Consultant Epidemiologist Respiratory Disease – Band level B
Description of Duties
Under the technical guidance of the EMP Programme
Manager, the PIP Programme Manager and overall supervision of the EPR Regional
Emergencies Director, the incumbent will be expected to perform the following
duties:
- Support the establishment of
integrated influenza/SARS CoV-2 sentinel surveillance in countries;
- Support countries on implementing
PIP PC regional activities to strengthen capacities for estimations of
Burden of Disease, PISA and epidemic threshold measurements;
- Provide support and guidance to
countries for the development of National Pandemic Influenza Preparedness
Plans;
- Provide technical support to
Member States for reporting virological and epidemiological data and
developing bulletins/reports for public health information and advocacy at
Regional and National level;
- Support the strengthening of
influenza epidemiological surveillance in countries, including training
activities, as needed.
- Coordinate the development of
best practices on influenza epidemiological surveillance and response in
the African Region and ensure all relevant materials pertaining to
influenza preparedness and response (reports, plans, SOPs and other
information products) are available for Member States.
- Any other duties that may be
assigned by the supervisor(s)
Expected outputs from his/her work include
- Enhanced capacities of selected
Member States on integrated influenza virological and epidemiological
surveillance,
- Availability of all influenza
materials and information products to Member States,
- Additional countries are
regularly reporting influenza virological and epidemiological data
including PISA and Burden of Disease estimates
- Effective roll-out of relevant
activities for PIP framework High Level Implementation Plan in the region.
Educational
Qualifications
- An undergraduate degree with a
post graduate degree or training in Public Health, Epidemiology or a
related science from a recognized university.
Experience
- At least 5 years’ experience in
surveillance, preparedness and response of infectious diseases.
Desirable
- Experience in WHO or the UN
system.
- Experience in surveillance of
respiratory viruses.
- Experience in reporting
epidemiological and surveillance data for public health decision making.
Skills/Knowledge
- Good knowledge and technical
expertise in infectious disease surveillance, control and prevention, in
particular for influenza.
- Excellent communication and
facilitation skills. Excellent organizational and analytical skills,
complemented by good interpersonal and presentation skills.
- Effective writing of technical
documents and computer literacy.
Languages and level
required
Excellent knowledge of English or French or
Portuguese and a good working knowledge of one of the other languages.
How to Apply
