National One Health and Antimicrobial Resistance Coordinator

Coordinates Zimbabwe’s One Health and antimicrobial-resistance work under the Pandemic Fund project, linking government, laboratory, animal, human and environmental health partners. The coordinator advances surveillance, biosafety and zoonotic-disease preparedness, develops workplans and reports, and builds national capacity for integrated pandemic prevention and response.

• Coordinate Pandemic Fund activities in Zimbabwe
• Prepare annual workplans and implementation schedules
• Facilitate collaboration across animal, human, wildlife and environmental health sectors
• Support Zimbabwe’s National Action Plan on antimicrobial resistance
• Strengthen integrated AMR surveillance and laboratory quality systems
• Organise capacity building on One Health and pandemic preparedness
• Coordinate stakeholder engagement and information sharing
• Prepare technical, donor and progress reports

• Advanced university degree in Veterinary Medicine, Public Health, Epidemiology, Medical Laboratory Sciences, Microbiology, One Health, Animal Health, Biomedical Science or a related discipline
• Minimum seven years of relevant professional experience in One Health, antimicrobial resistance, public health, veterinary public health, laboratory systems or zoonotic-disease programmes
• Working knowledge of English
• Zimbabwean nationality

• Experience in surveillance systems, laboratory strengthening, AMR initiatives or health-security programmes

• One Health Coordination
• Antimicrobial Resistance
• Disease Surveillance
• Laboratory Strengthening
• Biosafety
• Biosecurity
• Zoonotic Disease Prevention
• Pandemic Preparedness
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Donor Reporting

• JEE
• SPAR
• PVS Pathway
• ATLASS
• LMT