Epidemiology Activity Manager 211 views0 applications

Fixed Term Nigeria Medical/Health Print


Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) is an independent international medical humanitarian organisation that delivers emergency aid in more than 60 countries to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural or man-made disasters or exclusion from healthcare.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Epidemiology Activity Manager

Location: Abuja
Contract: 208 working hours per month
Possibility of extension: Yes
Contract Period: Six Months

Main Purpose

  • Defining, coordinating and monitoring the epidemiological activities, ensuring the development of appropriate methodology and the quality of studies according to MSF protocols, standards and procedures in order to identify risk factors for diseases and to determine the optimal treatment approaches to clinical practice and the preventive medicine to be used in the missions.

Job Description

  • Carry out key epidemiological activities in outbreak investigation and advising on the operational response
  • Implementing and maintaining a surveillance system to monitor epidemiological trends of relevant outbreak-prone diseases.
  • Monitoring and Implementing initial Assessment for emergency, rapid health assessments and baseline or follow-up surveys.
  • Preparing and adapting routine documentation (survey forms, training materials, letters of request / notification, locally appropriate consent forms etc.) with support of HQ epidemiologist.
  • Managing data systems and ensuring accurate, high quality databases; analyzing results and preparing regular written reports on progress and findings for medical coordinator / HQ
  • Providing training sessions to medical teams on relevant aspects of epidemiology to enhance team response capacity
  • Advising the MSF medical team on epidemiological matters that arise during their activity research, and when necessary, designing and implementing epidemiological tools and data collection to meet new epidemiological needs.

Requirements
Education:

  • Medical Doctor (preferable), Nurse or Biomedical background with a Degree (or Masters) in Epidemiology or Public Health with extensive training in Statistics and Epidemiology.

Experience:

  • At least three (3)  years of tropical medicine experience (having assumed coordination position is a plus) Experience in field epidemiology.

Knowledge:

  • Use of epidemiology related analytical software (excel, Epi-info, STATA or SPSS).

Language:

  • Mission language essential.

Contract:

  • 208 working hours per month.

Salary
N618, 276 gross / month.

Application Closing Date
29th October, 2021.

Note: MSF encourages Women and people with Disabilities to Apply.

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Médecins Sans Frontières

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) was founded in 1971 in France by a group of doctors and journalists in the wake of war and famine in Biafra. Their aim was to establish an independent organisation that focuses on delivering emergency medicine aid quickly, effectively and impartially.

Doctors Without Borders

Three hundred volunteers made up the organisation when it was founded: doctors, nurses and other staff, including the 13 founding doctors and journalists.

MSF was created in the belief that all people should have access to healthcare regardless of gender, race, religion, creed or political affiliation, and that people’s medical needs outweigh respect for national boundaries. MSF’s principles of action are described in our charter, which established a framework for our activities.

MSF's first missions

MSF’s first mission was to the Nicaraguan capital, Managua, in 1972, after an earthquake destroyed most of the city and killed between 10,000 and 30,000 people.

In 1974, MSF set up a relief mission to help the people of Honduras after Hurricane Fifi caused major flooding and killed thousands of people.

In 1975, MSF established its first large-scale medical programme during a refugee crisis, providing medical care for the waves of Cambodians seeking sanctuary from Pol Pot’s oppressive rule.

In these first missions, the weaknesses of MSF as a new humanitarian organisation became readily apparent: preparation was lacking, doctors were left unsupported and supply chains were tangled.

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Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) is an independent international medical humanitarian organisation that delivers emergency aid in more than 60 countries to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural or man-made disasters or exclusion from healthcare.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:Job Title: Epidemiology Activity ManagerLocation: Abuja Contract: 208 working hours per month Possibility of extension: Yes Contract Period: Six Months
Main Purpose
  • Defining, coordinating and monitoring the epidemiological activities, ensuring the development of appropriate methodology and the quality of studies according to MSF protocols, standards and procedures in order to identify risk factors for diseases and to determine the optimal treatment approaches to clinical practice and the preventive medicine to be used in the missions.
Job Description
  • Carry out key epidemiological activities in outbreak investigation and advising on the operational response
  • Implementing and maintaining a surveillance system to monitor epidemiological trends of relevant outbreak-prone diseases.
  • Monitoring and Implementing initial Assessment for emergency, rapid health assessments and baseline or follow-up surveys.
  • Preparing and adapting routine documentation (survey forms, training materials, letters of request / notification, locally appropriate consent forms etc.) with support of HQ epidemiologist.
  • Managing data systems and ensuring accurate, high quality databases; analyzing results and preparing regular written reports on progress and findings for medical coordinator / HQ
  • Providing training sessions to medical teams on relevant aspects of epidemiology to enhance team response capacity
  • Advising the MSF medical team on epidemiological matters that arise during their activity research, and when necessary, designing and implementing epidemiological tools and data collection to meet new epidemiological needs.
Requirements Education:
  • Medical Doctor (preferable), Nurse or Biomedical background with a Degree (or Masters) in Epidemiology or Public Health with extensive training in Statistics and Epidemiology.
Experience:
  • At least three (3)  years of tropical medicine experience (having assumed coordination position is a plus) Experience in field epidemiology.
Knowledge:
  • Use of epidemiology related analytical software (excel, Epi-info, STATA or SPSS).
Language:
  • Mission language essential.
Contract:
  • 208 working hours per month.
Salary N618, 276 gross / month.

Application Closing Date 29th October, 2021.

Note: MSF encourages Women and people with Disabilities to Apply.

 2021-10-30

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