Advanced Zambia Field Epidemiology Training Program (FETP) Coordinator – re-advertised: Ministry of Health

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Company: Ministry of Health
Location: Zambia
State: Lusaka
Job type: Full-Time
Job Category:  Healthcare Jobs in Zambia

The Ministry Of Health (MOH) Cooperative Agreement supported by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) aims at supporting the Strengthening of the Ministry Capacity to provide Leadership to the National HIV/AIDS Response through coordination, policy development. mentorship and training. MOH seeks to recruit suitably qualified and experienced persons to be appointed to the underlisted positions under this project.

Advanced Zambia Field Epidemiology Training Program (FETP) Coordinator – re-advertised

The Zambia Field Epidemiology Training Program (FETP) is recruiting a well-qualified candidate to coordinate the Advanced FETP. ZFETP is a competency-based training and service-learning program in applied epidemiology that seeks to increase epidemiologic capacity in Zambia. It is run by the Zambia National Public Health Institute (ZNPHI) with technical and financial support from the U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC-Zambia). The incumbent will lead day-to-day activities for the Advanced FETP, including mentoring residents and participating in field activities. The incumbent will report to the FET P program director and will work closely with the CDC-Zambia team to provide technical assistance in field epidemiology capacity building in Zambia.

Duties:

• Provide technical support to Advanced FET Presidents. particularly on HIV-related activities.
• Oversee FETP residents conduct field investigations of disease outbreaks in Zambia, including periodically accompanying residents during field activities
• Assist residents to design high-quality epidemiologic studies, including field investigation protocols and questionnaires, surveillance system evaluations and data analyses, and university thesis projects/analytic projects
• Assist ZFETP residents with collecting, managing, analyzing, and interpreting surveillance and epidemiologic data
• Provide timely feedback on written and oral scientific communication products from FETP residents
• Design and execute quality improvement projects to improve overall quality of Advanced FETP training
• Liaise with primary Supervisors on a routine basis to improve the resident experience at field sites
• Lead classroom didactic activities, including lectures and cases studies on epidemiological concepts
• Help plan FETP activities, such as workshops, conferences, and field activities
• Assist in developing and updating governing documents, standard operational procedures. and assisting the program administrator to prepare an application for TEPHINET accreditation
• Other duties as assigned by supervisors

Required :

• Advanced FETP graduate, or current advance FETP resident who has completed core deliverables for graduation
• Doctorate degree (MbChb, DVM. or PhD)
• Experience conducting epidemiological investigations in Zambia
• Experience supervising and mentoring other persons
• Experience with scientific writing and communication
• Experience analyzing data using statistical software (Epilnfo, SAS, Stata, R, etc.)

All interested persons meeting the above qualifications and experience should send their written applications to the undersigned with copies of academic and professional qualifications, detailed Curriculum Vitae and three references including their contact numbers to the Ministry of Health Headquarters. Ndeke House along Haile Selassie Avenue at the reception or by email to [email protected].

The closing date for receipt of applications is 5th February, 2021. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.