Roles and Responsibilities

• Work with Regional Health Bureau PHEM and COVID- 19 Surveillance Officers to coordinate Regional Covid-19 surveillance activities
• Implement scenario-based contact tracing of identified cases based on local level of transmission as well as quarantine and monitoring of potential contacts
• Coordinate 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 testing
• 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 as per needed
• 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 training for relevant health facility and Extension Health Workers
• Facilitate communication and social mobilization
• Supervise, support, train and mentor facility based COVID- 19 Surveillance Officers
• Compile and submit weekly surveillance report, monthly report and quarterly report as required by the donor

Employment type –Full time one-year contract with a possibility of renewal for one more year up on availability of funds and successful performance of the first year of contract

Line of responsibility – the surveillance officers will be responsible to the Senior Central Covid-19 Surveillance Coordinators

Number required: 12

Job Requirements

Qualification and work experience

Required Qualification and work experience

• MPH or MSc in health and biomedical science fields and
• Four years of work experience in health surveillance systems
• Prior work experience in Covid-19 Surveillance is highly recommend
• A proven experience of health data management
• A proven experience of project coordination
• Proven experience of using statistical software and health data management systems

Desired Qualification and work experience

• Excellent English verbal and written communication skills, independence, meticulous attention to details, great team working skills, excellent analytical skills, excellent time management
• Excellent facilitation skills
• Extensive in country travel experience to regions is highly recommended

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