TECHNICAL ADVISOR FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE OPERATIONS 275 views1 applications

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Supervisor: Technical Advisor for epidemiological surveillance & vaccination

Positions to supervise: N/A

Context:

  • Jhpiego is an international nonprofit health organization affiliated with Johns Hopkins University. Jhpiego works with health experts, governments, and community leaders to provide high-quality health care to their populations. Jhpiego develops strategies to help countries take care of themselves by training skilled health workers, strengthening health systems, and improving care delivery.
  • With funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Jhpiego is implementing the Enhancing Global Health Security (GHS) project. With the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, the GHS project includes support for SARS-CoV-2 targeted prevention, detection, and response interventions, with a focus on leveraging relationships and technical expertise to provide technical support to grantees and partners in the Global Fund’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Job Purpose :

  • The Health Emergency Response Operations Advisor is responsible for the execution of tasks necessary for the implementation of interventions related to his/her area of expertise in the GHS project. Under the supervision of the Technical Advisor in Epidemiological Surveillance and Immunization and in collaboration with project team members, he/she will provide overall support in the planning and implementation of project activities.
  • The Health Emergency Response Operations Advisor is responsible for providing technical expertise and assistance to the Ministry of Health and other partners in the design, implementation, and capacity building of the health sector in prevention, risk reduction, preparedness, surveillance, response, and early recovery from emergencies and disasters related to all hazards (natural, man-made, biological, chemical, radiological, and others).

Primary Responsibilities :

  • Serve as the link between the project public health incident management structures;
  • Ensure intelligence of emergency threats and ongoing public health emergencies in the world and in Cameroon so as to be able to inform other project members in an appropriate and timely manner;
  • Coordinate the implementation of GHS project support activities to public health incident management structures during both the preparedness and response phases of health emergencies;
  • Provide technical support or be deployed in the response to outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics at all levels of the health system;
  • Contribute to the development of Jhpiego’ s portfolio and visibility in Health Emergency Response Operations;
  • Support the production of technical information and data on disasters and emergencies in close collaboration with CORUS including data analysis and report preparation to facilitate information sharing, decision making and response to events;
  • Participate in the development of the project’s annual work plans, budgets and periodic progress reports for immunization and epidemiological surveillance;
  • Represent Jhpiego in settings and forums where Health Emergency Response Operations issues are discussed;
  • Perform other related duties as required.

Key Skills and Qualifications Required:

  • Master’s degree in Public Health or Epidemiology or other equivalent degree;
    • Medical degree or higher in health Attaché or Health Advisor with proven experience in project management would be a plus;
  • Training in field epidemiology (basic, intermediate or advanced), incident management system will be an asset;
  • Proven experience working in an NGO;
  • Experience implementing projects funded by a US government agency is an asset;
  • Proven experience in routine epidemiological surveillance at the national or sub-national level of at least 5 years
  • Proven experience in health emergency response operations;
  • At least five (5) years’ experience in the implementation and management of health programs;
  • Good knowledge of the Cameroonian health system;
  • Ability to plan activities, monitor their implementation and prepare technical reports;
  • Ability to design an epidemiological investigation protocol including all implementation tools;
  • Ability to create and use a database;
  • Ability to create and use a database; Field experience and ability to travel frequently and stay in peripheral areas covered by the programs;
  • Computer skills (Microsoft Office);
  • Mastery of at least one survey or routine data management and analysis software;
  • Ability to work under pressure, to perform multiple tasks in a short time frame;
  • Recent participation in a public health emergency response is an asset.

Language and other requirements

  • Good knowledge of French and working knowledge of oral and written English;
  • Strong organizational skills, autonomy and a high sense of accountability;
  • Ability to identify a problem, analyze it and propose relevant operational recommendations;
  • Excellent communication, negotiation, synthesis and writing skills;
  • Ability to plan, accept responsibility and share information with colleagues and partners;
  • Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team and to meet deadlines;
  • Female applicants are strongly encouraged.

Candidates interested in this position and meeting the required profile are requested to send only a cover letter specifying in subject the position to be filled, a curriculum vitae, scanned copies of diplomas, names and addresses of three (03) reference persons in the professional field by email to [email protected] no later than April 07, 2023, indicating the title of the position in subject: CT Emergency Response Operations

NB:

  • The selected candidate for this position will be subject to a pre-employment employment background investigation.
    • Successful candidates will be required to complete their application with all supporting documentation to substantiate their statements contained in the CV;
    • Female applicants are strongly encouraged to apply;
    • For more information about Jhpiego, visit our website

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Responding to the Changing Needs of Women and Families Worldwide

Since its founding in 1974, Jhpiego has been innovating to save the lives of women and families worldwide. From the first day, Jhpiego has been asking the question: How can we make lifesaving services available and accessible to the people who need them—all over the world?

