Advisor – ICARS Africa at Amref Kenya

Key Responsibilities

Your specific responsibilities and project roles will be tailored to match your professional experience and educational qualifications. In general terms, however, advisors are expected to:

• Develop and advise on research study designs for baseline studies to identify the AMR priorities in African countries across all One Health sectors
• Develop and advise on AMR mitigation interventions and intervention and implementation research (IIR) across the One Health sectors that contextualize and assess impact in African countries
• Provide expert input into development and implementation of ICARS projects
• Conduct training needs assessments to identify country-level and regional capacity gaps
• Contribute to the development of tailored training curricula and educational materials, using best practices, case studies, and interactive learning approaches
• Support regional training workshops and seminars, strengthening national and regional AMR capacities.
• Facilitate of knowledge exchange between ICARS experts, African country teams, and other partners, enabling peer learning and south-south collaboration.
• Contribute to process development, including the synthesis, analysis and assimilation of data into reports and publications for ICARS, and ensure that findings and evidence from ICARS projects are effectively disseminated to national stakeholders, policymakers and the scientific community.
• Deliver independent evidence synthesis, assessments and reports within the AMR area
• Continuously monitor scientific research on AMR-mitigation relevant to ICARS
• Identify and contribute to grant applications for funding
• Contribute to technical reporting requirements for ICARS external donors
• Represent ICARS at project working groups or committees as well as at conferences, workshops and networking events.
• Be the primary contact point for project partners in co-development and implementation of selected projects with ICARS
• Support the development of a regional network of experts and partners to strengthen the knowledge of behavioural and economic implications of interventions related to AMR
• Support stakeholder mapping and engagement in collaboration with ICARS partners, ensuring participation from ministries, academia, NGOs, the private sector and community organisations.
• Help establish and maintain effective working relationships with relevant stakeholders, researchers and policy makers for efficient AMR mitigation, especially on the African continent
• Support collaboration with AMREF as the host organisation and other regional organisations.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree (master’s or PhD) in a relevant discipline (infectious diseases, medicine, microbiology, public health, pharmacology, veterinary medicine, environmental sciences, agriculture, food sciences, or equivalent)
• A minimum of 3 years of professional experience after graduation in advising and/or developing projects related to AMR mitigation
• Extensive knowledge about and experience working with AMR research and interventions in Africa
• Demonstrated experience in conducting intervention and implementation research including using advanced research methods
• Experience in working in the science-policy interface.
• Demonstrated experience in project management including project design and planning, resourcing, allocating budget, monitoring and reporting
• Experience in initiating and maintaining partnerships with a wide range of stakeholders
• Knowledge on evidence compilation such as systematic reviews and meta-analysis
• Experience in cross-sector/One Health research is desirable
• Training in public health or field epidemiology is an advantage
• Demonstrated experience working with or in various LMICs, particularly in Africa
• Excellent command of written and spoken English (English is the ICARS working language)
• Knowledge of Kiswahili, French, Portuguese, or any other African language is considered an advantage.