Spécialiste en Santé Publique / Public Health Specialist

Description de l'offre

US Embassy Dakar hiring Public Health Specialist.

Salary: 31,324,979 CFA/year

Closing date: 17 September 2024

Duties

• The Public Health Specialist (Surveillance) is the emerging diseases survey and disease surveillance portfolio manager.
• Job holder is the Epidemiologist responsible for providing technical expertise and assistance to the Ministry of Health (MOH) and other participating partners in the design, implementation and strengthening of routine disease surveillance systems and the conduct of large, complex surveys designed to measure reportable infectious diseases and other indicators of importance to evaluating the impact of disease control programs.
• Carrying out these functions requires public health technical knowledge, results-oriented data analysis, advocacy, and the ability to facilitate communication and maintain collaborative working relationships with partner organizations.
• Job holder reports directly to the CDC Country Director or other CDC official in charge of GHS and plays an active leadership role in Technical Working Groups (TWG) and/or the Multi-sectored Technical Group.

Job requirements

• Master’s (Master of Public Health (MPH), Master of Science Public Health (MSHP) Degree or host country equivalent in public health, medicine, public health policy, epidemiology, demography, or behavioral science is required.
• Five years of mid- to senior-level public health experience in the management and development of epidemiological surveillance and/or large-scale surveys of disease prevention, treatment, or care programs are required. One additional year of experience at the managerial level is required.
• Job holder is required to have detailed knowledge of research methods and the collection, analysis and presentation of public health/epidemiologic data in order to plan, design, direct the implementation of and strengthen procedures for collection, analysis and dissemination of emerging disease epidemiological data. This includes knowledge of the principles, theories and practices of USG and internationally recognized standards for surveillance and survey regulations and procedures.
• Detailed knowledge of the host government health care system and structures including familiarity with Ministry of Health policies, program priorities and regulations is required.
• Good working knowledge of team management techniques to plan, organize and direct multi-disciplinary project teams and activities is required.
• Good working knowledge of overall administrative requirements in development and support of grants, contracts, memoranda of understanding and cooperative agreements is required.
• Level III (good working knowledge, speaking, writing) in English is required. Level IV (fluency-speaking/reading/writing) in French is required. (This may be tested)

Skills and abilities

• Strong analytical skills to readily understand and discuss new surveillance program design, management, and implementation approaches are required.
• This includes the development of evaluation designs, use of reliable and valid instruments, and methods for data collection, analysis and reports.
• Excellent oral and written communications skills are required to develop and maintain effective, sustainable working relationships with national and international working partners and to prepare substantive and analytical reporting.
• Strong management skills are required to operate independently with limited direct supervision of day-to-day activities and to lead results-driven project teams and workgroups.
• Excellent overall computer skills (keyboarding with both speed and accuracy) and advanced skill levels in use of at least one of the more common epidemiologic data analysis software (EPINFO, STATA, SAS, or SPSS) is required.
• Excellent numerical skills for manipulating and reporting statistical data is required. Experience in the setting of computer software development standards, specifications and guidelines as well as experience working within already set standards to implement IT solutions is required.
• The incumbent will be expected to exercise tact in applying agency guidelines to unique and different public health surveillance activities, as surveillance programs and surveys are highly complex and can be threatening to stakeholders.
• Ability to persuade others, ingenuity and innovation will be required to influence collaborative organizations engaged in disease prevention, treatment and care programs to adopt appropriate strategies for improving the surveillance and survey process.