UNICEF Epidemiology and disease Control Specialist – Public health Emergencies Jobs 2022 – Kenya NGO Jobs. UNICEF Kenya looking for “Epidemiology and disease Control Specialist – Public health Emergencies”. Applicants with a degree in Advanced University Degree may apply on or before 18th Sept 2022.
UNICEF is a Christian international relief and development agency working globally to end poverty and injuries and to restore hope in some of the world’s poorest communities. UNICEF have the vision to see 50 million people released from material and spiritual poverty through a worldwide network of 100,000 local churches. We operate in more than fifty countries around the world.
UNICEF Epidemiology and disease Control Specialist – Public health Emergencies Jobs 2022
The UNICEF has published a job vacancy announcement on 6th Sept 2022 for qualified Kenyans to fill in the vacant post of Epidemiology and disease Control Specialist – Public health Emergencies to be based in Nairobi, Kenya.
| Recruiter | United Nations Children’s Fund |
| Position | Epidemiology and disease Control Specialist – Public health Emergencies |
| Location | Nairobi, Kenya |
| Country | Kenya |
| Total Vacant Post | N/A |
| Qualification | Advanced University Degree |
| Experience Required | Minimum Eight years |
| Application Deadline | 18th Sept 2022 |
UNICEF Job Vacancy 2022
Activities and Tasks:
- Develop and disseminate a weekly and monthly summary of emerging and ongoing public health events including those with cross border impact, with recommendations for UNICEF focus at country and regional levels.
- Contribute to key regional reports on major public health events (including drought, floods, outbreaks such as measles, cholera, VHFs) as needed.
- Deploy the risk assessment tool to ESA priority countries experiencing crises, contribute to improve/amend the tool for different contexts, and support for risk informed planning and risk mapping including at the subnational level.
- Contribute to monitoring of surveillance activities in countries experiencing crisis for timely decision making in response and conduct visits to provide hands-on to country offices where required.
- Weekly monitoring of COVID-19 epidemiological trends at the global level, in Africa and in ESA region.
- Review, summarize and share the latest technical guidance and scientific research on COVID-19
- Develop monthly updates on COVID-19 and other public health emergencies for management
- COVID-19 vaccine roll out support:
- Monitor vaccine roll out in humanitarian settings, identifying bottlenecks and supporting the team (RO and CO) to address them
- Attend planning, review and other related meetings and support follow-up actions related to the implementation and monitoring of COVID-19 vaccine introduction and roll out with a focus on fragile settings
- Support RO team to develop periodic updates and document progress on the roll-out of the COVID -19 vaccine that include up-to-date information on countries in crisis.
- Contribute to periodic reviews of technical and operational information on public health emergencies in the ESA Region
- Liaise with the regional and country health emergency focal points and partners to develop informative analytics on health emergency risks and events for monthly updates and periodic reports.
- Participate in relevant partners’ technical working groups, internal coordination meetings, ad-hoc and other relevant emergency coordination forums, joint-assessment and response missions where required.
- Maintaining the Health emergencies SharePoint.
Position in Organization:
- Epidemiology and disease control specialist – Public health emergencies
- Job no: 554862
- Contract type: Consultant
- Duty Station: Nairobi
- Level: Consultancy
- Location: Kenya
- Categories: Health
- Deadline: 18th Sept 2022
Qualification:
- Advanced university degree in public health or applied epidemiology. A first level university degree with a relevant combination of academic qualifications and 2 additional years of experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
Experience:
- At least eight years’ experience in the management of public health emergencies and vaccine preventable disease outbreaks including cross sectoral and multi-agency preparedness planning and coordination of response at national and/or international level.
- Ability to manage large data sets and to present information in multiple formats, including geospatial mapping tools (such as GIS) and visualization software like Power Bi, and others. Experience doing this with the UN, NGOs or government in a developing country for outbreak response is a plus.
- Experience in technical writing including but not limited to official public health documents for UN agencies, contributions to government health policies and guidelines and academic publications.
How to Apply UNICEF Epidemiology and disease Control Specialist – Public health Emergencies Jobs 2022
Note: Before you apply, please download (link is given below) the full advertisement and read it carefully.
Then to apply, go to https://jobs.unicef.org/cw/en-us/job/554862
The Closing Date: 18th Sept 2022.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.
| Particulars | Details Link |
| Job Advertisement | Click to View |
| Official Website | www.unicef.org |
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