{"id":53667,"date":"2018-04-17T11:07:56","date_gmt":"2018-04-17T10:07:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joblistnigeria.com\/?p=53667"},"modified":"2018-04-17T11:07:56","modified_gmt":"2018-04-17T10:07:56","slug":"medecins-sans-frontieres-msf-recruiting-new-position","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joblistnigeria.com\/medecins-sans-frontieres-msf-recruiting-new-position.html","title":{"rendered":"M\u00e9decins Sans Fronti\u00e8res (MSF) is Recruiting for a New Position"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>M\u00e9decins Sans Fronti\u00e8res (MSF) is an independent international medical humanitarian organisation that delivers emergency aid in more than 60 countries to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural or man-made disasters or exclusion from health care.<\/p>\n<p>We are recruiting to fill the position below:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Job Title: Epidemiologist<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Job No.:<\/strong> MS059<\/p>\n<p><strong>Main Objective of the Position<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Carry out investigation, implement assessment and epidemiological surveillance systems\/monitoring (if needed) according to MSF protocols in order to contribute to appropriate evidence-based decision making using well managed health data in outbreak and emergency MSF programs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Accountability<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Carry out key epidemiological activities in outbreak investigation (description including time, place, people with emphasis on mapping when it is needed) and advise on the operational response<\/li>\n<li>Supervise epidemiological activities in community-based surveillance (mortality, malnutrition),in outbreak investigations (description including person, place and time with emphasis on mapping when needed) and advise on operational response.<\/li>\n<li>Monitor data quality in the data collection tools used through follow up with appropriate staff on missing, erroneous and duplicate data, correcting data errors in a timely manner, and liaising with staff to ensure data integrity is maintained.<\/li>\n<li>Develop and maintain community-based and hospital-based surveillance systems to monitor health status of beneficiaries.<\/li>\n<li>Monitor epidemiological trends of relevant outbreak-prone diseases.<\/li>\n<li>Guide activities of medical staff and community staff for surveillance and\/or active case finding, including ensuring understanding of the need for consistent case definitions and data recording (briefing of all new staff).<\/li>\n<li>Develop and maintain accurate and high quality data systems\/databases.<\/li>\n<li>Performs quantitative data analysis using descriptive, statistical and spatial methodologies and computerized statistical software,<\/li>\n<li>Prepare regular written reports on progress and findings for medical coordinator, and when appropriate to external collaborators\/networks (MoH, other NGOs).<\/li>\n<li>Conduct initial assessments (for emergency situations), rapid health assessments and (baseline or follow-up) surveys to inform appropriate response.<\/li>\n<li>Where standard protocols are not available or appropriate, develop a protocol seeking extensive feedback and pilot testing of robust tools to ensure the objectives will be met with support of HQ epidemiologist.<\/li>\n<li>Prepare \/ adapt routine documentation (survey forms, training materials, letters of request\/notification, locally appropriate consent forms etc) with support of HQ epidemiologist.<\/li>\n<li>Prepare an appropriate sampling frame and sample selection guidelines with support of HQ epidemiologist<\/li>\n<li>Hire, train and supervise survey staff, including ensuring staff exhibit required skills after training and pilot test.<\/li>\n<li>Analyze results and report on findings<\/li>\n<li>Manage data systems and ensure accurate, high quality databases<\/li>\n<li>Analyze results and report on findings<\/li>\n<li>Implement\/maintain relevant epidemiological surveillance systems\/monitoring<\/li>\n<li>Provide training sessions to medical teams on relevant aspects of epidemiology to enhance team response capacity.<\/li>\n<li>Follow up, monitor and provide result interpretation of community-based nutrition and mortality surveillance system in the projects where implemented.<\/li>\n<li>Support implementation of remote surveillance system in Jakusko.<\/li>\n<li>Follow up on reported cases of communicable diseases and conduct analysis of the data to support early detection and to help inform appropriate response.<\/li>\n<li>Monitor epidemiological trends of relevant outbreak-prone diseases (e.g. meningitis, measles, cholera etc), and provide appropriate technical advice and support to the PMRs .<\/li>\n<li>Follow up and harmonize project\u2019s Health Information System (HMIS) and support analysis of this data.