Field Epidemiologist, Butajira, Ethiopia at Voluntary Service Overseas 82 views0 applications


About VSO

VSO is the world’s leading development organisation that works through volunteers to fight poverty. We are unique in the way we bring people together to share their skills and experience, generate insights and ideas and, most of all, take action against poverty and exclusion. It’s a highly effective approach that works, and today is helping millions of people in some of the world’s poorest communities lift themselves out of poverty.

Role overview

The overall placement objective is to contribute to the maternal and child health program by conducting field research in the disaster affected and prone areas; identify chronic public health risks and issues as a result of disaster; compile a comprehensive report; disseminate the report to the wider audience; design capacity building and training program to health professionals and managers, etc.

Skills, qualifications and experience required

The volunteer is expected to research, monitor, and analyse infectious diseases and outbreaks. The volunteer often educate policy makers and health professionals about diseases and provide insights into how infectious outbreaks may be contained or prevented in the disaster and emergency situations with particular emphasis to pregnant women, lactating mothers and children. Moreover, he/she is expected to play a vital role in the following areas such as investigating outbreaks and diseases in the disaster affected and prone areas by collecting and analyzing health data through field research, observation, questionnaires and studies. This work includes trend analysis; identifying the risks; who is affected by the risk and propose solutions and mitigation plan as to how to prevent further incidences.

Allowance and accommodation

All volunteers have an allowance paid in local currency. The allowance meets reasonable living expenses in country, but will not be enough to send money home.

VSO works with some of the poorest communities in the world which means accommodation varies and will be basic.

How to apply

If you’re interested in applying for this role, please download the job description to read more details about the position and the skills and experience we’re looking for. To submit your application, click on ‘Apply now’ and complete all relevant fields on the online application form.

Application closing date: 30 Nov 2017

Interview/Assessment date(s): November 16/2017

Start date: January 1/2018

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VSO is the world’s leading independent international development organisation that works through volunteers to fight poverty in developing countries. VSO's high-impact approach involves bringing people together to share skills, build capabilities, promote international understanding and action, and change lives to make the world a fairer place for all

Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) began in 1958 when Alec and Moira Dickson recruited and sent 16 British volunteers overseas in response to a letter from the Bishop of Portsmouth asking for people to teach English in Borneo.

Much has changed since then. VSO has engaged over 43,000 volunteers to work on international development programmes in more than 120 countries.

We’ve gone from being a UK charity to an international one. In 2013/2014 alone, our volunteers trained over 174,000 people, and delivered services that had an impact on the lives of almost 2 million.

Today, VSO is a truly global organisation. We recruit skilled volunteers from all over the world, and from all sectors of society, including business leaders, parliamentarians and young people.

Currently, over 30% of our people come from within the country of their placement. We also send increasing numbers of people from one developing country to another.

We're always looking for new ways to turn human energy and ingenuity into lasting change. We still send professionals to share their skills with their local counterparts, but we’ve embraced a range of methods that allow us to provide whatever kind of help is needed most, including promoting international understanding and action, knowledge sharing and youth exchanges.

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0 USD Butajira CF 3201 Abc road Fixed Term , 40 hours per week Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO)

About VSO

VSO is the world's leading development organisation that works through volunteers to fight poverty. We are unique in the way we bring people together to share their skills and experience, generate insights and ideas and, most of all, take action against poverty and exclusion. It's a highly effective approach that works, and today is helping millions of people in some of the world's poorest communities lift themselves out of poverty.

Role overview

The overall placement objective is to contribute to the maternal and child health program by conducting field research in the disaster affected and prone areas; identify chronic public health risks and issues as a result of disaster; compile a comprehensive report; disseminate the report to the wider audience; design capacity building and training program to health professionals and managers, etc.

Skills, qualifications and experience required

The volunteer is expected to research, monitor, and analyse infectious diseases and outbreaks. The volunteer often educate policy makers and health professionals about diseases and provide insights into how infectious outbreaks may be contained or prevented in the disaster and emergency situations with particular emphasis to pregnant women, lactating mothers and children. Moreover, he/she is expected to play a vital role in the following areas such as investigating outbreaks and diseases in the disaster affected and prone areas by collecting and analyzing health data through field research, observation, questionnaires and studies. This work includes trend analysis; identifying the risks; who is affected by the risk and propose solutions and mitigation plan as to how to prevent further incidences.

Allowance and accommodation

All volunteers have an allowance paid in local currency. The allowance meets reasonable living expenses in country, but will not be enough to send money home.

VSO works with some of the poorest communities in the world which means accommodation varies and will be basic.

How to apply

If you're interested in applying for this role, please download the job description to read more details about the position and the skills and experience we're looking for. To submit your application, click on 'Apply now' and complete all relevant fields on the online application form.

Application closing date: 30 Nov 2017

Interview/Assessment date(s): November 16/2017

Start date: January 1/2018

2017-12-01

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