E-drug: WHO position vacant
---------------------------------------------
[Please DO NOT reply to e-drug. Please reply to Dr Xiaorui Zhang by
email: <zhangx@who.int> or through the web according to the
instructions below. BS]
The Department of Essential Drugs and Medicines, World Health
Organization, is recruiting for the following position in the
Traditional Medicine team, based in HQ, Geneva, Switzerland. Please
apply through the WHO website (link:
<http://erecruit.who.int/e-jobs/public/hrd-cl-vac-view.cfm?jobinfo_uid_c=295&vaclng=e>http://erecruit.who.int/e-jobs/public/hrd-cl-vac-view.cfm?jobinfo_uid_c=295&vaclng=e
)
[long URL will need 'repair']
or by sending CV and covering letter to Dr Xiaorui Zhang by email:
<mailto:zhangx@who.int>zhangx@who.int
Deadline: 17 March 2002
Vacancy Notice No.: HQ/03/HTP/TA54
Title: Technical Officer Date: 17 February 2003
Deadline for applications : 17 March 2003
Grade: P-4
Contract type: Temporary appointment
Duration: Eleven months
Duty Station: GENEVA Switzerland
Organizational Unit:
Health Technology and Pharmaceuticals (HTP)
Essential Drugs and Medicines Policy (EDM )
Traditional Medicine (TRM)
INTRODUCTION: Description of duties
Under the supervision of Coordinator, TRM, the incumbent will
undertake the following tasks:
1. Collate relevant technical information on the subject of concern
by searching scientific database and literal reference materials.
2. Analyze and summarize relevant scientific and technical information.
3. Review and evaluate the research proposals, particularly for
clinical research on traditional medicine for malaria, AIDS and some
common diseases and conditions.
4. Draft related technical documents, reports and proposal for
resource mobilization in the field of traditional medicine in general
and in particular herbal medicines clinical research.
5. Provide technical guidance to target research institutions in
designing research protocols and in implementing research proposals
funded by TRM.
6. Prepare consultations, workshops and symposia in the field of
traditional medicine, according to the team's workplans.
7. Represent and make presentations on behalf of WHO in workshops and
international conferences.
8. Facilitiate exchange and dissemination of information on
traditional medicine by keeping close contacts with WHO Collaborating
Centres for Traditional Medicine, members of the WHO Expert Advisory
Panel on Traditional Medicine, and other relevant research institutes
and NGOs.
Qualifications required
Education
Ph.D. degree in medicine, pharmaceutical science, or pharmacology.
Postgraduate degree in traditional (natural) medical practice or
public health.
Skills and Competencies
Ability to draft reports in a precise and concise manner. Computer
literacy and basic knowledge in the maintenance of databases. Ability
to conduct scientific reference search and summarize scientific
reference materials. Ability to understand clinical research project
and basic biomedical and pharmacological research data on herbal
medicines. Ability to adapt to diverse education and cultural
backgrounds.
Experience
At least 3 years' experience in basic or clinical medical research.
Extensive knowledge on medicinal plants and/or herbal medicines
and/or traditional medicine (pharmacognosy, pharmacology and
pharmacodynamics) and/or other traditional medicine therapies.
Research or working experience in a national government agency or in
an international organization would be an asset. Basic and clinical
knowledge on communicable diseases and non-communicable diseases,
including diagnosis, management and treatment, would be an asset..
Languages
Excellent knowledge of spoken and written English or French with a
good working knowledge of the other language.
Knowledge of Spanish an asset.