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World Health Organization (WHO) is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system. It is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries and monitoring and assessing health trends.
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World Health Organization (WHO) is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system. It is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries and monitoring and assessing health trends.
1). Environmental Surveillance Consultant
Job ID: 2404342
Location: Abuja
Job type: Full-time
Grade: NO-B
Organization: AF_NGA Nigeria
Contract Duration (Years, Months, Days): 6 Months
Contractual Arrangement: Special Services Agreement (SSA)
Job Description
- The In-country Environmental Surveillance Consultant will support the WHO surveillance team on Environmental Surveillance.
- He / She may also be deployed to facilitate other Vaccine Preventable Disease Surveillance (VPDS) and outbreak response.
Summary of Assigned Duties
- Support the country surveillance team to develop a comprehensive ES plan that is integrated into the country surveillance plan and monitor the progress of its implementation.
- Monitor ES performance in the country and identify challenges and opportunities to achieving optimal performance for appropriated actions.
- Conduct quarterly ES desk review and share the result with the country team and the region.
- Conduct regular supervisory visits to areas with ES sites with particular focus to poor performing sites for appropriate intervention.
- Build capacity of personnel on ES in the overall context of VPD surveillance.
- Conduct investigation of poor performing ES sites and take appropriate action in conjunction with the country team and the region.
- Ensure timely ES sample collection in all sites and shipment of samples to reach the laboratory within 3 days of sample collection.
- Collaborate with the country surveillance team and the region to expand and optimize ES, especially in high-risk areas
- Collaborate with the country surveillance team to ensure the use of electronic data collection tools by supervisors
- Collaborate with the country surveillance team to regularly share ES feedback to all stakeholders in the country.
- Share up to date tools and Field Guidance for the Implementation of Environmental Surveillance for Poliovirus to all stakeholders including sample collectors.
- Collaborate with the country surveillance team to participate in other VPD surveillance and outbreak response activities.
- Collaborate with other relevant government institutions (e.g. Ministry of Environment) to improve and maintain the quality of ES sites.
- Write monthly and quarterly reports of activities and share with the country team and the region
- Undertake other assignments and responsibilities as requested by the country surveillance team, head of country office and the regional office.
Qualifications, Experience, Skills, and Languages
- Educational Qualifications: Advanced University Degree in Epidemiology, Health Sciences, Medicine / Veterinary Sciences or a related discipline that includes environmental health.
- Experience: At least Five years relevant experience at national and international levels in implementation of public health surveillance including Envoronmental Surveillance, outbreak investigation and response, and epidemiology.
Skills / Languages:
- Good computer skills in Microsoft office, and statistical packages.
- Demonstrated excellent writing ability to produce engaging and scientifically accurate communication materials.
- Ability to synthesize information in a clear and concise manner.
- Ability to understand technical issues in the field of public health surveillance including Environmental Surveillance.
- Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary and cross-cutting environment.
- Excellent organizational skills combined with the ability to multi-task and produce accurate results under pressure.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, diplomacy, tact and discretion, sound judgement and initiative
- Expert knowledge of English/French and basic knowledge of the country of assignment.
Application Closing Date
28th May, 2024; 10:59:00 PM
Note: Please note that the deadline for receipt of applications indicated above reflects your personal device’s system settings.
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2). GIS Specialist
Location: Kastina
Employment Type: Contract
Contractual Arrangement: Special Services Agreement (SSA)
Contract Duration (Years, Months, Days): 6 Months
Schedule: Full Time
Grade: G7
Job Description
- In the context of the WHO Health Emergencies Incident Management System (IMS), at the EOC state level, the incumbent will be responsible for managing GIS systems, collect, analyse, update, and maintain geospatial datasets pertaining to the emergency incident, coordinate field data collection, create maps and other cartographic products, as required; to enable team leads within the incident management system and health cluster partners to take strategic decisions
Main Objective Of Assignment
- The mission of WHO’s PEP Programme (The Programme) is to build the capacity of Member States to manage health emergency risks and, when national / state capacities are overwhelmed, to lead and coordinate the SIAs / OBRs response to contain outbreaks and to provide effective relief and recovery to affected populations.
Specific Tasks
The incumbent is expected to support the state EOC GIS / data management in the following specific tasks:
- Reporting to the Information Management Team Lead, under the overall guidance of the Incident Manager and the Head, WHO Country Office, and working closely with counterparts at the respective Zonal office and WCO, the incumbent will have front line responsibility for the GIS activities at the SEOC level. He/she will collect, analyse, update, and maintain geospatial datasets pertaining to the surveillance / SIAs / OBRs, ensuring their reliability and accuracy.
- The Incumbent Will Build And Maintain a Library Of Geospatial Data Including Incident Specific Datasets And Base Data. S/he Will Have Ongoing Contacts With LGA / State / Zone / WCO
- Provide technical support to the incident management team in developing effective tools and processes to collect, manage and combine spatial datasets.
- Conduct geospatial analysis on collected datasets; create maps, infographics, and other cartographic products on a regular and ad-hoc basis; in response to functional team leads’ technical needs.
- Standardize and clean geospatial datasets and associated attributes across incident management system specific datasets.
- Lead field data collection efforts as necessary using different data collection techniques such as mobile data collection devices and applications.
- Provide inputs in developing the tools for loading/transferring GIS data between different systems; design and maintain the structures necessary for GIS data storage.
- Manipulate presentation of geographical information by creating programs to convert GIS information from one format to another.
- Adapt tools to join together different GIS datasets and create new information or investigate patterns, e.g. estimating the number of people affected by any event, etc.Perform any other related incident specific duties, as required by the functional supervisor.
- Ensure availability of quality, timely, and complete information that guides the Polio Eradication program in the EOC.
- Conduct all round data analysis of the polio related data sets including some GIS analysis
- Track, Collate and clean all vaccination conducted in insecure settlements by either SIAs (OBRs, NIPDs, SNIPDs) as well as RES strategy
- Create and secure back-up copies of data in the state EOC, especially as relate to GIS datasets.
- Perform other activities as required by the EOC Incidence Manager.
Qualifications & Experience
Education:
- Essential: Diploma in Computer Science, Statistics, Monitoring & Evaluation, or data management related science field with additional data management training.
Experience:
- Essential: At least 3 years’ experience in health-related data management. Experience in data collection, analysis, dissemination, and use of health information for program planning and management.
- Desirable:Working knowledge of statistical application programs (EPI INFO, SPSS, STATA etc.) and mapping programs (QGIS, ArcGIS, Healthmapper etc)
Use of language skills:
- Essential: Proficiency in English Language
Deadline: 23rd May, 2024.
How to Apply: Interested and qualified candidates should use the links below to apply: