National Surveillance Officer- Vector Borne Disease & Malaria at World Health Organization (WHO)


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We are the directing and coordinating authority on international health within the United Nations’ system. We do this by: providing leadership on matters critical to health and engaging in partnerships where joint action is needed; shaping the research agenda and stimulating the generation, translation and dissemination of valuable knowledge; setting norms and standards and promoting and monitoring their implementation; articulating ethical and evidence-based policy options; providing technical support, catalysing change, and building sustainable institutional capacity; and monitoring the health situation and assessing health trends. Leadership priorities For each 6-year programme of work priority areas are identified where our leadership is most needed.

  • Job Type: Full Time
  • Qualification: BA/BSc/HND , MBA/MSc/MA
  • Experience: 5 years
  • Location: Not specified
  • Job Field: Medical / Healthcare  , NGO/Non-Profit 

Under the direct supervision of the UCN Cluster Lead,

The incumbent will perform the following duties:

  • Strengthen national malaria and other vector borne disease surveillance systems, including other health information systems for generation of strategic information for evidence-based targeting of malaria interventions for enhanced malaria burden reduction, through adoption, adaptation and application of relevant WHO norms and standards, guidelines, manuals and tools and appropriate technologies and e-platforms
  • Ensure availability of quality data, and use of analytics for planning and decision making at national and sub-national levels
  • Build capacity on the use of surveillance, monitoring and evaluation and other health data for malaria subnational tailoring of intervention using data triangulation for stratification
  • Guide evidence-based targeting and micro-stratification at community or high-risk areas with appropriate antimalarial interventions.
  • Monitor the impact of interventions, performance of programme at national and sub-national levels to guide programmatic strategies for enhanced impact.
  • Contribute to documentation and publication of best practices on the use of available evidence for targeting interventions at national and subnational levels
  • Undertake any other functions assigned

RECRUITMENT PROFILE

Competencies: Generic (Describe the core, management or leadership competencies required – See WHO competency model – list in order of priority, commencing with the most important ones)

 Teamwork

  • Respecting and promoting individual and cultural differences
  • Communication
  • Producing results
  • Moving forward in a changing environment

Competencies: Management

  • Technical
  • Producing results
  • Fostering integration and teamwork
  • Communicating in a credible and effective way
  • Creating an empowering and motivating environment
  • Moving forward in a changing environment

For all positions  that  possess  Managerial/Supervisory  responsibilities,  an  additional mandatory Management Competency is required

Functional Skills and Knowledge (Describe skills and knowledge specific to the post):

  • Broad knowledge of the principles and practices of communicable disease epidemiology with specific experience in malaria surveillance and operational research
  • Experience with spatial statistical methods and epidemiological data analysis for infectious diseases
  • Proven skills in the analysis of routine disease surveillance data
  • Proven experience in the development and evaluation of systems, policies, strategies, guidelines and tools for disease control and/or elimination
  • Proven skills and knowledge in the development and evaluation of disease surveillance systems in a public health setting
  • Demonstrated skills in capacity building, especially the training of health workers
  • Presentation and communication skills 
  • Proven skills in modeling and use of analytics for programme decisions    

Education (Qualifications)

  • Essential: University degree in epidemiology or biostatistics, or other relevant health-related fields
  • Desirable: Master’s degree in epidemiology or biostatistics, or other relevant health-related fields

Experience

  • Essential: Five (5) years of experience in the development and evaluation of national disease surveillance systems.
  • Desirable:  Experience in National Health Surveillance Systems. Expert knowledge in modelling and geospatial analysis

Method of Application

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