Ebola Response Consultant, Epidemic Preparedness and Response, Global Health Programs

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Depending on the consultant’s area of expertise and the requirements of each deployment, responsibilities may include one or more of the following technical areas:

Funciones principales

• Depending on the consultant’s area of expertise and the requirements of each deployment, responsibilities may include one or more of the following technical areas:
• Support the day-to-day technical and operational implementation of Ebola surveillance and epidemiological response activities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
• Support implementation of national, provincial, health-zone, health-facility, community, point-of-entry, and point-of-control surveillance activities.
• Strengthen systems for alert detection, notification, triage, verification, investigation, classification, referral, and closure.

Perfil buscado

• Master’s degree or international equivalent in epidemiology, public health, medicine, veterinary medicine, nursing, health informatics, biostatistics, geographic…
• At least five years of relevant professional experience in public health surveillance, field epidemiology, outbreak response, contact tracing, health information…
• Demonstrated experience supporting an Ebola outbreak, another viral hemorrhagic fever response, or a comparable high-consequence infectious disease emergency.