Fellow, Early Detection and Early Action for Epidemics and Pandemics at International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)

Job Duties and Responsibilities

Direct technical and operational support to responding countries

• Remote and in-person (in-country) support to countries responding to epidemics, including support for response planning, training, implementation, supervision, and development/implementation of quality assurance systems.
• Support lessons learning and after-action reviews (AAR) of outbreak response operations, including developing an outbreak-specific AAR methodology.

Development and implementation of data-driven decision-making approaches for cholera and other epidemic diseases

• Support development and roll-out of tools to track and proactively manage outbreak response activity implementation performance, with a focus on quality of implementation, and appropriateness of intervention locations relative to disease transmission and burden patterns.

Tools development

• Based on a continuous learning process with responding National Societies, develop and improve trainings and tools to support improved future responses.

Validation and Dissemination

• Present preliminary findings during an online workshop with IFRC, National Societies.

Alignment to the IFRC’s Strategy 2030

• The fellowship aligns with the IFRC’s Strategy 2030 as it directly supports the achievement of the Federation’s Global Aims:

Global Aim 1: People anticipate, respond to and quickly recover from crisis.

• The fellowship strengthens community responses to epidemics

Management of fellowship

• The fellow will be technically managed by the Senior Officer, Public Health in Emergencies and line co-managed by the health and operations focal points in the country where s/he is operating. There will be significant coordination with the Global Cholera Coordinator and colleagues in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene unit.

Time allocation

Until 31 December 2026

Education

Required

• Currently enrolled in a graduate, post-graduate, research programme or equivalent level of study in a relevant area. 

Knowledge, Skills and Languages

Required

• Fluently spoken and written English.

Preferred

• Good command of another IFRC official language (French, Spanish or Arabic).