Surveillance Officer at Malaria Consortium

The Vacancy

• Malaria Consortium is recruiting for a Surveillance Officer on a permanent, full time basis to join our Technical team to be based in any of our Malaria Consortium Country offices, preferably UK, Nigeria or Uganda.

Job Purpose

• The Surveillance Officer will support country and multi-country programmes and projects to strengthen surveillance systems and maximise the strategic use of routine data for decision-making, programme optimisation and impact assessment. The role will lead efforts to connect, triangulate and analyse data across multiple complementary sources, including epidemiological and entomological surveillance, routine health information systems, digital platforms, logistics systems, survey and contextual datasets, generating actionable intelligence for programmes, policymakers and partners. The post-holder will also contribute to strengthening epidemic preparedness and response through improved surveillance analytics, early warning approaches and evidence use.
• The role will use routine programme, surveillance and contextual data to assess, explain and communicate the likely contribution and impact of Malaria Consortium interventions.
• The role will also contribute to building capacity in surveillance data use and secondary analysis across Malaria Consortium country teams, and will provide support to surveillance strengthening activities conducted by Malaria Consortium,  as needed.

The successful applicant must have

• Postgraduate Degree in Public Health, Epidemiology, Biostatistics, or related field
• Experience analysing, integrating and interpreting routine health information systems (HMIS) and/or other surveillance data alongside data from multiple sources  to inform public health programmes and generate actionable insights
• Experience applying epidemiological and statistical methods to assess programme impact using routine data.
• Understanding of epidemic preparedness and response concepts and the role of surveillance data in early warning and response.
• Experience in applying quantitative data analysis using statistical and data visualisation software (e.g. R, Stata, Power BI, or similar)
• Experience supporting the design, strengthening or use of surveillance systems within public health programmes
• Experience working in public health programmes, NGOs, government, or research institutions
• Experience building the capacity of technical teams through mentoring, training, coaching or other learning approaches.
• Strong analytical skills with ability to interpret complex datasets
• Understanding of surveillance systems and their role in public health programmes
• Ability to identify data quality issues and biases and propose solutions
• Strong communication skills, including translating technical findings for non-technical audiences
• Organisational and project management skills
• High level of computer literacy.
• The post holder must have right to work in one of our Malaria Consortium Country offices or preferably the UK, Nigeria or Uganda
• Due to the nature of this role we will be reviewing applications on an ongoing basis and the role might be filled and closed before the closing date. Early applications are encouraged.

Benefit

• The postholder will receive the national salary and benefits of the country where they have the right to work.