NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE

SUMMARY:
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POSITION INFO:

To provide strategic and management oversight for the Division, gather key data and provide Provinces and the NDoH with strategic information to prevent, detect, and respond to infectious disease threats

Key Job Responsibilities

• Provide strllteglc leadership to foster coherence and collaboration across the Division and Centres to align organisational priorities to strengthen national and global health security? Leads the development of a clear departmental vision in alignment wHh organisational strategy to ensure affective direction, management, and accountability of the specific programme areas managed by the incumbent in delivering its objectives
• Builds new or strengthens existing partnerships wHh the National Department of Health, Provincial Departments of Health, Wortd Health

Organization, Africa CDC, CDC USA, CDC-Europe, Funders, universities/research instHulions and other stakeholders lo position the technical area of work and implementation into National and/or Global health security policies? Responsible for outbreak detection, investigation and response in partnership with the district and provincial departments of health ? Lead and coordinate the NICD's participation in the IHR-related activities and National Action Plans for Health Security ? Represent the Division/NICO in global forums to position the area of work in the regional and global health community ?Ensure the development maintenance, and enhancements of surve11ance and reporting or communicable disease

public health surveillance related to prioritised disease surveillance, including the GER MS platform; Notifiable Medical Conditions; Event-based surve?lance and other relevant surveillance systems to ensure rapid detection and response to specific infectious hazards? Direct the tntining and capacity-building Initiatives for healthcare professionars in epidemic and pandemic response to specific infectious hazards ? Responsible for

communication across the NlCD Centres, with National and Provinc•al Departments of Health and other stakeholders through routine

communication. leading the development of guidelines, implementation and dissemination of technical guidelines, comprehensive epidemic and pandemic preparedness plans. maintenance of webstte and other communication channels? Lead and coordinate resource mobilisation efforts (funding, staffing) to strengthen the Division's priof"ties, operaUonal needs and budgets? Oversee the implementation of health, safety and

environmental requirements to ensure the imptementat"Oll of all necessary processes, procedures and legislation .

Minimum Requirements and Key Competency

• MBChB MMed/FCP (MicrobiologyNirology/Clinical Pathologynnfectious Diseases) ?HPCSA registered specialist in Clinical/ MicrobiologyN rofogy

/Infectious Diseases? 13 to 15 years Management experience preferably in a public health institution ? B to 10 years communicable diseases/ public health expenence/epidemiology / infectious diseases? Knowledge of Microbiology, Virology, Immunology, Molecular Biology ?Knowledge and experience in International Health Regulations/Pandemic Preparedness/One Health ?Knowledge of statistics (advantage) ? Knowledge of statistical software packages ? Financial management ?Communication and interpersonal skHls ?Training and planning skills ? Project Management skills ? Research methodology ? Report writing skills ?Computer Literacy ?Management and Leadership skills ? Analytical skills.