Surveillance Specialist - Jhpiego

Jhpiego

  • Accra
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 1 month ago
Jhpiego is an international, non-profit health organisation affiliated with the Johns Hopkins University. For 50 years and over and in over 155 countries, Jhpiego has worked to prevent the needless deaths of women and their families. Jhpiego works with health experts, governments and community leaders to provide high-quality health care for their people. Jhpiego develops strategies to help countries care for themselves by training competent health care workers, strengthening health systems and improving delivery of care.Jhpiego designs innovative, effective and low-cost health care solutions to ensure a level of care for women and their families. These practical, evidence-based interventions are breaking down barriers to high-quality health care for the world’s most vulnerable populations.Job Description
  • Reports to: RISE Project Director
  • Supervises: Surveillance Specialist
Duties and Responsibilities
  • Provide technical oversight for the implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of public health policies and programs pertaining to surveillance of emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases, particularly those with epidemic and pandemic potential at POEs
  • Strengthen the capacity of surveillance officers at the district level, such as the training of surveillance officers on the new Integrated Disease Surveillance and Reporting (IDSR) guidelines, EWARS, and availing the updated guidelines
  • Support the Ghana Health Service to deliver event-based surveillance and other technical support in response to outbreaks
  • Support and organise the deployment of surge teams at vulnerable POE sites such as Aflao Port
  • Enhance the compilation and submission of IDSR data
  • Conduct regular field supervision visits to POEs, routinely mentoring health teams in counties with POEs for the detection and response to outbreaks
  • Undertake other leadership, coordination and management activities relevant to the project
[ad]Required Skills or ExperienceQualifications, Knowledge, Experience, Skills and Abilities
  • Degree in medicine, health sciences or related field
  • Masters’ degree in Epidemiology, Statistics or similar
  • Field Epidemiology Training Program graduate preferred
  • At least five years’ related experience, at the national level, in quantitative epidemiology and the implementation of public health surveillance, outbreak investigation, and response in humanitarian settings
  • At least three years’ experience in leading and managing donor-funded programs and teams
  • Demonstrated experience working with USG programs and strong familiarity with USG reporting requirements.
  • Technical expertise in disease surveillance of infectious diseases
  • Experience in disease outbreak response and familiarity with IHR (2005) is an advantage
  • Knowledge and experience of integrated disease surveillance and reporting (IDSR) guidelines and operating mechanisms
  • Proficiency in analysis. Interpretation and visualisation of data
  • Demonstrated skills in training/orientating teams on active and passive surveillance
  • Proven ability to multitask across various planning and implementation processes within a highly demanding environment.
  • Excellent writing, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills in English.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Epi-Info, DHIS2, and other reporting platforms
  • Ability and willingness to travel in the country

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