Surveillance Officer at University of California San Francisco (UCSF)

Job Description

We are recruiting an individual through our affiliated international NGO ‘Global Programs for Research & Training’ to serve as a Surveillance Officer for our projects. This position requires a one-year commitment, with the potential for extension at the end of the period, subject to funding availability.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Under the supervision of the Medical Epidemiologist, the surveillance officer will work with the UCSF Surveillance team, the Global Programs in-country Surveillance team to:
• Participate in planning, designing and implementation of surveillance activities in collaboration with the MOH at national and county levels and their partners.
• Participate in the development of protocols, data collection tools, and implementation of surveillance activities and surveys.
• Support data analysis, interpretation, summarization and dissemination of data from surveys and surveillance activities.
• Participate in the creation and implementation of data dissemination tools for routinely collected data including the dashboards for county and national level data.
• Assist in the development, revision, evaluation and updating of surveillance systems as well as standardizing reporting procedures.
• Supports the MOH in data utilization for program improvement and planning.

Minimum Requirements:

• A Master’s degree in public health or relevant field is required.
• Minimum of three years of progressive professional experience in public health surveillance.
• Experience with HIV/STI programs preferred.
• Demonstrated understanding of survey design and basic data analysis
• Experience in writing and updating protocols and procedures relating to surveillance data
  collection, storage, reporting, sharing and dissemination.
• Knowledge of concepts of public health, epidemiology and surveillance.
• Demonstrated oral and written communication skills.
• Availability to travel in-country to support MOH and its partners in the planning, implementation and monitoring of surveillance activities.
• Fluency in English and Kiswahili is required.

Other Desired Skills/Qualities:

• Ability to prioritize, work under deadlines, work with minimal supervision and multitask.
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Ability to summarize disparate information in a clear and concise manner
• Working knowledge of statistical software (e.g., STATA, SAS, R, etc.) preferred.
• Excellent computer skills, including word processing and excel