Surveillance Specialist Job at FHI360 NGO

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Descriptions;

FHI 360 (formerly Family Health International) is a nonprofit human development organization based in North Carolina. FHI 360 serves more than 70 countries and all U.S. states and territories.

Responsibilities:

Collaborates with health officials, national and regional institutions, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and international donors to design, implement, monitor and evaluate surveillance strengthening activities.
Serves as point person for EGHS work in country including leading planning, development, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation of project surveillance activities.
Provides technical assistance to project partners to implement surveillance activities.
Identifies challenges and develops strategies for effective implementation of surveillance related activities.
Provides support to review and update existing surveillance systems and toolkits
Provides technical assistance to strengthen national expertise to manage health management information system platforms, analyze data and produce surveillance reports and other visualizations aligned with evidence-based practices and international standards.
Represents the project on national technical working groups, as appropriate, and maintain contacts with other organizations engaged in GHSA activities.
Coordinates with EGHS team in other countries to ensure commonalities and experience sharing within the project and across countries

Education and Experience:

Master’s degree or international equivalent in medicine, public health, or related field
At least 6 years of relevant experience in infectious disease surveillance.
Demonstrated experience implementing field-based surveillance methodology including analysis of epidemiologic investigation data
Demonstrated report writing and presentation skills
Experience working effectively with government counterparts at national and regional levels.
Proven interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively in a team.
Experience collaborating on projects and coordinating efforts with other program staff, other international health agencies, and private and non-profit organizations.