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Qualifications
Purpose of consultancy
To provide technical expertise to deliver on the surveillance pillar of the defeat meningitis by 2030 roadmap at all levels of the organization by enhancing e-surveillance implementation and disease surveillance standards.ย
Background
In 2020, the WHA adopted the defeating meningitis by 2030 roadmap. Within this roadmap, three visionary goals were set: 1) to eliminate bacterial meningitis epidemics, 2) to reduce cases of vaccine-preventable bacterial meningitis by 50% and deaths by 70%, and 3) to reduce disability and improve quality of life after meningitis due to any cause. The consultant will focus their work on the first two goals of the roadmap, specifically within the pillar of disease surveillance.
Deliverables
The consultant is expected to conduct most activities within the contract with little supervision while working collaboratively with the rest of the meningitis teams in HQ and the region.
- Deliverable 1: develop the meningitis SMART guidelines in conjunction with the Surveillance Systems Department by the end of the consultancy.
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Deliverable 2: throughout the consultancy, coordinate the DHIS2 developers group by coordinating the development of the technical products and the administrative procedures of the developers group.
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Deliverable 3: implement jointly with AFRO the DHIS2 the implementation of the DHIS2-developed dashboards for automatic sitreps and ICG requests in four countries in the AFRO region.
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Deliverable 4: implement jointly with EMRO the implementation of the e-surveillance dashboards in two countries in EMRO.
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Deliverable 5: by the end of the consultancy, write a manuscript for a peer-reviewed publication about the e-surveillance project with examples from the countries.ย
Qualifications, experience, skills and languages
Educational Qualifications
Essential:
- A first university degree in epidemiology, demography, statistics, health sciences, medicine/veterinary sciences or a related discipline that includes quantitative methods.
- An advanced university degree in a health-related field or epidemiology.
- Completion of a field epidemiology training programme (FETP).
Desirable:
- PhD in one of the above-related areas.
Experience
Essential:
- Five to seven years of relevant experience at national and international levels, including demonstrated roles in implementing public health surveillance and data analysis methods.ย
Desirable:
- Experience working with WHO, especially at the regional or national level.
- Experience using DHIS2, with a main focus on developing DHIS2 dashboards and questionnaires.ย If no experience with DHIS2 is available, experience with other dashboards, electronic data collection tools, and statistical software (R, Stata, SAS) would also be desirable.
Skills/Knowledge
Essential:
- Management of surveillance systems and development of surveillance workflows and questionnaires.
- Survey setting skills to develop sampling strategies and associated questionnaires.
- Use of statistical software for data analysis such as R.
Languages and level required
Essential:
- Expert knowledge of English
- Intermediate knowledge of French
Desirable:
- Expert knowledge of ย French
- Intermediate knowledge of Arabic or Spanish
Locationย
Offsite: Home-basedย
Travelย
The consultant is expected to travel. ย
Remuneration and budget (travel costs are excluded)
Remuneration
Band level B: USD 7,000 - 9,980 per month
Living expenses (A living expense is payable to on-site consultants who are internationally recruited)
N/A
Expected duration of contract
Contract duration varies from 1-11 months. Additional contracts may be offered based on programme needs and availability of funds.
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- Five to seven years of relevant experience at national and international levels, including demonstrated roles in implementing public health surveillance and data analysis methods.ย
- PhD in one of the above-related areas.