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The African Union (AU) is a continental body consisting of the 55 member states. This organization was established in 2002 with headquarters located at Roosvelt Street W21K19 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
JOB TITLE: Head, Preparedness and Response
JOB LOCATION: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Reports to: Director
Directorate / Department: Africa CDC
Division: Preparedness and Response
Number of Direct Reports: 4
Number of Indirect Reports: 0
Job Grade: P5
Contract Type: Regular
JOB DETAILS:
- The Head of Division, Preparedness and Response reports to the Director, Africa CDC and is responsible for leading and coordinating the public health preparedness and response programme.
- The Head oversees a division composed of multi-disciplinary teams charged with carrying out specific technical work in developing, implementing, maintaining and evaluating the systems and tools employed by the Division to carry out Africa CDC’s pandemic preparedness and response work as outlined in the strategic plan.
- To build and maintain a continent-wide pandemic preparedness and response framework, the Head and staff will work through a variety of pathways including the Africa CDC Regional Collaborating Centres (RCCs), and in collaboration with Member States, their National Public Health Institutes and other technical partners as appropriate.
- The Division will also build related technical capacity through training and delivery of technical assistance through the RCCs and regional integrated surveillance and laboratory networks (RISLNET).
Main Functions