Careers at PATH

Responsibilities:

• Provide support and oversight for the day-to-day implementation of surveillance activities across numerous countries in the STRIDES portfolio.
• Help with the development, coordination, and implementation of surveillance activities outlined in the program workplan. This includes epidemiological and laboratory surveillance for zoonotic, epidemic-, and pandemic-prone diseases, as well as outbreak investigations at national, regional, and international levels.
• Provide technical oversight to country-based technical staff to ensure project activities align with work plans and meet quality standards.
• Review and revise project and donor reports and draft publications and external communication as needed
• Coordinate and work with a diverse group of organizations, such as ministries of health, district health staff, international and national development partner organizations, across assigned geographies.
• Demonstrate good judgment in selecting methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for obtaining solutions, with little supervision.
• Provide input to national guidelines and normative policies, advising governments and partners on best practices in surveillance.
• Serve as a regional and country backstop, for technical implementation of infectious disease surveillance activities, ensuring alignment with Joint External Evaluation results, International Health Regulations (IHR), and other global standards.
• Participate in travel and support in country where needed.
• Ensure timely production and dissemination of high-quality data and information, including situation reports, bulletins, and health risk assessments. Coordinate with technical and program staff to maintain compliance with award requirements and organizational policies.
• Support internal learning and development of infectious disease surveillance activities within PATH.
• Providing support across infectious diseases surveillance activities as directed by the Senior STRIDES Technical team where needed.

Required qualifications and experience:

• Master’s degree or its International Equivalent in epidemiology, public health, veterinary medicine or related field from a recognized institution, with veterinary public health background preferred
• At least 5 years of international experience applying epidemiological principles and methods in the design, implementation, and management of surveillance systems. Experience should include epidemiological analysis, training, and research.
• At least 3 years of experience working on large USG-funded projects.
• Demonstrated experience in zoonotic diseases, surveillance systems, and outbreak investigation and control globally.
• Experience supporting national and regional infectious disease surveillance projects, including multi-country coordination.
• Experience in supporting infectious disease surveillance and global health security projects in strongly preferred.
• In-depth knowledge and practical expertise in public health issues, epidemiological principles, and surveillance systems, techniques, and procedures.
• Proven ability to foster cross-country collaboration in epidemiology, surveillance, and response.
• Ability to analyze information, identify problems and recommend solutions or adjustments that consider a country’s individual context.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in complex environments with multiple tasks, short deadlines, and a strong emphasis on quality.
• Strong analytical skills, and experience with DHIS2 use and tool development.
• Relevant publications, presentations, reports.
• Prior work experience in a non-governmental organization (NGO), government agency, or private organization.

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Responsibilities:

• Provide support and oversight for the integration of indicator/event/community-based surveillance (IBS/EBS/CBS), antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and laboratory data streams across human and animal health, into national digital platforms (e.g., DHIS2, SORMAS), ensuring interoperability and alignment with global standards.
• Lead the development of interoperability architecture connecting DHIS2 with priority systems (e.g., LIMS, SORMAS, EWARS).
• Develop and maintain integrations between DHIS2 and other systems using APIs and web services.
• Build and optimize ETL pipelines for data extraction, transformation, and loading from multiple sources (including DHIS2).
• Implement data quality checks and ensure the integrity and reliability of data workflows.
• Design, develop, and maintain interactive dashboards using tools such as Power BI or Superset.
• Contribute and gradually lead the design and development of new applications or features using programming languages (Python, Java, JavaScript, or SQL).
• Work with regional and country teams to conduct assessments of surveillance architecture, data flows, and system interoperability across human and animal health sectors.
• Assist with the development of secure data-sharing protocols and governance frameworks to support multisectoral collaboration and sustainability.
• Collaborate with government stakeholders and partners to ensure HIS systems are responsive to national priorities and sustainably institutionalized.
• Facilitate regular data-sharing forums and technical workshops to review outputs, troubleshoot issues, and promote coordination across sectors.
• Support country and partner technical staff to ensure project activities are on track and informed by technical expertise.
• Review and revise project and donor reports; contribute to publications, external communications, and technical documentation.

Required Skills and Experience:

• Master’s degree or international equivalent in information systems, health informatics, computer science, epidemiology, public health, or a related field.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in HIS implementation, digital health systems, and surveillance strengthening in LMICs.
• 3+ years hands-on experience with DHIS2 configuration and Web API.
• Proven experience with DHIS2, SORMAS, or similar platforms for health data management & visualization.
• Proven experience integrating at least two external systems (i.e. DHIS2, LIMS, LMIS, CRVS, surveillance).
• Strong knowledge of REST APIs, JSON, XML, interoperability standards, middleware platforms and SQL.

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• The Infectious Disease Surveillance Advisor must meet or exceed the required qualifications listed below. This individual should be a subject matter expert who will assist with the technical surveillance aspects of the project, including developing and implementing policies and processes, and ensuring quality delivery of service on surveillance activities in Kenya and South Sudan.  

Responsibilities include: 

• Assist with the day to day technical and operational aspects of projects in Kenya (approximately 60%) and South Sudan (approximately 40%). 
• Support the development, coordination, and implementation of the surveillance activities in the programmatic workplan including but not limited to epidemiological surveillance, laboratory surveillance of zoonotic, epidemic- and pandemic-prone diseases, as well as outbreak investigation at national and subnational levels in Kenya and South Sudan. 
• Support regional technical staff members ensuring that project activities are on track with work plans, with technical expertise informing project implementation. 
• Review and revise project and donor reports and draft publications and external communication. 
• Coordinate and work with a diverse group of organizations, such as ministries of health, district health staff, international and national development partner organizations, etc. 
• Demonstrate good judgment in selecting methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for obtaining solutions, with little supervision. 
• Provide input on national guidelines and normative policies for subject matter areas of expertise 
• Serve as a technical expert on animal and human disease surveillance aligning with Joint External Evaluation results, International Health Regulations, and other global guidelines. 
• Assist with the production and timely dissemination of high-quality relevant data and information, including internal and external situation reports (SitReps), the bulletins, health risk assessments. Coordinate with technical and programmatic staff members to ensure that activities are performed as per award requirements and consistent with policy. 
• Support internal learning and development of infectious disease surveillance activities within PATH 

Required qualifications and experience: 

• Master’s degree or its International Equivalent in Knowledge/Information in epidemiology, public health, veterinary medicine or related field from a recognized institution. 
• At least 5 years of relevant experience international experience in activities related to the application of epidemiological principles and methods in the design, implementation and management of surveillance systems; epidemiological analysis; training; and research. 
• Experience working on large USG-funded projects or technical implementation. 
• Demonstrated ability coordinating staff across multiple projects simultaneously. 
• Experience in One Health, zoonotic diseases, surveillance systems, and outbreak investigation and control in Kenya and South Sudan. 
• In depth knowledge of, and practical expertise in, public health issues and trends, epidemiological theory, principles and practices and surveillance techniques, systems and procedures. 
• Knowledge and skills in supporting cooperation among countries for health development in the areas of epidemiology, surveillance and response. 
• Ability to analyze information, identify problems and recommend solutions or adjustments that take into account the particular situations in different countries. 
• Ability to work in a complex environment with multiple tasks, short deadlines, and an emphasis on quality.