Deadline: Ongoing
Location: Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) is seeking applications from eligible applicants for the post of Epidemiologist, Research Associate.
CHAI is a global health organisation that assists in saving lives and reducing the burden of disease in low- and middle-income countries.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a thought leader, manage and implement analytical projects related to malaria epidemiology, intervention and surveillance, as required
- Proactively review existing evidence and conduct analyses on primary and secondary data to evaluate effectiveness of the current operations, and identify potential approaches or strategies to accelerate progress
- Provide high-quality analytical support to CHAI country teams, government staff, and relevant partners
- Conduct statistical and spatial analyses
- Work directly with government staff to better integrate epidemiological, entomological, and programmatic data use and analysis into routine programmatic activities at all levels of the health system
- Provide technical supervision, training and ad hoc programmatic support to staff members involved in epidemiological activities and/or ongoing management of junior staff across the region
- Contribute to the formulation of annual workplans across multiple countries, and pro-actively ensure the implementation of epidemiology related activities
- Develop and maintain strong working relationships with key stakeholders across government, non-governmental organisations, and academic institutions, with support from programme managers
- Synthesise results, translate them to national and sub-national government partners, non-technical partners and CHAI teams to support evidence-based decision making, and disseminate findings through high-quality presentations, reports, and publications internally and externally
- Represent CHAI at external technical meetings
Requirements
- Master’s degree in Public Health, Epidemiology, or a related field
- Two years, minimum, of experience tied to epidemiological projects
- Strong experience with data entry, data management and statistical analysis of primary and secondary epidemiological datasets using statistical software (R, SAS, STATA and/or other relevant software)
- Experience in generating maps, managing and analysing spatial data using spatial software
- Experience in conducting and managing epidemiological surveys in country, including the analysis of surveillance and survey data
- Familiarity with disease surveillance, strengthening information systems, monitoring and evaluation of surveillance systems and/or public health programmes
- Experience in working and communicating with government officials and other external partners
- High level of proficiency in Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, and Internet
- Ability to work independently in remote and unstructured settings and adapt to new environments and challenges
- Ability to collaborate and operate as part of a multi-cultural team
- Enthusiasm for applying research methods to solve global health problems
- Exceptional written and oral communication skills
- Fluency in English and French
To apply and for more information, click here.
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