Health Cluster Coordinator/Epidemiologist
Juba
- Organization: WHO - World Health Organization
- Location: Juba
- Grade: Level not specified - Level not specified
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Occupational Groups:
- Public Health and Health Service
- Development Cooperation and Sustainable Development Goals
- Medical Practitioners
- Humanitarian Aid and Coordination
- Protection Officer (Refugee)
- Malaria, Tuberculosis and other infectious diseases
- Managerial positions
- AF_SSD South Sudan
- Closing Date: Closed
- Provide technical guidance to HC partners on high impact public health interventions and analyze outcomes.
- Collect and analyze public health data relevant to the emergency in South Sudan, providing high quality epidemiologic analysis (disease outbreak in emergency settings) to inform relevant stakeholders and produce HC documents and advocacy alerts, using disaggregated data.
- Oversee the analysis and dissemination of the humanitarian public health Information, the health services and response gap analysis, and generate updated epidemiologic analytical reports as required, based on the existing databases and using disaggregated data.
- Participate in WHO Emergency program implementation including contribution to outbreak preparedness and response in the country
- Support capacity building initiatives by HC/WHE on health emergencies response for HC partners at national and state level
- Provide Oversight to the overall performance of HRP performance against agreed upon selected epidemiologic indicators
- Participate actively in developing programme planning process including public health indicators development and adherence to performance indicators regularly
- Conduct public health risk assessment and identify high risk counties/groups;
- Provide technical and coordination guidance on surveillance activities in HC priority counties
- Coordinate outbreak data (cases, contacts, deaths, laboratory results, actions) management and dissemination
- Prepare regular information products including daily situation reports on the evolution of the outbreak, ongoing and planned activities of the healthcluster prioritized locations.
- Contribute in the sensitization of HC partners on outbreak prevention and control including case detection and reporting process
- Contribute to field studies in epidemiology and surveillance.
- Advanced University Degree (Masters Level or above) in Medicine, Public Health or related fields, including training or certification in Health Cluster Coordination
- Training or certification in health project management
- A minimum of 7 years of experience in the field of Emergency Public Health and epidemiology at the international level with at least 5 years of health cluster coordination and collaborative partnerships in emergency and humanitarian relief operations, Capacity building and training in public health interventions including outbreak investigation, prevention and control of epidemic prone diseases including monitoring, oversight and evaluation of emergency health programs.
- Experience working with WHO, UN Agencies and other international non-governmental humanitarian organizations in crisis-affected settings/countries
- Demonstrated ability to conduct epidemiologic analysis, health cluster coordination deliverables and emergency public health interventions
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with national counterparts and country office staff at all levels
- Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office applications.
- Good general knowledge of enterprise resource planning systems.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
·Remuneration â this is a P4 Level consultancy with a monthly remuneration of $8,490 and Daily Subsistence Allowance of $128, reduced by half after the first 30 days.
·Only candidates under serious consideration will be contacted.
·A written test may be used as a form of screening.
·If your candidature is retained for interview, you will be required to provide, in advance, a scanned copy of the degree(s)/diploma(s)/certificate(s) required for this position. WHO only considers higher educational qualifications obtained from an institution accredited/recognized in the World Higher Education Database (WHED), a list updated by the International Association of Universities (IAU)/United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The list can be accessed through the link\: http\://www.whed.net/. Some professional certificates may not appear in the WHED and will require individual review.
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·WHO has a smoke-free environment and does not recruit smokers or users of any form of tobacco.
·Applications from women and from nationals of non and underrepresented Member States are particularly encouraged.
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·Consultants shall perform the work as independent contractors in a personal capacity, and not as a representative of any entity or authority. The execution of the work under a consultant contract does not create an employer/employee relationship between WHO and the Consultant.
·WHO shall have no responsibility whatsoever for any taxes, duties, social security contributions or other contributions payable by the Consultant. The Consultant shall be solely responsible for withholding and paying any taxes, duties, social security contributions and any other contributions which are applicable to the Consultant in in each location/jurisdiction in which the work hereunder is performed, and the Consultant shall not be entitled to any reimbursement thereof by WHO.
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