Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) translates to Doctors without Borders. We provide medical assistance to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion from healthcare. Our teams are made up of tens of thousands of health professionals, logistic and administrative staff - bound together by our charter. Our actions are guided by medical ethics and the principles of impartiality, independence and neutrality. We are a non-profit, self-governed, member-based organisation.
MSF was founded in 1971 in Paris by a group of journalists and doctors. Today, we are a worldwide movement of nearly 65,000 people.
Supervises (Function)::
Project Medical Data Encoders/Clerks
Gross Monthly Salary:
1205.37 USD
Section/Unit:
Medical and Paramedical
Grade Level:
Level 8
Supervisor:
Medical Coordinator
No. of Post:
1
Duty Station:
Port Sudan
Duration:
6 months renewable subject to performance and budget
Closing Date:
27 Feb 2024
Background:
Main Purpose
Assessing, implementing and maintaining the epidemiological surveillance systems/monitoring (if needed) according to MSF protocols, standards and procedures in order to contribute to appropriate evidence-based decision making using well managed health data in outbreak and emergency MSF programmes
Duties and responsibilities:
Accountabilities
Carrying out key epidemiological activities in outbreak investigation (description including time, place, people with emphasis on mapping when it is needed) and advising on the operational response
Implementing and maintaining a surveillance system to monitor epidemiological trends of relevant outbreak-prone diseases. Guiding activities of medical 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)
Monitoring and Implementing initial Assessment (for emergency situation), rapid health assessments and (baseline or follow-up) surveys. Where standard protocols are not available or appropriate, developing a protocol seeking extensive feedback and pilot testing of tools to ensure the objectives will be met robustly with support of HQ epidemiologist
Preparing and adapting routine documentation (survey forms, training materials, letters of request/notification, locally appropriate consent forms etc.) with support of HQ epidemiologist. Preparing an appropriate sampling frame and sample selection guidelines with support of HQ epidemiologist
Planning and supervising the associated HR processes of the staff under his/her responsibility (recruitment, training/induction, evaluation, potential detection, development and communication) and ensuring that staff exhibits required skills after training and pilot test
Managing data systems and ensuring accurate, high quality databases; analyzing results and preparing regular written reports on progress and findings for medical coordinator/HQ and when appropriate to external collaborators/networks (MoH, other NGOs, etc.)
Providing training sessions to medical teams on relevant aspects of epidemiology to enhance team response capacity
Minimum Qualification, Skills and Experience Required:
Requirements:
Education
Medical doctor (preferable), nurse or biomedical background with a degree in epidemiology or in public health.
Experience
Language
Knowledge
At least few years of tropical medicine experience (having assumed coordination position is a plus)
Experience in field epidemiology and outbreak investigation
Experience in monitoring and evaluation
Excellent command of English (at least B2) and Arabic
Computer literacy (word, excel, power point, outlook…)
Experience in DHIS2 (mandatory), and R (preferred)
Application Requirements:
Interested candidates are requested to send the applications with documents; (Updated CV, Educational certificates, work experience certificates, previous employers’ references and copy of their national ID) to:
