Epidemiologist Expert for the Peste des Petits Ruminants Global Eradication Programme (PPR GEP)

Food and Agriculture Organization is hiring for the Epidemiologist Expert for the Peste des Petits Ruminants Global Eradication Programme (PPR GEP) position in Nairobi. This is a contract, senior level role. Qualification level: Bachelors; experience: 5 – 9 yrs. The scope of this Call for Expressions of Interest is to find qualified affiliate workforce to support the Peste des Petits Ruminants Global Eradication Programme (PPR GEP) Secretariat in the below functional area. Applications close on 30 November 2026.

The concept for establishing PPR-GEP was approved by the 24th Session of the committee on Agriculture, the 150th Session of the Council and by the 39th FAO Conference.

In March 2016, FAO and WOAH established a Joint PPR GEP Secretariat based in FAO headquarters in Rome.

Key responsibilities

• Facilitate and contribute to the design and implementation of the components of surveillance system at all levels for the PPR GEP blueprint and Pan African PPR eradication programme;
• Design and implement vaccination and surveillance strategies as well as outbreak reporting templates and ensure their insertion into the database;
• Provide training in all aspects of the surveillance systems for the application of the risk-based surveillance/vaccination techniques for the cost-effective management of PPR and other small ruminant diseases…

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