Senior Specialist, Epidemiology, Communicable Diseases Programme (CDP) (Contractual)
Job Description
Title: Senior Specialist, Epidemiology, Communicable Diseases Programme (CDP) (Contractual)
Company Name: BRAC
Vacancy: Not specific
Job Location: Dhaka
Employment Status: Contractual
Educational Requirements:
∎ MBBS with MPH in epidemiology will get preference.
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 5 year(s)
Job Context:
∎ SAFEGUARDING RESPONSIBILITIES
∎ Ensure the safety of team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation to achieve the programme`s goals on safeguarding implementation. Act as a key source of support, guidance and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment.
∎ Practice, promote and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action.
∎ Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place, encourage others to do so.
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Analyze the trend of malaria cases and assist in planning and implementation of the programme accordingly
∎ Investigate the malaria situation in the boarder belt upazilas and identify involvement of any cross-border movement
∎ Identify potential outbreak through analysis malaria cases and take prompt action through mobilization of resources
∎ Support National Malaria Elimination Program (NMEP) and local Govt. if any outbreak reports, investigate the cause and take initiative for containment of the outbreak
∎ Provide technical support to the entomology team of both Govt. and BRAC entities through analyzing the entomological data
∎ Analyze verbal autopsy of malaria death cases and guide the team on reduction of death
∎ Follow up the implementation of surveillance system as well as malaria classification to halt local transmission as well as any re-establishment of malaria in low endemic areas
∎ Support in proposal and report writing on malaria
∎ Contribute on updating of national malaria strategic plan and analyze the target versus achievement and resource utilization
∎ Coordinate with Government and different NGO ; share the current/changed (if any) situation of malaria and epidemiology in both NGO and Govt level meetings.
Additional Requirements:
∎ Proficient in SPSS ,MS Office, email & internet browsing
∎ Good knowledge in epidemiology diseases.
∎ Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
∎ Sound knowledge in National Strategic Plan development, Performance Framework (PF).
∎ Experience in dealing with donor , NGO partners .
∎ Minimum 05 years of experience in public health sector preferably in communicable diseases.
Salary: Negotiable
Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Festival Bonus, Health & Life Insurance and others
Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.
Application Deadline: 6 Nov 2022
Company Information:
∎ 1 Nov 2022
∎ BRAC
∎ Business : BRAC is an international development organisation founded in Bangladesh that partners with over 100 million people living with inequality and poverty globally to create sustainable opportunities to realise potential.
Category: Medical/Pharma
