PAHO Consultant - Consultancy to provide Technical Cooperation related to Snakebite and Venomous Animals

OBJECTIVE OF THE OFFICE/DEPARTMENT

This is a requisition for employment at the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)/Regional Office of the World Health Organization (WHO)

Contractual Agreement:

Non-Staff - International PAHO Consultant

Job Posting:

outubro 20, 2026

Closing Date:

outubro 30, 2026, 11:59 PM Brasilia Standard Time

Primary Location:

Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

Organization:

AFT Centro Panamericano de Fiebre Aftosa (PANAFTOSA)

Schedule:

Full time

PURPOSE OF CONSULTANCY

Objectives of the Department: The mission of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is to guide strategic collaborative efforts among Member States and other partners to promote health equity, combat disease, improve quality of life, and increase life expectancy for the people of the Americas. PAHO aims to be the primary catalyst for ensuring that all people in the Americas enjoy optimal health and contribute to the well-being of their families and communities. To this end, PAHO is guided by the values of equity, excellence, solidarity, respect, and integrity.

Snakebite and other venomous animals envenoming exert a heavy toll in Latin America. Over decades, the region has undertaken relevant efforts to confront this neglected tropical disease through the production and distribution of antivenoms and training of public health staff in the diagnosis and management of envenoming, among other fields. Following up some regional projects carried out under the auspices of JICA, CYTED and the OAS, the Pan American Center for Foot-and-Mouth Disease and Veterinary Public Health (PANAFTOSA/VPH) – Specialized center for veterinary public health of PAHO – established the Latin American Network of Public Antivenom Manufacturing Laboratories (RELAPA, Spanish acronym). RELAPA has implemented several initiatives to improve the regional landscape of antivenom manufacture and quality control and initiated activities to improve epidemiological health surveillance with the focal points in charge of snakebite envenoming at the ministries of health in the region, consolidating these concerted regional efforts in a manner fully aligned with the WHO strategy for the prevention and control of snakebite envenoming.

Purpose of contract: The present Term of Reference aims to contract technical professional specialized on the subjects on snakebites and other venomous animals to provide technical cooperation, within PANAFTOSA/VPH-PAHO/WHO framework, with a technical role of supporting the coordination and management of the Project entitle “An integrative approach to improve the management of snakebite envenoming in Latin America”, aiming to improve access to antivenoms, to strength antivenom production and distribution capacities, to improve clinical diagnosis and envenoming treatment, and to improve the national epidemiological health surveillance programs in the region.

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES:

ACTIVITIES

Under the supervision of the Zoonosis Technical Advisor of PANAFTOSA/VPH-PAHO/WHO, the International Consultant will be responsible for the following activities:

To provide technical and administrative management to achieve the goals of the Project, integrate into the project coordination team at PANAFTOSA/VPH-PAHO/WHO, including support for planning, organization, management, and optimization of resource utilization.

To support the provision of input for the development and periodic revision of semiannual or annual Work Plans of the project, including budget programming and control, financial and work reports according to deadlines.

To carry out activities committed to the objectives of the project, managed by PANAFTOSA/VPH-PAHO/WHO, to be executed within established deadlines and in accordance with work plans.

To produce reports, oral presentations, support the preparation of technical documents, participate in meetings and technical events where the presence of professionals from this Coordination is necessary.

To collaborate with the P