Dr. Theodore M. King, an early innovator and champion for women’s health, was the moving force behind the founding of Jhpiego, an affiliate of Johns Hopkins University. In the early 1970s, King recognized the need to make physicians, nurses and administrators from developing countries aware of reproductive health breakthroughs, such as laparoscopy (a procedure used to inspect internal reproductive organs for infertility or to provide contraception by closing off the fallopian tubes) and modern contraceptives. Originally known as the Johns Hopkins Program for International Education in Gynecology and Obstetrics, the organization was funded through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Under King’s leadership, as a founder, trustee and later president of Jhpiego for 14 years, the organization conducted a steady stream of programs throughout the developing world.

How Did We Get from There to Here?

Early on, Jhpiego established itself as a leader in reproductive health training. Beginning in 1974, Jhpiego held training sessions on family planning/reproductive health for doctors and nurses in the USA In 1979, Jhpiego started its first in-country training programs in Tunisia, Brazil, Kenya, Nigeria, Thailand and the Philippines. From 1987 through 2004, Jhpiego conducted three global Training in Reproductive Health Projects, funded by USAID. Beginning in 1993, Jhpiego published learning materials on long-acting family planning methods.

Over the years—to respond more effectively to the needs of individual countries—Jhpiego became increasingly field-based and established its first field office in Kenya in 1993. Today, Jhpiego has field offices in more than 30 countries worldwide. Similarly, Jhpiego’s programming areas have expanded to meet changing needs in the field. In addition to family planning and reproductive health, Jhpiego now has expertise in maternal and child health, infection prevention and control, HIV/AIDS and infectious diseases.

Jhpiego’s work has also expanded to address reproductive health policy and guidelines and to support health systems strengthening. For example, in 1996 in Brazil, Jhpiego launched a performance and quality improvement approach, now known as Standards-Based Management and Recognition (SBM-R), which has since been implemented in 30 countries. SBM-R empowers health workers and facilities to improve the performance and quality of their services by providing them with the tools and methods they need to make decisions, solve problems and innovate at the local level.

Innovations in Training Methods and Technologies

In 1986, Jhpiego pioneered a competency-based training (CBT) approach that emphasizes learning by doing. CBT focuses on how the participant performs and promotes the trainer’s ability to encourage learning. Jhpiego also introduced the use of anatomic models for “humanistic training.” To minimize risk to clients, learners first practice on models until they achieve competency. In 1995, a clinical training skills manual—the cornerstone of Jhpiego’s training approach—was published. Using a systematic “training of trainers” approach, Jhpiego has created a global network of qualified physician, nurse and midwife trainers.

As early as 1984, Jhpiego collaborated with the University of the West Indies to deliver reproductive health courses, via satellite, to six islands in the Caribbean. In 1987, Jhpiego sponsored a global meeting on reproductive health education and technology with the World Health Organization (WHO) and introduced computer-assisted instruction to simulate clinical situations in several of its US-based courses. In 1995, ReproLine, an online source for reproductive health information, was launched. Today, Jhpiego continues to explore new learning technologies: mobile phones in Afghanistan, a computer-based learning management system in Ethiopia, computer-based training in Ghana, a distance learning program in Zambia.

Practical Solutions for Low-Resource Settings

Since the 1992 publication of its international reference standard Infection Prevention for Family Planning Service Programs, Jhpiego has been at the forefront in promoting evidence-based practices that can protect health care professionals, staff and clients from potentially life-threatening infections. To this end, Jhpiego has tested and introduced practical, low-cost infection prevention procedures that can be implemented effectively in settings with limited resources.

In developing countries, cervical cancer remains the leading cause of cancer deaths among women. In 1995, Jhpiego began research with the University of Zimbabwe to find a low-cost alternative to the Pap test that could make cervical cancer prevention a reality in low-resource settings. Based on the results of this research, Jhpiego helped form the Alliance for Cervical Cancer Prevention in 1999 and received funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to expand its cervical cancer program. Since that time, Jhpiego has developed and piloted the single visit approach in which women are screened and treated during the same visit.

In 1995, Jhpiego began addressing HIV/AIDS and its integration with family planning services. Six years later, Jhpiego began work in HIV voluntary counseling and testing with a USAID-funded project in Jamaica. In 2002, Jhpiego received its first funding from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for work in HIV/AIDS and, the following year, developed a global learning package on prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV—with CDC, WHO and university partners—to enable global scale-up. Also in 2003, Jhpiego began work on male circumcision for HIV prevention in Zambia. In 2008, Jhpiego developed a global learning package on male circumcision for HIV prevention with WHO and UNAIDS.

