Ebola Health Advisor

excerpts from the official posting

The Ebola Health Advisor r will oversee all technical aspects of Medair’s Ebola response in DR Congo. Reporting to the Country Ebola Coordinator, and closely coordinating with Medair’s in-country Health and Nutrition Advisor, the Ebola Health Coordinator will represent Medair at a senior level in all technical Ebola…

Main responsibilities

• External Representation: Take a lead in external coordination with other partners involved in the Ebola response, including representing Medair at high-level meetings.…
• Technical programme management: strategic and overall technical supervision to ensure successful implementation of the Ebola response. Share best practices for Ebola…
• Technical capacity building and supervision of Medair’s staff and health facility workers on Ebola protocols.
• Ebola Preparedness: Coordinate with managers of Medair’s “routine” health, nutrition and WASH programmes to ensure that Ebola preparedness and appropriate adaptations…

Profile

• Medical Doctor, MSc in Public Health a plus with 3 years minimum experience post qualification
• At least 3 years’ experience in managing programmes in international public health work, with at least 1 year in humanitarian emergency context. Experience in Ebola/VHF…
• Good English and French (spoken and written).