Epidemiologist, Research Associate, Malaria and NTD Analytics and Surveillance - Anglophone East, Central and West Africa

Join the Clinton Health Access Initiative as an Epidemiologist to enhance disease surveillance and analytics in Africa, focusing on malaria and NTDs.

• Implement surveillance projects related to disease (malaria and NTD) epidemiology, intervention, commodity and entomology, as required;
• Provide direct support to analytics workstreams including conducting high-quality epidemiological analyses to evaluate effectiveness of current interventions, understand disease patterns, and inform strategic planning related to malaria within the region;
• Support the rollout and monitor the performance of existing and new surveillance processes and platforms for improved data collection, reporting, data management, automated analysis and data visualization e.g. using dashboards;
• Help cultivate a culture of data uses within disease programs by strengthening the quality, use, and analysis of epidemiological, entomological, and programmatic data by the malaria program to inform country strategy planning and program implementation;
• Support institutionalization of data reviews at all levels, including the development and use of data collection tools and dashboards (e.g., Tableau, DHIS2, etc.);
• Contribute to the formulation of relevant disease program documents including but not limited to surveillance guidelines and SOPs, epidemic preparedness and response guidelines, M&E plans, lessons learned documents and operational manuals;
• Design, implement, analyse, and disseminate operational research projects related to surveillance, intervention effectiveness, and entomology;
• Provide technical support, training and ad-hoc programmatic support to staff members involved in surveillance activities such as data quality assurance and management, monitoring and evaluation of existing activities, outbreak detection and responses, surveillance system evaluation, integration of health management information system, and study implementation;
• Synthesize results, translate them to national and sub-national government partners to support evidence-based decision-making, and disseminate findings through high-quality presentations, reports, and publications internally and externally at international venues;
• Represent CHAI at external technical meetings with local academic and technical partners;
• Develop and maintain strong working relationships with country teams, key stakeholders across government, non-governmental organizations, and academic institutions, with support from technical advisor;
• Any other tasks identified.

• Master's degree in Public Health, Epidemiology or related field;
• 2 years of working experience with increasing levels of responsibility and leadership, including in program management;
• Strong project management skills, including the ability to plan, execute, and monitor multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring timely and high-quality deliverables;
• Knowledge of malaria, NTD and/or other major global infectious disease problems;
• Experience in monitoring and evaluation of surveillance systems and/or public health programs;
• Familiarity with disease surveillance and strengthening information systems;
• Familiarity with data entry, data management, epidemiological analysis and statistical analysis using statistical software (R, STATA and/or other relevant software);
• Enthusiasm for applying research methods to solve global health problems, focusing on malaria and/or other major global infectious disease concerns;
• Experience working and communicating with government officials and other external partners;
• High levels of proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and internet applications;
• Ability to work independently in remote and unstructured settings and to adapt to new environments and challenges;
• Ability to collaborate and operate as part of a multicultural team;
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills;
• Willingness to travel (50% of time); and
• Fluent in English.