Surveillance Specialist at FHI360 NGO

Technical Responsibilities:

• Collaborates with health officials, national and regional institutions, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and international donors to design, implement, monitor and evaluate surveillance strengthening activities.
• Serves as point person for EGHS work in country including leading planning, development, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation of project surveillance activities.
• Provides technical assistance to project partners to implement surveillance activities.
• Identifies challenges and develops strategies for effective implementation of surveillance related activities.
• Provides support to review and update existing surveillance systems and toolkits
• Provides technical assistance to strengthen national expertise to manage health management information system platforms, analyze data and produce surveillance reports and other visualizations aligned with evidence-based practices and international standards.
• Represents the project on national technical working groups, as appropriate, and maintain contacts with other organizations engaged in GHSA activities.
• Coordinates with EGHS team in other countries to ensure commonalities and experience sharing within the project and across countries
• Contributes to the preparation of required reports.

Applied Knowledge And Skills

• In-depth knowledge of and experience in national/regional infectious disease surveillance
• Demonstrated experience implementing field-based surveillance methodology including analysis of epidemiologic investigation data
• Awareness of the mechanisms and strategies that are being deployed under the Global Health Security Agenda and other similar mechanisms to combat emerging infectious disease threats.
• Knowledge and previous work experience with joint external evaluations (JEE) and improvement strategies at country level
• Proficiency with data management software (DHIS 2 or other information systems)
• Sensitivity to cultural diversity and understanding of the political, contextual, and ethical issues in assigned areas.
• Excellent interpersonal and analytical skills.
• Excellent and demonstrated project management skills.
• Ability to network and collaborate with others in a sophisticated multi-partner context.
• Demonstrated proficiency with using Microsoft Office Suite required.
• Ability to analyze and interpret data, identify errors, and prepare reports.
• Ability to solve problems and implement corrective action as needed.

Education And Experience

• Master’s degree or international equivalent in medicine, public health, or related field
• At least 6 years of relevant experience in infectious disease surveillance.
• Demonstrated experience implementing field-based surveillance methodology including analysis of epidemiologic investigation data
• Demonstrated report writing and presentation skills
• Experience working effectively with government counterparts at national and regional levels.
• Proven interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively in a team.
• Experience collaborating on projects and coordinating efforts with other program staff, other international health agencies, and private and non-profit organizations