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COVID- 19 Surveillance Officer
Ohio State Global One Health Initiative
Health Care
Public Health
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1 years - 2 years
23 Positions
2021-03-27
to
2021-04-08
Full Time
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Job Description
Job Description
Roles and Responsibilities
- Working with facility PHEM coordinators and in-consultation with Regional COVID 19 Surveillance Coordinators,
- Implement scenario-based contact tracing of identified cases based on local level of transmission as well as quarantine and monitoring of potential contacts
- Conduct active case search, Community Based Surveillance (CBS) and targeted household level surveillance
- Coordinate reception from all potential sources and verification as a member of facility rapid response team
- Implement targeted Covid-19 testing in the health facilities
- Map high-risk / vulnerable populations
- Strengthen Home Based Isolation and Care (HBIC) follow up team
- Support a referral linkage from the community to the health facility
- Support PHEM unit in public and private health facilities they are assigned to work
- Ensure appropriate collection, storage and transportation of respiratory samples collected for different testing reasons
- Compile facility-based data on Covid-19 and enter in to data base
- Support school surveillance
- Prepare and submit weekly surveillance report, monthly report and quarterly report as required by the donor
- Provide activity reports to respective Regional COVID 19 Surveillance Coordinator as advised by the project team
Employment type –Full time one-year contract with a possibility of renewal
Line of responsibility – the surveillance officers will be responsible to the Regional COVID 19 Surveillance Coordinator
Number required: 23
Job Requirements
Qualification and work experience
Required Qualification and work experience
- MPH or MSc in health and biomedical science fields and
- 1-2 years of work experience in health surveillance systems
Desired Qualification and work experience
- Very good English verbal and written communication skills
- Very good team work and facilitation skills
How to Apply
Interested and qualified applicants who meet the minimum requirements should submit the following;
- A CV with 3 references
- Copy of Diplomas
- Copy of official transcript
- Work experience
- Two letters of recommendation
- Other relevant documents
All these documents should be compiled as one pdf file to Abinet Kebede (kebede.24@osu.edu) with in 10 working days of the first day announcement. Applications coming after the deadline will not be considered.
Application letters should be addressed to: The Ohio State University GOH LLC, Eastern Africa Regional Office, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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