Head of Unit Disease Programmes

https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/vacancies?f%5B0%5D=deadline_date%3A1

Stockholm, Sweden

ECDC

AD11

Temporary staff

The Head of Unit Disease Programmes will report to the Director, is part of the Centre’s management team and contributes to setting the Centre’s strategic direction. The Jobholder oversees the disease-related work of ECDC, the development and implementation of ECDC’s prevention framework and One Health framework, and will lead the Disease Programmes Unit. He/She will be responsible in particular for the following areas of work: • Provide leadership and direction to the Disease Programmes Unit, and develop a focus on the creation of clear and value-added scientific outputs while ensuring compliance with the regulatory framework ECDC operates in to support the achievement of the Centre’s Mission and Vision; • Further develop and implement, in close cooperation with relevant internal and external partners, strategies to ensure optimal resource allocation and utilisation with a focus on ensuring relevance, quality, timeliness and independence of the Centre's outputs; • Develop and foster strong strategic relations in particular with the EU institutions, the Member States and other relevant stakeholders; • Lead the development of ECDC’s prevention framework addressing the determinants of infectious diseases, including behavioural aspects; • Lead the development of ECDC’s One Health framework in collaboration with external partners in Member States and internationally; • Further develop and oversee the implementation of the Joint Vaccine Monitoring Platform with the European Medicines Agency; • Oversee, in collaboration with ECDC’s disease networks, the infectious disease surveillance activities, the production of disease-specific guidance and other related outputs targeting needs of ECDC stakeholders taking into account EU and international targets; • Contribute to other activities of ECDC, as required, in his/her field of expertise.

ECDC/AD11/2023/DPR-HoU

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