Consultant - Surveillance on Meningitis

Job Description – Consultant – Surveillance on Meningitis (2409625)

Consultant – Surveillance on Meningitis – ( 2409625 )

Contractual Arrangement : External consultant

Contract Duration (Years, Months, Days) : 1 – 11 months

Job Posting

Jan 10, 2025, 12:39:47 AM

Closing Date

Jan 24, 2025, 10:59:00 PM

Primary Location

Anywhere

Organization

HQ/EHI High Impact Epidemics WHE

Schedule

Full-time

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Purpose of consultancy

To provide technical expertise to deliver on the surveillance pillar of the defeat meningitis by 2030 roadmap at all levels of the organization by enhancing e-surveillance implementation and disease surveillance standards.

Background

In 2020, the WHA adopted the defeating meningitis by 2030 roadmap. Within this roadmap, three visionary goals were set: 1) to eliminate bacterial meningitis epidemics, 2) to reduce cases of vaccine-preventable bacterial meningitis by 50% and deaths by 70%, and 3) to reduce disability and improve quality of life after meningitis due to any cause. The consultant will focus their work on the first two goals of the roadmap, specifically within the pillar of disease surveillance.

The consultant is expected to conduct most activities within the contract with little supervision while working collaboratively with the rest of the meningitis teams in HQ and the region.

Deliverables

1. Develop the meningitis SMART guidelines in conjunction with the Surveillance Systems Department by the end of the consultancy.
2. Throughout the consultancy, coordinate the DHIS2 developers group by coordinating the development of the technical products and the administrative procedures of the developers group.
3. Implement jointly with AFRO the DHIS2-developed dashboards for automatic sitreps and ICG requests in four countries in the AFRO region.
4. Implement jointly with EMRO the implementation of the e-surveillance dashboards in two countries in EMRO.
5. By the end of the consultancy, write a manuscript for a peer-reviewed publication about the e-surveillance project with examples from the countries.

Qualifications, experience, skills and languages

Educational Qualifications

• A first university degree in epidemiology, demography, statistics, health sciences, medicine/veterinary sciences or a related discipline that includes quantitative methods.
• An advanced university degree in a health-related field or epidemiology.
• Completion of a field epidemiology training programme (FETP).
• PhD in one of the above-related areas.

Experience

• Five to seven years of relevant experience at national and international levels, including demonstrated roles in implementing public health surveillance and data analysis methods.
• Experience working with WHO, especially at the regional or national level.
• Experience using DHIS2, with a main focus on developing DHIS2 dashboards and questionnaires. If no experience with DHIS2 is available, experience with other dashboards, electronic data collection tools, and statistical software (R, Stata, SAS) would also be desirable.

Skills/Knowledge

• Management of surveillance systems and development of surveillance workflows and questionnaires.
• Survey setting skills to develop sampling strategies and associated questionnaires.
• Use of statistical software for data analysis such as R.

Languages and level required

• Expert knowledge of English
• Intermediate knowledge of French
• Expert knowledge of French
• Intermediate knowledge of Arabic or Spanish

Location

Offsite: Home-based

Travel

The consultant is expected to travel.

Remuneration and budget (travel costs are excluded)

Remuneration

Band level B: USD 7,000 – 9,980 per month

Living expenses

N/A

Expected duration of contract

Contract duration varies from 1-11 months. Additional contracts may be offered based on programme needs and availability of funds.

Additional Information:

• This vacancy notice may be used to identify candidates for other similar consultancies at the same level.
• Only candidates under serious consideration will be contacted.
• A written test may be used as a form of screening.
• If your candidature is retained for interview, you will be required to provide, in advance, a scanned copy of the degree(s)/diploma(s)/certificate(s) required for this position.
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• An impeccable record for integrity and professional ethical standards is essential.
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• Consultants shall perform the work as independent contractors in a personal capacity, and not as a representative of any entity or authority.
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• Please note that WHO’s contracts are conditional on members of the workforce confirming that they are vaccinated as required by WHO before undertaking a WHO assignment.

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