Deliverables

Under the overall guidance of WHO technical unit, consultants may be requested to perform one or more of the following assignments (a more specific Terms of Reference (TORs), including the exact deliverables, duration of assignment and place of assignment will be shared with the selected candidate at the time of hiring for a specific assignment):

Deliverable 1: Surveillance and laboratory assessment. Conductdesk or country assessment of AMR surveillance systems, data flows, governance arrangements, indicators, data quality, bacteriology and mycology capacity, laboratory networks, diagnostic stewardship and reporting processes, with prioritized and feasible recommendations

Deliverable 2: Technical products and implementation tools. Design assignment-specific protocols, standard operating procedures, data dictionaries, validation checklists, surveillance tools, indicator frameworks, laboratory-strengthening plans, survey materials, diagnostic-stewardship tools, guidance documents or One Health implementation products

Deliverable 3: Data and analytical outputs. Developcleaned or validated datasets; statistical, microbiological or genomic analyses; reproducible code or pipelines; tables, figures, maps, dashboards or visualization specifications; interpretation notes; and quality documentation, as applicable

Deliverable 4: Laboratory and diagnostic products. Adapt guidance documents, training packages and tools for clinical bacteriology and mycology; laboratory quality management; antimicrobial susceptibility testing; external quality assurance; specimen referral; laboratory networks; and diagnostic stewardship.

Deliverable 5: Capacity-development package.



Develop training needs findings, curricula, presentations, exercises, job aids, workshop or webinar facilitation, mentoring records and a brief evaluation of learning and follow-up needs.

Deliverable 6: Reporting and knowledge products. PrepareGLASS submission-related outputs, national or regional surveillance reports, laboratory-capacity reports, policy briefs, technical reports, manuscripts, systematic reviews, presentations or other communication products.

Qualifications, experience, skills and languages

Educational qualifications

Essential:

Band level B: A first university degree or medical degree in epidemiology, public health, medicine, clinical microbiology, laboratory sciences, biostatistics, statistics, mathematical modelling, health informatics, data science, computer science, bioinformatics, veterinary public health, environmental health, pharmacy, health economics or another field relevant to the assignment.

Band level C: An advanced university degree or medical degree with postgraduate specialization in one of the fields listed above or another field relevant to the assignment.

Desirable: Additional postgraduate training, specialization or professional certification relevant to the technical profile, such as clinical microbiology, bacteriology, mycology, field epidemiology,



laboratory quality management, diagnostic stewardship, data analytics, geographic information systems, genomic epidemiology, health information systems, monitoring and evaluation, or adult learning.

Experience

Essential

Band level B: At least 5 years of relevant professional experience in one or more of the technical profiles advertised.

Band level C:

At least 10 years of relevant qualified experience in one or more of the advertised technical profiles.

Demonstrated experience producing high-quality, assignment-relevant outputs such as surveillance assessments, protocols, analytical products, laboratory tools, technical reports, training packages, dashboards, scientific publications or policy products.

For laboratory-focused assignments, essential experience may include one or more of the following:

Implementation of recognized antimicrobial susceptibility testing standards, such as CLSI or EUCAST.

Microbiological proficiency testing or external quality-assurance programmes.

Bacteriology or mycology laboratory assessments and laboratory-system strengthening.

Mycological diagnosis, diagnostic stewardship or laboratory quality management.

Desirable

Experience with AMR surveillance and GLASS-related methods, tools or reporting.

Experience working with ministries of health, national AMR programmes, public health institutes, reference laboratories, academic institutions or One Health coordination mechanisms.

Experience in low- and middle-income countries, particularly in the WHO South-East Asia Region.

Experience with WHO, another United Nations entity or an i

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