The Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc. (CHAI) is a global health organization committed to saving lives and reducing the burden of disease in low-and middle-income countries, while strengthening the capabilities of governments and the private sector in those countries to create and sustain high-quality health systems that can succeed without our assistance. For more information, please visit: http://www.clintonhealthaccess.org
CHAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and is committed to providing an environment of fairness, and mutual respect where all applicants have access to equal employment opportunities. CHAI values diversity and inclusion, and recognizes that our mission is best advanced by the leadership and contributions of people with diverse experience, backgrounds, and culture.
CHAI’s global malaria and neglected tropical disease (NTD) program provides direct technical and operational support to countries around the globe to strengthen their programs and reduce the burden of preventable, treatable diseases. We support governments to scale up effective interventions for prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and surveillance, with the goals of sustainably reducing the number of illnesses and deaths worldwide in the short-term and accelerating progress towards elimination of malaria and NTDs in the long term.
Overview of Role
CHAI is seeking a highly motivated epidemiologist with strong public health experience and analytical skills to advise CHAI malaria and NTD staff and mentor CHAI epidemiologists working directly with government counterparts to assess, design, and scale-up disease surveillance systems; conduct robust epidemiological and spatial data analysis; monitor and evaluate the success of ongoing efforts to reduce disease burden and achieve elimination in relevant geographies; and translate results for decision-makers. The individual will collaborate with a diverse team based across multiple countries and regions (primarily but not exclusively in Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Angola, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda), government programs, academics, and public health agencies.
The successful candidate will possess strong communication, organizational, and management skills; be imaginative, pragmatic, and innovative in applying epidemiological expertise to improve real-world health programs; work independently to drive implementation; and have deep personal commitment to producing results.
Responsibilities
Contribute strategic vision and thought leadership for how malaria and NTD analytics and surveillance can be strengthened in the countries and regions where CHAI works
Serve as a technical advisor and mentor to CHAI’s regional and country teams working with national malaria and NTD programsReview and contribute to surveillance and analytics components of annual country work plans to ensure they meet strategic goalsRepresent CHAI at external technical meetings with international and local academic and technical partnersFormulate and conduct high quality epidemiological analyses to evaluate effectiveness of current interventions, understand disease pattern, and inform strategic planning
Monitor, evaluate, and improve the performance of malaria and NTD surveillance processes and platforms, and contribute to the formulation of surveillance guidelinesDesign, implementation, analysis, and dissemination of operational research projects evaluating program or intervention effectivenessSupport design and routine implementation of monitoring and evaluation of CHAI and governmental programsPromote the routine use of epidemiological, entomological, and programmatic data and analysis to inform country strategy planning and program implementationSynthesize and disseminate findings through high-quality presentations, reports, and scientific publicationsManage surveillance and analytics staff and workstreams related to malaria and NTDs, including technical mentorship, supervision, guidance, and training for a small technical team
Manage internal communications between surveillance and analytic staff and other technical and operational CHAI teamsManage relationships with regional academic and partner organizations working on relevant data analysis and surveillance activitiesDevelop capacity building material and approaches for knowledge management to coordinate surveillance and analytic activities and lesson sharing across teams, countries, and regionsOther responsibilities as needed
Qualifications
Masters in Public Health, Epidemiology or related field, or similar experience5+ years of working experience related to the above responsibilities with increasing levels of responsibility and leadershipExperience mentoring, managing, and leading teams comprised of junior technical staffDemonstrated experience in managing multiple epidemiological projects across countriesEnthusiasm for applying research methods to solve global health problems focusing on malaria and NTDs and/or other major global infectious disease concernsEnthusiasm for and exceptional skills for managing epidemiological data, conducting analysis of health data, and using analyses for decision-making, including experience with statistical and geospatial analysis (e.g., expertise with R, SAS, STATA, ArcGIS and/or other relevant software)High levels of proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and internet applicationsExperience with designing, conducting, and analyzing epidemiological surveysExperience in evaluating, working with, and strengthening disease surveillance systemsExperience in working and communicating with government officials and other external partnersExceptional written and oral communication skills, and proficiency in report writing and other concise written communications, including list of peer-reviewed publications and peer-reviewed experienceAbility to work independently in remote and unstructured settings and to adapt to new environments and challenges, and ability to collaborate and operate as part of a multicultural teamWillingness to travel extensively (up to 50%)Fluency in English
Advantages:
DrPH or PhD in public healthExperience in programming and/or working with surveillance platforms (e.g., DHIS2), data collection tools (e.g., ODK) and/or data visualization applications (e.g., Tableau)Experience living or working in resource-limited settings especially in Sub-Saharan AfricaPortuguese language skills
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