National Surveillance Officer- Vector Borne Disease & Malaria at World Health Organization (WHO)

Under the direct supervision of the UCN Cluster Lead,

The incumbent will perform the following duties:

• Strengthen national malaria and other vector borne disease surveillance systems, including other health information systems for generation of strategic information for evidence-based targeting of malaria interventions for enhanced malaria burden reduction, through adoption, adaptation and application of relevant WHO norms and standards, guidelines, manuals and tools and appropriate technologies and e-platforms
• Ensure availability of quality data, and use of analytics for planning and decision making at national and sub-national levels
• Build capacity on the use of surveillance, monitoring and evaluation and other health data for malaria subnational tailoring of intervention using data triangulation for stratification
• Guide evidence-based targeting and micro-stratification at community or high-risk areas with appropriate antimalarial interventions.
• Monitor the impact of interventions, performance of programme at national and sub-national levels to guide programmatic strategies for enhanced impact.
• Contribute to documentation and publication of best practices on the use of available evidence for targeting interventions at national and subnational levels
• Undertake any other functions assigned

RECRUITMENT PROFILE

Competencies: Generic (Describe the core, management or leadership competencies required - See WHO competency model – list in order of priority, commencing with the most important ones)

 Teamwork

• Respecting and promoting individual and cultural differences
• Communication
• Producing results
• Moving forward in a changing environment

Competencies: Management

• Technical
• Producing results
• Fostering integration and teamwork
• Communicating in a credible and effective way
• Creating an empowering and motivating environment
• Moving forward in a changing environment

For all positions  that  possess  Managerial/Supervisory  responsibilities,  an  additional mandatory Management Competency is required

Functional Skills and Knowledge (Describe skills and knowledge specific to the post):

• Broad knowledge of the principles and practices of communicable disease epidemiology with specific experience in malaria surveillance and operational research
• Experience with spatial statistical methods and epidemiological data analysis for infectious diseases
• Proven skills in the analysis of routine disease surveillance data
• Proven experience in the development and evaluation of systems, policies, strategies, guidelines and tools for disease control and/or elimination
• Proven skills and knowledge in the development and evaluation of disease surveillance systems in a public health setting
• Demonstrated skills in capacity building, especially the training of health workers
• Presentation and communication skills 
• Proven skills in modeling and use of analytics for programme decisions    

Education (Qualifications)

• Essential: University degree in epidemiology or biostatistics, or other relevant health-related fields
• Desirable: Master’s degree in epidemiology or biostatistics, or other relevant health-related fields

Experience

• Essential: Five (5) years of experience in the development and evaluation of national disease surveillance systems.
• Desirable:  Experience in National Health Surveillance Systems. Expert knowledge in modelling and geospatial analysis