Epidemiologist, AFGHS Project

Strengthening

• Work with REOC to support regional

coordination mechanism

• Conduct Bi-weekly epidemic intelligence

meetings

• Liaise with district surveillance officers, laboratory

teams, burial teams, IPC focal persons and other stakeholders for coordinated response.

• Contribute to documentation of lessons learned

and best practices for future outbreak responses.

• Participate in surveillance review meetings

and capacity-building activities.

• Work with REOC to coordinate deployment of

regional rapidly deployable teams during response activities.

• Work with REOC to coordinate signal

verification in the region, ensuring all signals are verified within 24 hours of triage.

• Work with REOC to ensure early action review

are completed for all confirmed public health events and 7-1-7 tracker updated.

• Work with REOC to ensure formal response

actions for all outbreaks are completed within 7 days.

• Work with REOCs and national OH platform to

establish and functionalize One-Health Teams (OHT) at the districts.

• Coordinate and supervise implementation of

Epidemic ready primary health care model in the region

surveillance.

• Support training and supervision of community

health workers (CHWs) on death notification and verbal autopsy processes.

• Coordinate community-based reporting of deaths

and suspected SVD-related fatalities.

• Facilitate community engagement and awareness

activities to improve death reporting.

• Ensure timely investigation and documentation

of all reported community deaths.

• Work with local leaders and VHTs to verify and

trace reported community deaths.

Quality Improvement (CQI)

• Provide technical guidance to health facility

staff on accurate medical certification of cause of death (MCCoD).

• Support implementation of CQI approaches to

enhance surveillance data accuracy, completeness, and timeliness.

• Facilitate regular death review meetings in

health facilities.

• Mentor health facility staff on use of ICD-10

codes for death reporting.

• Monitor and report on gaps in facility

mortality surveillance and propose actionable improvements.

febrile illness:

• Work with

REOC to monitor AFI performance in the region

• Conduct

supportive supervision/targeted mentorships to poorly performing sites.

• Support in

AFI data analysis and sharing

• • Bachelor’s degree in medicine, Public Health, or related field;
• Masters in Epidemiology, Public Health or related field
• Additional training in field Epidemiology.

• 5 Year(s) Relevant Experience

Competencies

• 1. Epidemiological and Technical Skills
• Disease surveillance and surveillance system design
• Outbreak investigation and response
• Case definition development and case finding
• Contact tracing and monitoring
• Epidemic curve and transmission analysis
• Risk assessment and risk characterization
• Disease forecasting and trend analysis
• Knowledge of communicable diseases and emerging infectious diseases

• Data collection, cleaning, validation, and management
• Statistical analysis and interpretation
• Analysis of surveillance and outbreak data
• Database management
• Data visualization and dashboard development
• Use of statistical software such as R, Stata, SPSS, or Epi Info
• Familiarity with DHIS2 and other health information systems
• Geographic and spatial analysis using GIS/QGIS
• Data quality assessment and improvement

• Rapid outbreak assessment and investigation
• Development and implementation of preparedness and response plans
• Incident management and emergency operations
• Rapid risk assessment
• Development of situation reports and epidemiological bulletins
• Monitoring outbreak response indicators
• Supporting simulation exercises and after-action reviews
• Application of the 7-1-7 framework for outbreak detection, notification, and response

• Design and strengthening of indicator-based surveillance
• Event-based and community-based surveillance
• Integrated disease surveillance
• Syndromic surveillance
• One Health surveillance
• Cross-border and regional surveillance
• Early warning and alert systems
• Data triangulation from human, animal, and environmental sources

• Technical report writing
• Preparation of epidemiological bulletins and situation reports
• Data presentation and visualization
• Communication of complex epidemiological findings to non-technical audiences
• Facilitation of technical meetings
• Coordination with laboratories, clinicians, surveillance officers, and other sectors
• Effective communication during public health emergencies

• International Health Regulations (IHR 2005)
• One Health approaches
• Public health emergency preparedness
• Risk communication
• Health security and health system resilience
• Border health and points-of-entry surveillance

Applications should include a cover letter, CV, daytime telephone contact, three traceable professional references and UNEB certificates as well as University Transcripts

You must have at least a credit 6 in MATHEMATICS and ENGLISH at Ordinary Level (UCE) . Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interview. Please note only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Interested?

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