Consultant - Epidemiology, Communicable Disease Surveillance at World Health Organization (WHO)

World Health Organization (WHO) is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system. It is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries and monitoring and assessing health trends.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Consultant - Epidemiology, Communicable Disease Surveillance

Job ID: 2409455
Location: Anywhere
Job type: Full-time
Contractual Arrangement: External consultant
Contract Duration: 9.5 months
Organization: HQ/EHI High Impact Epidemics WHE
Travel: The consultant is expected to travel.  

Purpose of consultancy

• To facilitate and coordinate epidemiological technical support to countries for Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) surveillance and disease burden estimation.

Background

• The WHO RSV surveillance project leverages the capacities of the Global Influenza Surveillance and Response System (GISRS) to monitor the geographic spread, seasonality, disease burden and genetic evolution of the RSV.
• With the licensure of RSV prevention products by regulatory authorities, WHO intends to strengthen capacities for integrated surveillance and RSV disease burden estimation in low- and lower-middle income countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and South/Southeast Asia to better inform the development and introduction of RSV prevention products as they become widely available and affordable in the coming years.

Deliverables

• Deliverable 1: Finalize RSV surveillance dashboard.
• Deliverable 2: Finalize list of participating countries.
• Deliverable 3: Finalize RSV data management plan.
• Deliverable 4: Organize project orientation workshop for countries.
• Deliverable 5: Develop RSV disease burden estimation training materials.
• Deliverable 6: Integrate RSV in weekly monitoring reports of respiratory activity.
• Deliverable 7: Develop RSV integrated surveillance protocols.
• Deliverable 8: Develop RSV disease burden estimation protocols.
• Deliverable 9: Develop and test RSV sentinel site scoping, assessment tools.
• Deliverable 10: Finalize RSV fact sheets for 6 countries.
• Deliverable 11: Finalize RSV fact sheets for 19 countries.
• Deliverable 12: Develop RSV draft manuscripts.
• Deliverable 13: Finalize RSV manuscripts.

Qualifications, experience, skills and languages
Educational Qualifications:
Essential:

• Advanced University degree in epidemiology, statistics, public health.

Experience:
Essential:

• At least 8 years of work experience in disease surveillance, disease burden preferably for RSV, influenza, or other respiratory viruses.

Desirable:

• Work experiences with GISRS at national level.

Skills/Knowledge
Essential:

• Excellent skills in epidemiological surveillance, statistics, writing and communication.

Desirable:

• Excellent skills in monitoring, evaluation of surveillance programs.

Languages and level required
Essential:

• Expert knowledge of English

Desirable:

• Intermediate knowledge of French

Remuneration

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

Application Closing Date
24th January, 2025.