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Position Title:Case Management Specialist / Epidemiologist
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Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Organization:Malaria Consortium (MC)
Employment Type:Full Time Permanent
Reports to :Africa Technical Director
Length of contract :2 years
Department: Technical
Application Deadline:04/02/2015 23:59
ORGANIZATIONAL BACKGROUND
Malaria Consortium is one of the world's leading non-profit organisations
dedicated to the comprehensive control of malaria and other communicable
diseases in Africa and Southeast Asia. Malaria Consortium works with
communities, government and non-government agencies, academic institutions,
local and international organisations, to ensure good evidence supports
delivery of effective services, providing technical support for monitoring and
evaluation of programmes and activities for evidence-based decision-making and
strategic planning. The organisation works to improve not only the health of
the individual, but also the capacity of national health systems, which helps
relieve poverty and support improved economic prosperity.
Malaria Consortium (MC) manages a wide range of communicable disease
projects in a number of countries. These projects range from technical support
to central governments to direct implementation of projects for the control of
malaria, pneumonia, diarrhoeal diseases, tuberculosis and neglected tropical
diseases at district and community levels. Malaria Consortium is looking to
expand its case management cluster with a highly competent and motivated communicable
disease case management specialist to provide technical support and oversight
to country offices on case management relating to its broad communicable
disease portfolio. The position is based at the regional office in Kampala,
Uganda, but an alternative location can be considered in exceptional
circumstances
JOB PURPOSE
The post holder shall work with the Africa Technical Director to provide
technical inputs and oversight in the area of malaria case management and
disease epidemiology in the region, also to provide technical inputs in the
projects with infectious disease surveillance components, provide inputs to
progress reports and scientific papers. The post holder will provide this
support to projects in the Africa regional portfolio.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Provide advice to malaria consortium field staff, implementing partners
on relevant projects and other stakeholders on the diagnosis and treatment of
malaria and other communicable diseases, including childhood fevers and
neglected tropical diseases and
all other clinical aspects of case management to Malaria Consortium
programmes in Africa.
2.
3. Provide technical assistance to Ministries of Health in policy, strategy
and work plan development, support the conduct of clinical audits and evaluations
relating to communicable disease management.
4. As part of the regional team, work in collaboration with Africa
technical director and M&E specialists to provide technical support to the
portfolio of Malaria Consortium projects in the interpretation of results from
surveys and disease surveillance activities.
5. Support capacity building for relevant technical staff across the
portfolio of projects in the area of infectious disease epidemiology and
control.
6. Support capacity building of country technical coordinators
7. Provide thought leadership and explore opportunities to strengthen the
application of epidemiological concept in the design of projects
8. Contribute to business development efforts and the design of technical
proposals
9. Provide inputs into Malaria Consortium Knowledge Management content and
strategy at Regional and Global levels
10. Contribute to coordination efforts within the case management cluster
11. Contribute to operational research work across the portfolio of
projects
12. Contribute to publication efforts in peer review journals
PERSON SPECIFICATION
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
· Clinical background (public health nurse or doctor) and experience in
malaria case management
· Post-graduate degree in epidemiology or related area with at least 5
years’ similar International experience.
· Research and publication experience.
· At least 10 years field experience in developing country setting.
WORK BASED SKILLS & COMPETENCIES
ESSENTIAL:
· Demonstrable technical writing skills
· Excellent written and oral communication skills.
· Advanced knowledge of statistical and data management software, especially
Stata and EpiData.
· Advanced skills in the use of Microsoft Office software.
· Willingness to work within a team of technical specialists
DESIRABLE:
· Proficiency in French or Portuguese as well as English
OTHER KEY INFORMATION
Travel involved Up to 40% to countries in the region
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