Team Lead, Surveillance
Job Description
Title: Team Lead, Surveillance
Company Name: Jhpiego Bangladesh
Vacancy: Not specific
Job Location: Dhaka
Employment Status: Contractual
Educational Requirements:
∎ MBBS with MPH from any recognized university/ institution.
Experience Requirements:
∎ 12 to 15 year(s)
Job Context:
∎ Jhpiego, an affiliate of Johns Hopkins University, founded in 1973 at Baltimore, Maryland, USA with the mission to create and deliver transformative health care solutions that save lives. In partnership with national governments, health experts and local communities, Jhpiego builds health providers` skills and develops systems that save lives now and guarantee healthier futures for women and their families. Since inception, Jhpiego worked to save lives and improve health has reached people in more than 150 countries worldwide. Currently, it runs active programs in more than 35 countries across the globe.
∎ NOTE: Due to the high volume of applications received, we will only contact applicants who are being considered. We will shortlist on rolling basis. Thank you for your understanding.
∎ Department / Project: Health (Surveillance)
∎ Type of Contract: Contractual
∎ Job Purpose: This incumbent will address the overall project situation, and to provide advice to the GoB for the creation of an integrated national disease surveillance system and to set the stage for needed policy dialogues concerning the existing disease surveillance system.
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Work in liaison with IEDCR and other relevant stakeholders like ICDDR, BSMMU; NTP, EPI, WHO etc. as well as with CDC offices in Bangladesh and Atlanta, USA.
∎ Conduct meetings, workshops and relevant desk review to understand and mapping of the disease surveillance system currently operational in Bangladesh which include how diseases of interest are captured, who is involved in capturing and reporting data, and how reports are submitted from sentinel sites to the central level. Moreover, who is analyzing those information's and how the analyzed information are being used.
∎ Conduct literature review and knowledge acquired will link to lessons learned from exercises such as the pharmacy mapping for COVID-19 which Jhpiego completed under RISE Test to Treat (T2T) project. A separate and detail report of this linkage will be produced and submitted.
∎ Undertake SWOT analysis of the current surveillance system to identify the bottlenecks and to formulate solutions to make the system more effective and efficient.
∎ National and regional level meetings, workshops, FGDs and other necessary tasks will be conducted by Jhpiego with IEDCR and other relevant disease surveillance partners throughout the duration of the project, to outline project objectives including a detailed work plan in the form of a GANTT chart.
∎ Workshop/s will be organized on Policy dialogues with relevant GoB and other stakeholders on proposed recommendations.
∎ A landscape mapping report and relevant workshop reports will be generated and submitted to relevant bodies and to CDC, the project donor.
∎ Supervise the Project Officer (Surveillance) and make sure s/he is performing all the task accordingly and following the Jhpiego Bangladesh CoC.
∎ Ensure the safety of team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation to achieve the program'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 once the technology completed, doing quality assessment by verifying generated contents
Additional Requirements:
∎ Minimum 12-15 years of work experience with disease surveillance areas
∎ MAJOR CHALLENGES:
∎ As the existing GoB surveillance system is operated by multiple stakeholders, so coordinating them can be a major challenge to achieve to project goals
∎ Current political situation - can be challenging
∎ KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS (KPIs):
∎ Communications, meeting minutes with IEDCR, DGHS and other relevant stakeholders to ensure implementation of the project.
∎ meetings minutes and workshops report as necessary to efficiently and effectively complete the project activity
∎ Appropriately presented and prepared report on desk review, literature review and SWOT analysis etc.
∎ Efficiently organized dissemination workshop and workshop on policy dialogue.
∎ Key competencies:
∎ Knowledge:
∎ Proven understanding and hands-on experience in surveillance related project activities & initiatives.
∎ Coordination with GOB and other stakeholders.
∎ Skills:
∎ Excellent computer skills with all Microsoft Office programs (MS Word, Power Point, Excel)
∎ Excellent influencing, advocacy, public relations, communication, and Networking skills.
∎ Excellent organization, and coordination skills
∎ Recording, reporting & presentation skills
∎ Competencies:
∎ Ability to work independently and collaboratively as part of diverse teams
∎ Ability to manage a varied workload, work under pressure, priorities and meet deadlines
∎ Self-motivated, flexible and adaptable to the needs of the organization
∎ Focused on delivering results by taking calculated-risks and problem-solving approach
∎ Gender equality and diversity awareness
∎ Strong interpersonal and intercultural skills
∎ Strong planning /organization skills
Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ As per company policy
Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.
Application Deadline: 24 Nov 2023
Company Information:
∎ 14 Nov 2023
∎ Jhpiego Bangladesh
Category: Medical/Pharma
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Source: bdjobs.com
Deadline Expired on 24th Nov 2023
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