WHO Surveillance Officer Jobs 2023 – Ethiopia NGO Jobs.
WHO Ethiopia looking for “Surveillance Officer”.
Applicants with a degree in University Degree may apply on or before 28th September, 2023.
The World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health. The WHO Constitution, which establishes the agency’s governing structure and principles, states its main objective as “the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health”.
WHO Surveillance Officer Jobs 2023
The WHO has published a job vacancy announcement on 14th September, 2023 for qualified Ethiopians to fill in the vacant post of Surveillance Officer to be based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
| Recruiter | World Health Organization (WHO) |
| Position | Surveillance Officer |
| Location | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
| Country | Ethiopia |
| Total Vacant Post | N/A |
| Qualification | University Degree |
| Experience Required | Minimum Two (02) years |
| Application Deadline | 28th September, 2023 |
WHO Job Vacancy 2023
Description Of Duties:
Working under the oversight of the Incident Manager and the direct supervision of the Surveillance Team Lead, the surveillance officer will perform the following tasks:
- Provide leadership and guidance on technical matters related to early detection, verification, investigation and response to public health and nutrition incidents, ensuring efficiency of data collection, correlation, analysis, interpretation, and timely reporting at health facility at the district levels.
- Support the verification of data on reported public health and nutrition emergency or rumors received from multiple sources, conduct retrospective analysis of reported incidents: determine trends, distribution patterns, and efficiency of the verification mechanism.
- Support emergency health and nutrition data quality improvement, use of data for monitoring of trends, alert, and action thresholds (triggers).
- Support supervision, training, and on-job mentorship in building the core surveillance (health and nutrition), alert and response capacities.
- Support the early warning systems for public health and nutrition emergencies
- Support the preparation and dissemination of public health and nutrition emergencies news, technical documents, updates, and assessments to key decision makers
- Initiate and/or support/strengthen scientific documentation of response efforts and activities in line with WHO global best practice.
- Produce regular and written feedback to FMOH/RHB/ ZHB and other response actors, and report to the field coordinator.
- Perform any other incident-specific related duties, as required by the Surveillance Team Lead.
Position in Organization:
- Surveillance Officer
- Grade: No grade
- Contractual Arrangement: Special Services Agreement (SSA)
- Contract Duration (Years, Months, Days): 3 months (extension subject to performance and availability of funds)
- Job Posting: Sep 13, 2023, 5:47:55 PM
- Closing Date: Sep 28, 2023, 3:29:00 AM
- Primary Location: Ethiopia-Addis Ababa
- Organization: AF_ETH Ethiopia
- Schedule: Full-time
Required Qualification and Experience:
Education:
- First university degree in medicine or public health with specialization in epidemiology.
Experience:
- At least two years of relevant experience in the areas of public health or epidemiology with national authorities.
- Experience in epidemiological surveillance and investigation with reportable diseases in the country. Experience working with UN/WHO or other large international organizations would be an added advantage.
Language:
- Expert knowledge of English, and local language of the specific region.
- Other UN language
How to Apply WHO Surveillance Officer Jobs 2023
Note: Before you apply, please download (link is given below) the full advertisement and read it carefully.
Then to apply, go to https://careers.who.int/careersection/ex/jobdetail.ftl?job=2308341
The Closing Date: 28th September, 2023.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.
| Particulars | Details Link |
| Job Advertisement | Download |
| Official Website | www.who.int |
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