Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, January 23, 2020 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Palladium develops and delivers solutions that create positive impact for communities, businesses, societies and economies. We transform lives and create enduring value by working with governments, corporations and non-profit organisations. Epidemiologist - Strategic Use of Surveillance and Epidemiology, Kenya .

Responsibilities
The Epidemiologist will technically lead the data and information generation and use processes for the project. At the project level, s/he will be a critical part of the project team leading and managing complex project-level data use initiatives requiring interaction and collaboration with external stakeholders at various levels, including at national and county levels. The main Duties and Responsibilities include:
• Coordinate activities related to public health evaluation. S/he will design evaluation activities to better evaluate the HIV/TB response in Kenya using existing data from individual data systems. S/he will provide direct guidance and technical assistance to Implementing Partners (IPs) and United States Government (USG) staff affiliated with evaluation activities in activities related to the SUSE project. Will coordinate the development of required umbrella protocols for SUSE project.
• Analyze data from existing electronic platforms and produce abstracts, manuscripts, presentations, etc. to be presented at conferences or submitted for publication in peer-reviewed journals.
• Provide Technical Assistance (TA) to inform automation of information products from individual level data systems towards epidemiologically sound outputs. The TA will cover the entire continuum of individual level data management: collection, transmission, collation, analysis and interpretation.
• Work with the Ministry of Health (MOH), county health teams, and other partners on deeper interrogation, analysis and triangulation of existing evaluation, research and program data (electronic or otherwise) to better inform disease control efforts.
• Assessment, supervision, activity participation, and conference attendance as necessary and represent the project at national and international conferences and meetings..

Job Skills: Not Specified

Requirements
• Medical related Degree (Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy) is required. A Master's or a higher degree in Public Health, Epidemiology, Field Epidemiology, Social Sciences or related field is also required.
• At least 5 years progressive public health experience and/or research experience within the HIV/TB program.
• Must have a high level of detailed understanding of the structure and functions of Kenya's HIV epidemic response.
• Must have technical knowledge of epidemiology, statistical analysis and public health relevant to the HIV and TB epidemic.
• Must have published widely with at least 3 first-author publications in reputable journals.
• Must have technical experience and knowledge in managing research/evaluation projects and resources.
• Must be able to mentor project teams and workgroups on program evaluation and manuscript and abstract writing.
• Must be able to devise innovative methods to manage both aggregate and individual level data to inform epidemic response.
• Must demonstrate experience in managing large datasets from program/survey/surveillance data.
• Must have training and experience with MS Office, and statistical analysis software such as R, SAS, STATA or SPSS and working knowledge of GIS software..

Job Education Requirements: Not Specified
Job Experience Requirements: Not Specified

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