EPIDEMIOLOGIST (Port Sudan) – MSF Spain

Job Description

Section/Unit:	Medical and Paramedical
Salary	1503 USD
Supervisor:	Medical Coordinator
Location:	Port Sudan
Deadline:	03 Oct 2024

Assessing, implementing and maintaining the epidemiological surveillance systems/monitoring (if needed) according to MSF protocols, standards and procedures in order to contribute to appropriate evidence-based decision making using well managed health data in outbreak and emergency MSF programmes.

Duties and responsibilities:

Accountabilities:

• Carrying out key epidemiological activities in outbreak investigation (description including time, place, people with emphasis on mapping when it is needed) and advising on the operational response.
• Implementing and maintaining a surveillance system to monitor epidemiological trends of relevant outbreak-prone diseases. Guiding activities of medical staff for surveillance and/or active case finding, including ensuring understanding of the need for consistent case definitions and data recording (briefing of all new staff).
• Monitoring and Implementing initial Assessment (for emergency situation), rapid health assessments and (baseline or follow-up) surveys. Where standard protocols are not available or appropriate, developing a protocol seeking extensive feedback and pilot testing of tools to ensure the objectives will be met robustly with support of HQ epidemiologist.
• Preparing and adapting routine documentation (survey forms, training materials, letters of request/notification, locally appropriate consent forms etc.) with support of HQ epidemiologist. Preparing an appropriate sampling frame and sample selection guidelines with support of HQ epidemiologist.
• Planning and supervising the associated HR processes of the staff under his/her responsibility (recruitment, training/induction, evaluation, potential detection, development and communication) and ensuring that staff exhibits required skills after training and pilot test.
• Managing data systems and ensuring accurate, high-quality databases; analyzing results and preparing regular written reports on progress and findings for medical coordinator/HQ and when appropriate to external collaborators/networks (MoH, other NGOs, etc.).
• Providing training sessions to medical teams on relevant aspects of epidemiology to enhance team response capacity.

MSF Section/Context Specific Accountabilities:

• Experience in people development recommended as he/she will supervise and coach data encoders and data supervisors.
• Flexibility in moving around the country in the different projects, sometimes with hard living conditions.
• Excellent stress management.
• Will learn: 
• Health Information Management System (HMIS), including creation of dashboards, extrapolation of data, data analysis.
• To analyze data flow at project level, to capture mistakes in the process and to propose solutions and implement them.
• Provide weekly epidemologial report and support medical field team in the analysis of weekly SitRep.
• Support Coordination team an analysing epidemiologial trends: after the war trends had been changing so continous monitoring is essential.
• How to collaborate and communicate closely with Medical Coordination team: excellent communication skills are esssential.

Minimum Qualification, Skills and Experience Required:

Education	Medical doctor (preferable), nurse or biomedical background with a degree in epidemiology (not in public health).
Experience	At least few years of tropical medicine experience (having assumed coordination position is a plus). Experience in field epidemiology. Minimum 2-year experience in MSF.
Languages	Essential English, Mission language is an asset.
Knowledge	Use of epidemiology related analytical software (excel, Epi-info, STATA or SPSS).
Competencies	Results and Quality Orientation L3. Teamwork and Cooperation L3. Behavioral Flexibility L3. Commitment to MSF Principles L2. Stress Management L3.

How to apply

MSF is a civil society initiative that brings together individuals committed to the assistance of other human beings in crisis. As such MSF is by choice an association.
Each individual working with MSF does it out of conviction and is ready to uphold the values and principles of MSF.

Interested candidates are requested to send their CV, application letter, copy of educational and experience certificates to the MSF-Spain Office, House No. 113, Block No 4, Airport Area, Port Sudan.