<\/li>\n<li>Ensure timely reporting for monthly and quarterly indicators.<\/li>\n<li>Support and manage surveillance data tools when requested Provide technical support to field team in building capacity regarding surveillance for meningitis outbreak preparedness.<\/li>\n<li>Update the medical dashboard to support programme improvement, and sharing with the medical coordinator on a weekly basis.<\/li>\n<li>Ensure external data management tools (e.g MOH, Nut 5W cluster) are updated with weekly and monthly data for external sharing purposes.<\/li>\n<li>Ensure regular reporting on progress, challenges and findings at medical meetings or coordination meetings if applicable.<\/li>\n<li>Support emergency team on analysis of the data during\/after exploratory missions if relevant.<\/li>\n<li>Participate in relevant team, inter-sectional and inter-agency\/ governmental meetings if requested by medical coordinator<\/li>\n<li>Design\/develop protocols of epidemiological study, carry out epidemiological study and publish results in norms with studies internal regulations.<\/li>\n<li>Being flexible to any other task to be carried out asked by the supervisor according to the mission need.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>MSF Section\/Context Specific Accountabilities:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>50% of the time in the the projects: Damaturu, Gwoza, Maiduguri and Pulka<\/li>\n<li>Monthly reports to Logco registering all the activities, problems, soutions proposed and plans for following month<\/li>\n<li>Responsible of updating monthly IT material inventory, location, passwords and status<\/li>\n<li>Responsible of configuring computers and printers according to MSF standards and programmes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Requirements<\/strong><br \/>\nEducation:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Medical Doctor (preferable), Nurse or Biomedical background with a Degree in Epidemiology.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Experience:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>At least 2 years of tropical medicine experience (having assumed coordination position is a plus).<\/li>\n<li>Experience in field epidemiology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Languages:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mission working language essential (English), local language a plus (Hausa).<\/li>\n<li>Knowledge Use of epidemiology related analytical software (excel, Epi-info, STATA or SPSS).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Competencies:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Commitment to MSF\u2019s Principles<\/li>\n<li>Cross-cultural Awareness<\/li>\n<li>Behavioral Flexibility<\/li>\n<li>Stress Management<\/li>\n<li>Results and Quality Orientation<\/li>\n<li>Service Orientation<\/li>\n<li>Initiative and Innovation<\/li>\n<li>Teamwork and Cooperation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Other Required skills:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Organization and planning skills, initiative and proactive.<\/li>\n<li>Committed to humanitarian principles.<\/li>\n<li>Due to the nature of MSF operations, flexibility is indispensable and unavoidable.<\/li>\n<li>Committed to humanitarian principles.<\/li>\n<li>Sensitive and respectful of religious and cultural differences<\/li>\n<li>Identification with Humanitarian, Cross Cultural Awareness, Self-Control, Quality and Results Orientation, Commment, Stress Management.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Salary<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>As per the MSF salary scale (national contract).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Application Closing Date<\/strong><br \/>\n29th April, 2018.<\/p>\n<section id=\"listing-fields\"><\/section>\n<p><strong>How to Apply<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV&#8217;s and Motivation Letters either by email to:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:msfe-abuja-recruitment@barcelona.msf.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>msfe-abuja-recruitment@barcelona.msf.org<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0Or In person to:\u00a0<strong>MSF Spain Office,\u00a0Plot 394, Etang O. Obuli Street,\u00a0\u00a0Off Idris Ibrahim Crescent,\u00a0\u00a0Jabi-Abuja.<\/strong>\u00a0Or To any MSF Spain Base in Maiduguri, Gwoza, Pulka &#8211; Borno and Damaturu &#8211; Yobe States.\u00a0<strong>Note:\u00a0<\/strong>Only short-listed applicants will be contacted.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>M\u00e9decins Sans Fronti\u00e8res (MSF) is an independent international medical humanitarian organisation that delivers emergency aid in more than 60 countries to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural or man-made&#8230;..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.5 - 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