Technical Assistant (Animal Diseases Surveillance)
- Career Category: Agriculture - Veterinary Medicine, Assistant, Agriculture - Animal Science
- Schedule:Full-time
- Salary: Negotiable
Type of requisition: NPP (National Project Personnel)
Duty Station: Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Organizational Unit: FAO Representation in Cambodia
Duration: 10 months
Reporting Lines
The Technical Assistant (Animal Diseases Surveillance) will work under the overall supervision of the FAO Representative in Cambodia and the direct supervision of the Technical Adviser (Animal Health). The incumbent will work in close collaboration with the other members of the One Health and Livestock Productions and relevant Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) agencies.
Technical Focus
The Technical Assistant (Animal Disease Surveillance) will be responsible for the support the animal disease surveillance activities, electronic surveillance data reporting system and development of the priority animal disease surveillance SOP.
- Take the lead role in drafting a national animal health (AH) surveillance document/strategy, incorporating the key observations made by several assessments (PVS, JEE, and SET) of the AH surveillance system in Cambodia;
- Support development of an integrated disease surveillance and response (IDSR) for the livestock and wildlife sector surveillance;
- Increase coverage of electronic surveillance data reporting systems to cover all districts in Cambodia;
- Support the strengthening and institutionalization of the existing governance structure for animal health surveillance at all levels;
- Support the Veterinary Service to generate a digital register of technical personnel involved in animal health surveillance who are trained on risk assessment (RA), and conduct risk assessments that are relevant to livestock and animal product import and export trade;
- Assist in the development of the protocols for priority animal disease surveillance, in line with surveillance objectives, and establish SOP for regular review;
- Assist with the development of an early warning system mechanism;
- Generate a digital register of outbreak investigation and rapid response team (RRT) personnel and associated SOP;
- Support production of informatics, such as, visualization of zoonotic disease surveillance data;
- Perform other duties as required.
- English - Good
- Bachelor's Degree in animal health, veterinary epidemiology, one health, or related field.
- At least relevant experience in dealing with animal disease control, or animal diseases surveillance for 5 years
- Working knowledge of English (C1).
- National of Cambodia.
- Proficient in relevant computer applications such as word processing tools and spreadsheets (MS Office-Word, Excel etc.).
- Experience in results-based programme management.
- Results Focus.
- Teamwork.
- Communication.
- Building Effective Relationships.
- Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Improvement.
