We are the directing and coordinating authority on international health within the United Nations’ system. We do this by: providing leadership on matters critical to health and engaging in partnerships where joint action is needed; shaping the research agenda and stimulating the generation, translation and dissemination of valuable knowledge; setting norms and standards and promoting and monitoring their implementation; articulating ethical and evidence-based policy options; providing technical support, catalysing change, and building sustainable institutional capacity; and monitoring the health situation and assessing health trends. Leadership priorities For each 6-year programme of work priority areas are identified where our leadership is most needed.
- Job Type: Full Time
- Qualification: MBA/MSc/MA
- Experience: 5 years
- Location: Nigeria
- Job Field: NGO/Non-Profit , Project Management
- Under the directsupervision of the UCN Cluster Lead, The incumbent will performthe 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 appropriatetechnologies 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 andother health data for malaria subnational tailoring of intervention using data triangulationfor stratification
- Guide evidence-based targeting and micro-stratification at community or high-riskareas with appropriate antimalarial interventions.
- Monitor the impact of interventions, performance of programme at nationaland sub-national levels to guide programmatic strategies for enhanced impact.
- Contribute to documentation and publication of best practices on the useof available evidence for targeting interventions at national and subnationallevels
- Undertake any other functions assigned
- University degree in health sciences, including medicine, pharmacy,microbiology, entomology, epidemiology or public health.
- Master’sdegree in epidemiology or biostatistics, or other relevant health-relatedfields.
- At least five (5) years experience in the development and evaluation of national disease surveillance systems.
- Expert knowledge in modelling and geospatial analysis.
- Experience in the field of malaria and other tropical and VBDs control.
- Relevant working experience with the WHO/UN or other INGOexperience would be an asset.
- 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 dataProven experience in the development and evaluation of systems, policies, strategies, guidelines and tools for disease control and/or elimination
- Provens kills 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
- Teamwork
- Respecting and promoting individual and cultural differences
- Communication
- Producing results
- Moving forward in a changing environment
- Essential: Expert knowledge of English.
- Desirable:
- Remuneration comprises an annual base salary starting at NGN 28,030,973 (subject to mandatory deductions for pension contributions and health insurance, as applicable) and 30 days of annual leave.
