1. Post
Job title: Technical Officer Country Programmes – Epidemiologist
Number of posts: 50 (Fifty)
Grade: P2
Directorate: Regional Coordinating Centres
Supervisor: Head of Surveillance and Disease Intelligence Division -Africa CDC
Duty Station: Multiple Duty Stations in AU Member States
Job purpose:
The Epidemiologists will be attached to the MoH/NPHI and will be responsible for surveillance and epidemiological investigations of priority epidemic-prone diseases and other public health threats, and support national programs and facilitate the Africa CDC support to the country.
Major Duties and Responsibilities:
The Technical Officer Country Programmes-Epidemiologist shall perform the following major duties and responsibilities:
• Apply knowledge of regional epidemiological and disease patterns to collect and analyze event-based surveillance data needed by decision-makers within the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), African Union Commission and Member States.
• Utilizing standard operating procedures for scanning, analysis, source verification, and reporting activities for public health events within Africa and those outside Africa with the potential of spreading within the continent.
• Manage event-based surveillance and other public health data and information, including the maintenance of a tracking database tool to log potential leads and follow-up activities.
• Support in the development and dissemination of surveillance bulletins to member states, Africa CDC, the African Union Commission, and Ministries of Health that summarize the most recent disease signals detected through media and informal channels, using event-based surveillance, and other public health data and information.
• Establish and maintain a network of contacts within international, country-level, and local public health organizations, and others to assist with additional information gathering, to confirm or eliminate potential leads, and to engage in other event-based surveillance activities.
• Keep the integrity and confidentiality of public health intelligence data, contacts, and other relevant information that you obtain in the course of your work.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge on even-based surveillance tools and practices, including use of Internet-based search tools and establishing event characterization and reporting systems.