Surveillance Technical Advisor

The Surveillance Technical Advisor will work in close collaboration with the Jhpiego’s Country GHS Project Leads and other technical, program and finance staff to provide overall technical and programmatic oversight of indicator-based, community, and event-based surveillance activities. Advisor will support the project team as well as provide leadership to country-based staff to strengthen surveillance activities.

This position is a part of the Global Health Security team, which sits within TLI. Jhpiego is a global leader in health systems strengthening and is implementing a project ‘Enhancing Global Health Security’ through funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This award builds on ongoing CDC-funded investments to ensure global health security (GHS).

Responsibilities:

• Provide technical oversight for the implementation of surveillance activities under the CDC project, including provision of technical assistance to Global Fund for AIDS, TB and malaria Principal Recipients (PRs) and Sub-Recipients (SRs) of COVID-19 funds
• Facilitate dissemination of lessons learned in GHS across Jhpiego, including production, submission, and/or presentations, coordinating with other projects within the organization, write success stories, etc.

Special Skills, Knowledge & Abilities:

• Knowledge and expertise in Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR)
• Proficiency in analysis, interpretation and visualization of data
  
• Demonstrated skills in training, transfer of skills and development of competencies
  
• Proven ability to multitask across various planning and implementation processes within a demanding environment
  
• Strong organizational skills and a team player
  
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
  
• Versed in statistical analysis using R, Python, Epi Info, SAS, SPSS or similar
  
• Experience with full suite of Office 365
  
• Ability to travel up to 40% time
  

Minimum Qualifications

• French language skills
• Advanced degree in epidemiology, nursing, medicine or other health science

• 5 years' public health surveillance, outbreak investigation and response experience at national, regional or international level

• Additional experience may substitute for some education to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous experience working on CDC-funded projects
• Experience working in humanitarian settings
• Experience in development of protocols and implementation of public health evaluations
• Field Epidemiology Training Program experience

The successful candidate(s) for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background check.

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