Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, March 19 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Key Responsibilities
• Build capacity for national and subnational staff for strengthening coordination mechanism on disease surveillance strengthening and integrating epidemiological and laboratory data for early detection, reporting, and response across human, animal, and environmental health sectors
• Participating in workshops and other platforms to identify interoperability requirements and ensure surveillance data/events are integrated with laboratory results and reported in real-time at both intermediate and national levels
• Support the creation and operationalization of a digital platform for visualizing prioritized epidemic, zoonotic, and AMR data.
• Provide logistics and technical support for operationalization of national laboratory information management system (LIMS) sub-TWGs in human and animal health sectors and efforts to create interoperability between LIMS and electronic Integrated Diseases Surveillance and Response (e-IDSR) through HIM
• Provide logistics and technical support for adoption and operationalizing the 7-1-7 strategy based on potential risks.
• Support training and meetings to ensure the rolling out of electronic event-based surveillance (e-EBS) in selected councils for early detection, reporting, and response to health threats and increasing e-EBS uptake
• Provide logistics and technical support for the implementation of a multi-hazard public health emergency response plan and related hazard-specific plans.
• Provide logistics and technical support in strengthening multiple pathogen sentinel surveillance and early warning systems.
• Supporting the government in creating linkage between veterinary and human electronic Event-Based Surveillance (eEBS) systems at the intermediate and community level
• Support and capacitate subnational multisector Rapid Response Teams (RRT) for early detection, reporting, and during response activities
• Provide logistics and technical support to strengthen national and subnational emergency operating centers’ (EOC) capacities and incident management systems.
• In collaboration with MoH, provide technical support to PORALG for establishing sub-national EOCs and strengthening capacity.
• Support collection and analysis of data for multisector risk communication and community engagement including working with Tanzania Metrological Agency (TMA) to access climate data and developing national staff capacity for climate-sensitive preparedness planning.
• Participate in joint planning sessions, provide updates on project milestones, and seek feedback to continuously improve surveillance systems and practices.
• Assist in data management and analysis, review, and interpretation of project results. Reviews deliverables for completeness, accuracy, and continuous quality improvement.
• Compile quarterly reports, submit and present to the stakeholders and donors.
• Support the Surveillance Lead in the preparations and coordination of International Regulations 2005 (IHR-2005) technical working group (TWG) workshops
• Provide technical writing inputs, documentation of project activities, and support monitoring and evaluation
• Any other duty as assigned.

Qualifications and Requirements:
• Doctor of Medicine degree or bachelor’s degree or higher in a relevant discipline, Veterinary Medicine, Epidemiology, Microbiology, Lab Management, Public Health, or a related field.
• MSc. in Epidemiology, Public Health and/or microbiology will be an added advantage
• At least 5 years of experience of implementing laboratory and surveillance systems strengthening programs or a related area.
• Demonstrable knowledge of surveillance systems, protocols, outbreak investigations, laboratory policies and guidelines
• Experience in conducting training and capacity building.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and organizational skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively with diverse teams

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

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