Job openings with WHO and with ICARS (Copenhagen)

Dear All,

What a wild day … it feels like the flood gates have opened! I am still smiling about the amazing BARDA announcement of 10 further years of funding for an Antibacterial Accelerator!

In parallel, six (6!) contractor/job openings have popped onto my radar! Three are with WHO and three are with the recently created Danish ICARS project. As all have short deadlines (variously, 19-31 May), I am pushing them out quickly with just short summaries of each. Note that the roles with ICARS include interesting calls for training in veterinary medicine and in behavioral sciences!

See details below my signature … perhaps one of them is for you!

All best wishes, –jr

John H. Rex, MD | Chief Medical Officer, F2G Ltd. | Operating Partner, Advent Life Sciences. Follow me on Twitter: @JohnRex_NewAbx. See past newsletters and subscribe for the future: https://amr.solutions/blog/. All opinions are my own.

 
Role #1 and Role #2 (WHO):

• The WHO is initiating the development of a global One Health priority research agenda with an overall aim to fill major gaps in knowledge on antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
• The Department of Global Coordination and Partnership on AMR (GCP) undertakes this work as part of the implementation of the Global Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance (GAP) and the constitutional mandate of the WHO to promote health research and promote co-operation among scientific and professional groups that contribute to the advancement of public health.
• The objective of the One Health priority research agenda is to direct activities and funding towards research addressing evidence gaps that may impact AMR in a public health context that exist between two or more One Health sectors. In addition, the project aims at catalyzing increased scientific interest and investment in the One Health AMR research that is relevant to human health. The findings will be published and disseminated to relevant stakeholders including research funders, academia and implementers.
• For this purpose, the WHO has announced two Requests for Proposal seeking suitable contractor(s) to:

1. Support an open call process on the WHO website to ensure broad global input of a range of stakeholders, including the collection and analysis of research/evidence gaps from global audience and support the development of the research methodology materials (Delphi Technique)
   • HQ/AMR/GCP/2021/3: https://www.ungm.org/Public/Notice/128516
2. Conduct three systematic literature reviews and draft publication of the finding.
   • HQ/AMR/GCP/2021/4: https://www.ungm.org/Public/Notice/128515

• Deadline for both Requests for Proposal – 19 May 2021
• Contact: T. Jorgensen antibacterialpipeline@who.int

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Role #3 (WHO)
The WHO has a Request for Proposal for an Individual Consultancy to support the meetings of the Global Leaders Group on AMR. The suitable candidate will provide administrative and technical support to the Tripartite Joint Secretariat including:

• Coordinating organisation of the formal GLG meetings and other related technical meetings, including logistics, based on the agreed meeting format (virtual, in-person or hybrid).
• Drafting meeting documentation, such as letters, briefing notes, scripts, etc.
• Tracking, compiling and documenting technical and briefing materials.
• Coordinating the follow up on the implementation of recommendations and decisions of the GLG.
• Supporting communication and flow of information within the Tripartite Joint Secretariat on the GLG related issues, including review and analysis of GLG- and AMR-related materials and preparation of summary reports.
• Preparing materials for publishing on the GLG website and maintain the shared repository of the meeting documents on the SharePoint site.

• HQ/AMR/GCP/2021/5: https://www.ungm.org/Public/Notice/128712
• Deadline for applying – 25 May 2021
• Contact: Ms R. Edma – edmar@who.int

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Roles #4-#6 at the International Centre for AMR Solutions (ICARS, Copenhagen)
The International Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance Solutions (ICARS) was founded by the Danish government in 2018 and is focused on developing solutions to mitigate antimicrobial resistance in low- and middle-income countries. ICARS is expanding its team with three new scientific positions:

• Overview of all 3 roles: https://icars-global.org/about-icars/meet-the-team/#jobs
• Scientific Advisor on Antimicrobial Resistance (link)
• Scientific Advisor with a background in veterinary medicine (link)
• Scientific Advisor with a background in behavioural sciences (link)

• The successful candidates will work together with other members of the ICARS team to assist in the development of ICARS’ portfolio of demonstration projects with LMICs focusing on mitigating AMR in a One Health perspective.
• The scientific advisors will be the ICARS’ primary contact point for LMICs for co-developing Intervention and Implementation Research projects, providing expert scientific advice and facilitating project development and implementation in close collaboration with LMIC project coordinators and other stakeholders.
• The posts will be based in Copenhagen but will be expected to travel as necessary (covid permitting) for the purposes of visiting partner LMICs, and to nurture, build and maintain networks of relationships with researchers, advisors and consultants for the purpose of delivering ICARS’ priorities.

• For more information about ICARS – https://icars-global.org/
• Deadline for all roles – 31 May 2021
• Contact – Robert Leo Skov (Science Director), +45 2072 3291, rsk@icars-global.org