evolution
Contributing to the development of functional specifications;
Participating in the functional testing and validation of functionalities, providing feedback to the project management team;Contribute to the identification of needs and follow-up on future evolutions.

Contributing as required to the activities of the team:

Participating in the Early Warning System of OIE-WAHIS.
Applying a standard verification process on immediate notifications, follow-up reports and final reports;Proposing relevant tools to facilitate the standard verification process and follow-up processes;
Reviewing formats of working databases, developing automated tools within these databases to facilitate the verification and follow-up processes.
Developing and establishing monitoring and evaluation indicators of the verification and follow-up processes.  

Participating in the team for active search for non-official animal health information of OIE-WAHIS.
Verifying the non-official information related to the animal and public health situation;
Contacting the countries when needed to verify the information found through the active search

Participating in the training team
Supporting the development of training content for OIE-WAHIS users Provide support to OIE-WAHIS users;
Participating in the preparation and design of material for training OIE-WAHIS users and OIE Focal PointsReview and improve training methods;
Overseing and contributing to the development of e-learning platforms.

Required qualifications
A graduate degree in veterinary sciences (Doctor of Veterinary Medicine)At least 3 years of professional experience with data collection, processing, and analysis of animal diseases;Proven experience working with databases and geographical information systems.

Additional requirements
Exposure to or work experience with Veterinary Services, animal or human health institutions,research institutions.
Additional degree in aquatic and/or terrestrial animal health, wildlife health, epidemiology or public health.

Requirements

Technical skills
Excellent command of English, both written and oralProficiency in a second OIE official language (French or Spanish)
Very good command of the Microsoft Office Package (Word, Excel, Power Point and Outlook)
Good computer skills in geographical information systems (e.g. QGis), database management systems (e.g. Microsoft Access)

Additional competencies
Good knowledge of a third OIE official language (French or Spanish);
Working knowledge of Russian;
Good computer skills in statistical software (e.g. R).

Interpersonal skills
Proactivity and initiative;
Keen sense of observation, attention to detail and accuracy;
Ability to work under pressure, and to efficiently prioritize work across multiple parallel tasks;
Courtesy, tact and ability to establish and maintain good working relations in a multinational and multicultural environment;
Good communication skills and team working abilities especially under tight deadlines.

Application deadline is August 23, 2021.

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