Consultants - Learning Designer at World Health Organization

Purpose of consultancy

To contribute to the WHO biosecurity guidance document development and the dissemination of the WHO Laboratory Biosafety Manual 4th edition (LBM4).

Deliverables: 

• Deliverable 1: Coordinate and actively communicate with the identified experts to write, edit and reference the WHO biosecurity document; and facilitate a two-stage consultative process.
• Deliverable 2: Disseminate the fully revised WHO Laboratory Biosafety Manual 4th edition (LBM4), inter alia, produce work for translated documents for proper formatting suitable for publication and make hard copies. 

Educational Qualifications:

Essential:

• A Master’s degree in health-related, biological or medical sciences. 

Experience

Essential:

• At least 5 years of relevant experience in microbiology, biomedical research, high containment or related field. 
• At least 2 years of experience in project facilitation, if possible at international level. 
• Experience in developing technical reports and guidance documents.

Desirable:

• Working experience in resource-limited countries and/or WHO.

Skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proven project facilitation skills.
• Knowledge in biosafety and/or laboratory biosecurity.
• Skills in managing InDesign files.
• Proven capacity in networking sensitively, cooperatively and productively with multiple stakeholders.