The GSA Is Hiring - Apply Now to Become Our New Head of Regional Sepsis Alliances

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We are looking for a
Head of Regional Sepsis Alliances
to become our fourth team member. You will be working full-time (40h a week) at the World Sepsis Day Head Office in Berlin, Germany. Home office arrangements, particularly in Brussels, will be considered.

 

About Us

The Global Sepsis Alliance is an international non-profit charity organization with the mission to provide global leadership to reduce the worldwide burden of sepsis. The GSA is the initiator of World Sepsis Day on September 13 and World Sepsis Congress, a series of free online congresses bringing knowledge about sepsis to all parts of the world, among other initiatives.

The GSA works closely with its over 90 member organizations, patient advocacy groups, professional societies, healthcare authorities, and governments to implement changes on how sepsis is prioritized, diagnosed, and treated all around the world, as laid out by the WHO Resolution on Sepsis.

 

Tasks

  • Closely work with GSA Members, international stakeholders, and national governments to coordinate the implementation of the demands of the WHO Resolution on Sepsis

  • Support the creation, development, and implementation of national action plans

  • Support the creation and development of regional sepsis alliances, especially the European Sepsis Alliance and the African Sepsis Alliance

  • Represent the ESA towards EU policy makers (in Brussels and in national governments), in collaboration with GSA leadership, as Head of the European Sepsis Alliance

 

Requirements

  • Experience in project management, preferably with geographically dispersed teams

  • Experience in working in a government affairs role, ideally with a charitable

    organization/non-profit

  • Reliability and ability to work unsupervised

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and another European

    language (preferably German or French)

  • Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail

  • Basic knowledge of medical concepts and terms and experience in working with the

    medical community would be an advantage

 

We offer

  • Diversified, exciting challenge in the fast-growing healthcare sector

  • Opportunity to collaborate with renowned experts and key opinion leaders who are world-class in their particular area of expertise

  • Opportunity to help shape sustainable structures in this young non-profit organization with flat hierarchies

 

If you can identify yourself with the above requirements, we look forward to receiving your application documents via our website no later than Sunday, June 30th, 2019. We ensure absolute discretion. With equal qualifications, severely disabled are preferred.

Marvin Zick