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Supervisor: Technical Advisor for epidemiological surveillance & vaccination

Positions to supervise: N/A

Context:

  • Jhpiego is an international nonprofit health organization affiliated with Johns Hopkins University. Jhpiego works with health experts, governments, and community leaders to provide high-quality health care to their populations. Jhpiego develops strategies to help countries take care of themselves by training skilled health workers, strengthening health systems, and improving care delivery.
  • With funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Jhpiego is implementing the Enhancing Global Health Security (GHS) project. With the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, the GHS project includes support for SARS-CoV-2 targeted prevention, detection, and response interventions, with a focus on leveraging relationships and technical expertise to provide technical support to grantees and partners in the Global Fund's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Job Purpose :

  • The Health Emergency Response Operations Advisor is responsible for the execution of tasks necessary for the implementation of interventions related to his/her area of expertise in the GHS project. Under the supervision of the Technical Advisor in Epidemiological Surveillance and Immunization and in collaboration with project team members, he/she will provide overall support in the planning and implementation of project activities.
  • The Health Emergency Response Operations Advisor is responsible for providing technical expertise and assistance to the Ministry of Health and other partners in the design, implementation, and capacity building of the health sector in prevention, risk reduction, preparedness, surveillance, response, and early recovery from emergencies and disasters related to all hazards (natural, man-made, biological, chemical, radiological, and others).

Primary Responsibilities :

  • Serve as the link between the project public health incident management structures;
  • Ensure intelligence of emergency threats and ongoing public health emergencies in the world and in Cameroon so as to be able to inform other project members in an appropriate and timely manner;
  • Coordinate the implementation of GHS project support activities to public health incident management structures during both the preparedness and response phases of health emergencies;
  • Provide technical support or be deployed in the response to outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics at all levels of the health system;
  • Contribute to the development of Jhpiego’ s portfolio and visibility in Health Emergency Response Operations;
  • Support the production of technical information and data on disasters and emergencies in close collaboration with CORUS including data analysis and report preparation to facilitate information sharing, decision making and response to events;
  • Participate in the development of the project's annual work plans, budgets and periodic progress reports for immunization and epidemiological surveillance;
  • Represent Jhpiego in settings and forums where Health Emergency Response Operations issues are discussed;
  • Perform other related duties as required.

Key Skills and Qualifications Required:

  • Master's degree in Public Health or Epidemiology or other equivalent degree;
    • Medical degree or higher in health Attaché or Health Advisor with proven experience in project management would be a plus;
  • Training in field epidemiology (basic, intermediate or advanced), incident management system will be an asset;
  • Proven experience working in an NGO;
  • Experience implementing projects funded by a US government agency is an asset;
  • Proven experience in routine epidemiological surveillance at the national or sub-national level of at least 5 years
  • Proven experience in health emergency response operations;
  • At least five (5) years’ experience in the implementation and management of health programs;
  • Good knowledge of the Cameroonian health system;
  • Ability to plan activities, monitor their implementation and prepare technical reports;
  • Ability to design an epidemiological investigation protocol including all implementation tools;
  • Ability to create and use a database;
  • Ability to create and use a database; Field experience and ability to travel frequently and stay in peripheral areas covered by the programs;
  • Computer skills (Microsoft Office);
  • Mastery of at least one survey or routine data management and analysis software;
  • Ability to work under pressure, to perform multiple tasks in a short time frame;
  • Recent participation in a public health emergency response is an asset.

Language and other requirements

  • Good knowledge of French and working knowledge of oral and written English;
  • Strong organizational skills, autonomy and a high sense of accountability;
  • Ability to identify a problem, analyze it and propose relevant operational recommendations;
  • Excellent communication, negotiation, synthesis and writing skills;
  • Ability to plan, accept responsibility and share information with colleagues and partners;
  • Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team and to meet deadlines;
  • Female applicants are strongly encouraged.

Candidates interested in this position and meeting the required profile are requested to send only a cover letter specifying in subject the position to be filled, a curriculum vitae, scanned copies of diplomas, names and addresses of three (03) reference persons in the professional field by email to [email protected] no later than April 07, 2023, indicating the title of the position in subject: CT Emergency Response Operations

NB:

  • The selected candidate for this position will be subject to a pre-employment employment background investigation.
    • Successful candidates will be required to complete their application with all supporting documentation to substantiate their statements contained in the CV;
    • Female applicants are strongly encouraged to apply;
    • For more information about Jhpiego, visit our website
 2023-04-08

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