The OIE recrute 01 Chargé de Mission

The OIE recrute 01 Chargé de Mission

CONTEXT

The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) is an intergovernmental organisation recognised by the World Trade Organization as a reference Organisation for intergovernmental standards concerning the sanitary safety of international trade of animals and products of animal origin and zoonoses, and is in charge of improving animal health, veterinary public health and animal welfare worldwide, as well as transparency of the global animal disease situation. The OIE maintains permanent relations with over 70 international and regional Organisations and has 12 regional offices around the globe.

The Status Department is the co-Secretariat for the Scientific Commission for Animal Diseases (SCAD) and as such, is closely engaged in the OIE’s Common Secretariat, the mechanism through which consistency and coordination of the international standards work programme is achieved. The Department`s core activity is to drive the OIE`s mandate to officially recognise countries and zones free from certain diseases, to endorse countries’ national official disease control programmes and to monitor Member Countries’ compliance with OIE standards for the maintenance of their official status and endorsed programmes. This is achieved through the Department’s provision of technical assistance to Member Countries, screening of dossiers and convening ad hoc groups for which the Department serves in providing scientific secretariat support. The Department also supports OIE’s global strategies for disease control, develops and conducts capacity building workshops that assist Member Countries in the preparation of their applications and maintenance of their statuses including the endorsed official control programmes. In addition, and at the request of the Member Country, the Department publishes self-declaration of disease freedom as a separate procedure to the above.

POSITIONING AND REPORTING

Under the authority of the Deputy Director General, International Standards and Science and the direct supervision of the Deputy Head and Head of the Status Department, and in close cooperation with other officers in the Department.

JOB PURPOSE

The Chargé/e de mission contributes to a transparent and secured animal health situation in Member Countries. He/she supports the Scientific Commission for Animal Diseases’ mission to ensure the delivery of high-quality and scientifically-based assessments of applications (and maintenance of) official disease status recognition and control programmes endorsement, based on compliance with OIE standards. He/she also supports the scientific excellence of the OIE activities by contributing to the revision of these standards and to the continuous improvement of the procedure for official recognition of disease status. Finally, the Chargé/e de mission provides support on other OIE activities within the Status Department as assigned to him/her.

MISSIONS AND ACTIVITIES

Contribute to the monitoring of the compliance of Member Countries having obtained official disease status or endorsement of control programme with requirements for the maintenance of their status

• Screen the annual reconfirmations received from Member Countries in accordance with the provisions of the Terrestrial Animal Health Code, the Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals and the applicable OIE guidelines
• Communicate with the Member Countries and the OIE Regional Representations when relevant
• Prepare a short report of screening for the Scientific Commission for Animal Diseases’ consideration
• Follow-up the result from the deliberations

Contribute to the implementation and follow-up of the procedure for official recognition of disease status

• Assist Member Countries in the correct procedures for the preparation and submission of dossiers for the evaluation of official disease status or national control programmes for specified diseases
• Support the refinement and continuous improvement of the OIE procedures for official disease status recognition (administrative, science/technical aspects)

Provide support to the work of the relevant ad hoc groups

• Prepare TORs for the group as well as background and working documents
• Screen and process applications in accordance with the provisions of the Terrestrial Animal Health Code, the Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals and the applicable OIE guidelines
• Liaise internally with relevant departments to ensure compilation of cross-cutting relevant data
• Participate in the ad hoc Group meeting ensuring compliance with OIE procedures
• Prepare the report of the ad hoc Group meeting and any supporting documents or analyses
• Liaise with the relevant Specialist Commissions
• Follow up the results from these deliberations

Contribute to training activities concerning preparation of dossiers

• Analyse structure and content gaps between submitted applications and requirements
• Design training programmes and training material aimed at improving the quality of submitted dossiers and their compliance with the relevant chapters of the OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code
• Deliver regional training sessions and monitor impact

Provide support to Member Countries self-declarations

• Contribute to provide assistance to Member Countries and ensuring consistent application of the procedure
• Contribute to improving the visibility of self-declarations

Provide technical advice on the disease status process and Member Country situation

• Provide topic-specific advice and prepare correspondence, in response to enquiries from diverse sources, including colleagues, Member Countries, other organisations and external parties
• Perform analyses of collected data in close cooperation with other officers in the Department or in other departments
• Contribute to the international standards setting process with particular activity on the harmonisation of the requirements for disease freedom recognition
• Provide background documents, meeting reports and other working documents as required

• A postgraduate degree in veterinary medicine (Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine – DVM, or a PhD)
• At least 5 years of professional experience in veterinary epidemiology, including exposure to disease control programmes design, implementation or monitoring

Additional experience (asset)

• Certification in epidemiology and/or experience of infectious animal diseases
• Work experience with national Veterinary Services
• Experience in provision of secretariat functions at national or international level

Requirements

Technical skills:

• Ability to work in English at a high level including excellent oral and written communication skills
• Excellent writing skills and ability to summarise complex technical discussions into clear and concise reports

Strong analytical skills

• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office, in particular Word, Excel and Access
• Good knowledge of a second OIE official language (Spanish or French)

Additional technical skills (asset)

• Proficiency in a third OIE official language (Spanish or French)

Interpersonal skills

• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships in a multinational and multicultural environment;
• Proactivity, and a results-oriented approach
• Excellent organisation skills and ability to meet specific deadlines
• Keen sense of observation, attention to detail and accuracy

• Salary: 2600 Euros Net / month + benefits (salary exempt of French income tax, annual bonus)
• Duration : Two (2) years – Renewable.

If you are interested in the position, please complete your application online by clicking on the link below by 28 June 2019 at noon (Paris local time) at the latest.

https://urlz.fr/9WdM