Introduction

The Fleming Fund (FF) is a U.K. Department of Health and Social Care programme to help low and middle-income countries fight Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). AMR poses a severe global threat, expected to cause 10 million deaths annually by 2050. With potential costs reaching $100 trillion, its impact on the global economy is significant. Fleming Fund Grants aim to tackle the AMR challenge in developing countries including Pakistan. The grants are funded by the UK Department of Health and Social Care and managed by Mott MacDonald for the country, regional and fellowship grants. Pakistan has received Fleming Fund support since 2019 in the form of two Country Grants, 9 Fellowships, and central and local procurement of equipment, reagents, and consumables. Between 2017 and the end of phase-1 of the program in March 2023, the program has provided financial support to grantees to establish and support local development of national AMR surveillance systems.

In partnership with the Fleming Fund, DAI's programme in Pakistan collaborates with the Pakistani government to strengthen systems using a “One Health” (OH) approach – a multisectoral approach to complex health problems that reaches across human health, animal health, and environment sectors. As global leaders in One Health, the DAI team helps incorporate One Health across programme interventions. DAI is helping Pakistan become a leader in combating antimicrobial resistance, and a model for better management of antimicrobials in human and animal populations. DAI and its consortium partners have successfully secured an additional round, Phase 2, of the Fleming Fund Country Grant in Pakistan which spans from January 2024 to December 2025. The Phase 2 of the FFCG programme focuses on achieving four intermediate outcomes: 1) Production of quality AMR/U/C and burden of disease data; 2) Conducting quality data analysis; 3) Sharing quality data analysis with decision-makers; and 4) Contributing to sustainable investments at both the country and global levels to counter AMR.

Position Summary

DAI Fleming Fund Country Grant Pakistan is seeking services of a social sector governance specialist who has conducted analytical research on poverty, inequality, economic growth, and human development in Pakistan and South Asia. 

Terms of Reference

• Providing vision for and senior leadership to ensure implementation and adoption of an integrated ‘One Health’ approach to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and antimicrobial use (AMU) surveillance between federal and provincial levels in both human health (HH) and animal health (AH) sectors.
• Thoroughly reviewed existing data sharing mechanisms (in AH and HH sectors) for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Gilgit Baltistan (GB), and Sindh provinces.
• Developing and implementing Dashboards to map the indicators relevant to AMU, AMR surveillance in human, animal health environment in KP and Sindh that need to be reported, consolidated and analyzed at provincial level for onwards reporting into the national network.
• Have provided technical support to strengthen and formalize AMR-related data sharing between the Department of Health and sentinel sites in the provinces.
• Supporting functional ‘One Health’ governance and coordination for AMR and AMU surveillance within KP, GB, and Sindh.
• Conducted AMR Political Economy Analyses (PEAs) and Stakeholder Mapping for KP, GB, and Sindh.
• Have developed and disseminated a “Policy Brief” including a description of the PEA, headline PEA findings, a summary of major challenges and recommendations for reducing AMR prevalence in KP, GB, and Sindh.
• Advocacy and conducting capacity building in AMR challenges and way forward to help mainstream the ‘One Health’ approach for more effective functioning of institutions, organizations and multisectoral governance structures for AMR and AMU surveillance.
• Coordination with the DAI provincial offices in KP, GB, and Sindh

Required Qualification and Experience

• At least a Masters/M.Phil. degree in Economics, Sociology, Political Science, Social Sciences
• At least five years of experience in coordination, planning, design, follow-up, report writing, and/or monitoring and evaluation.
• Demonstrated expertise (ability and experience) in leading coordination and working with multiple stakeholders to implement project activities.
• Demonstrated expertise (ability and experience) in advocacy planning/strategy development/execution.
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills in English and Urdu adaptable for difference audiences, including interpreting and condensing technical details or complicated terminology for mainstream public.
• Competent computer skills to perform essential functions using Microsoft Office products, multimedia editing, and graphic designing with preference for understanding of IT technology and having a technology writing background.
• Solid collaboration skills to work effectively with diverse stakeholders.
• Familiarity with AMR, Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA), and other multi sector health initiatives is an asset.
• Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment.
• Commitment and drive, with a clear focus on results.
• Ability to juggle competing priorities, whilst maintaining attention to detail and meeting deadlines.