National Professional Officer (Malaria and VBD) at World Health Organization (WHO)

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES

• Under the directsupervision of the UCN Cluster Lead, The incumbent will performthe following duties:
• Strengthen national malaria and other vector borne disease surveillance systems, including other health information systems for generation of strategic information for evidence-based targeting of malaria interventions for enhanced malaria burden reduction, through adoption, adaptation and application of relevant
• WHO norms and standards, guidelines, manuals and tools and appropriatetechnologies and e-platforms
• Ensure availability of quality data, and use of analytics for planning and decision making at national and sub-national levels
• Build capacity on the use of surveillance, monitoring and evaluation andother health data for malaria subnational tailoring of intervention using data triangulationfor stratification
• Guide evidence-based targeting and micro-stratification at community or high-riskareas with appropriate antimalarial interventions.
• Monitor the impact of interventions, performance of programme at nationaland sub-national levels to guide programmatic strategies for enhanced impact.
• Contribute to documentation and publication of best practices on the useof available evidence for targeting interventions at national and subnationallevels
• Undertake any other functions assigned

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Education

Essential:

• University degree in health sciences, including medicine, pharmacy,microbiology, entomology, epidemiology or public health.

Desirable:

• Master'sdegree in epidemiology or biostatistics, or other relevant health-relatedfields.

Experience

Essential:

• At least five (5) years experience in the development and evaluation of national disease surveillance systems.

Desirable:

• Expert knowledge in modelling and geospatial analysis.
• Experience in the field of malaria and other tropical and VBDs control.
• Relevant working experience with the WHO/UN or other INGOexperience would be an asset.

Skills

• Broad knowledge of the principles and practices of communicable disease epidemiology with specific experience in malaria surveillance and operational research
• Experience with spatial statistical methods and epidemiological data analysis for infectious diseases
• Proven skills in the analysis of routine disease surveillance dataProven experience in the development and evaluation of systems, policies, strategies, guidelines and tools for disease control and/or elimination
• Provens kills and knowledge in the development and evaluation of disease surveillance systems in a public health setting
• Demonstrated skills in capacity building, especially the training of health workers
• Presentation and communication skills
• Proven skills in modeling and use of analytics for programme decisions

WHO Competencies

• Teamwork
• Respecting and promoting individual and cultural differences
• Communication
• Producing results
• Moving forward in a changing environment

Use of Language Skills

• Essential: Expert knowledge of English.
• Desirable:

REMUNERATION

• Remuneration comprises an annual base salary starting at NGN 28,030,973 (subject to mandatory deductions for pension contributions and health insurance, as applicable) and 30 days of annual leave.