Epidemiologist Tempo Inteiro

Malaria Consortium is one of the world’s leading non-profit organisations dedicated to the comprehensive control of malaria and other communicable diseases in Africa and Southeast Asia.

Established in 2003, Malaria Consortium is one of the world’s leading non-profit organisations specialising in the comprehensive prevention, control and treatment of malaria and other communicable diseases among vulnerable and under privileged populations.

Country and Project Background

Malaria Consortium began working in Mozambique in 2005, supporting the development of distribution systems for long lasting insecticidal nets in the country. Malaria Consortium Mozambique has 4 operating offices, located in Maputo (Head Office), Inhambane, Nampula and Cabo Delgado, with allocated projects.

Malaria Consortium is currently recruiting Epidemiologist to join our team in Maputo, Mozambique. The Epidemiologist will work closely with and provide technical guidance project partners to achieve the goals set by the grant as well as provide support to the overall national malaria programme and strategy. Responsibilities will also include providing support in setting up relevant operational research and to support manuals and guidelines writing. He/she will provide technical support to Malaria Consortium activities in Mozambique and will work under the line management of the Country Technical Coordinator in Mozambique

The successful candidate will have:

Qualifications and experience:        

Essential:     

• Graduate degree in epidemiology, public health, or other related fields with at least 5 years of relevant experience;
• Experience working at the national level on health systems management and coordinating with both governmental (e.g. Ministry of Health) and technical partners;
• Experience in leading ongoing data analysis for relevant use for malaria control/elimination programs, key indicators and data visualization tools;
• Strong analytical skills in monitoring and evaluation of programmes and projects;
• Fluency in Portuguese and English required;
• Demonstrated ability to work independently as well as collaboratively in a team in a challenging context with fluctuating external conditions;
• Demonstrated capacity to summarize and present in succinct way health data with significant relevance and focused on the operational context that data is trying to capture;
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including ability to work and interact with government and non-government colleagues and partners;
• Demonstrated skills in effective verbal and written communication, particularly for technical content;
• Experience in programme or project management, particularly for national monitoring and evaluation progress.

Desirable:

• Degree in systems management and/or database management;
• Experience working with solutions for vector-borne or communicable diseases, specifically for malaria;
• Experience of working in Mozambique;
• Understanding of operational disease surveillance methodology;
• Familiarity with statistical analysis and software packages such as STATA, EpiData, and SPSS;
• Capacity to manage several sources of information;
• Experience with proposal writing;
• Results-oriented approach;
• Creative thinker, keen to be at the cutting edge of public health practice;
• Ability to communicate with impact and respect;
• Ability to manage resources to optimize results;
• Good advocacy skills.