Public Health Advisor - TFGH

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The Task Force for Global Health is an Emory University affiliate located in Decatur, GA. Its 17 programs focus on building durable public health systems that serve all people. Focus areas include neglected tropical diseases, vaccines, and health systems strengthening. The Task Force received the 2016 Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize–the world's largest award of its kind–in recognition of its extraordinary contributions to alleviating human suffering.

 

PROGRAM BACKGROUND:

The Task Force for Global Health is an Emory University affiliate located in Decatur, GA. Its 17 programs focus on building durable public health systems that serve all people. Focus areas include neglected tropical diseases, vaccines, and health systems strengthening. The Task Force received the 2016 Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize–the world's largest award of its kind–in recognition of its extraordinary contributions to alleviating human suffering. This position is for the Neglected Tropical Diseases Support Center (NTD-SC), a program within the Task Force that supports operational research on shared issues confronting neglected tropical diseases. The NTD-SC is funded by separate grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through its Neglected Tropical Diseases Program. The mission of the NTD-SC is to provide the technical assistance and problem-solving research necessary to ensure a strong scientific base for the massive global public health effort currently underway to eliminate NTDs. The NTD-SC is also the secretariat for the Coalition for Operational Research on Neglected Tropical Diseases (COR-NTD).

 

JOB DESCRIPTION:

• Collaborates with Task Force for Global Health country stakeholders in establishing an effective disease prevention/intervention program within countries: 1) Assures coordination of public health activities between stakeholders and provides consultation, technical assistance and direction in the implementation of program activities. 2) Participates in the development of strategies aimed at the identification, analysis and resolution of problems impacting public health program operations. 3) Establishes a surveillance system to monitor the effectiveness of program operations. 4) Establishes and maintains effective communication between stakeholders.
• Researches factors that may impact the success of a public health program and develop interventions when needed.
• Develops and implements a surveillance system to ensure the appropriate diagnosis, treatment, reporting, and follow-up of morbidity specific to the assignment program(s).
• Responds to concerns and deficiencies identified in all program areas (if reportable in the project area).
• Analyzes trends through surveillance and making recommendations for program policy.
• Analyzes trends and makes subsequent recommendations for changes in program policy.
• Provide technical advice, consultation, and training on administrative and technical aspects of disease intelligence, individual elements of surveillance systems, staffing and training needs.
• Establishes an effective MERLA (monitoring, evaluation, research, learning and adapting) framework to measure the effectiveness of the program(s) as well as changing the course of the program if needed in response to the information from the MERLA framework.
• Provides support and training to build country capacities in MERLA. Develops strategies aimed at identification, analysis, and resolution of problems impacting program.
• Develops goals, objectives, activities, and budgets for grant proposals. Recruits and supervises student interns and fellows.
• Performs other related duties as required.
• Provide leadership, technical oversight and management of large multi-donor portfolios, including lymphatic filariasis, onchocerciasis, loiasis, schistosomiasis and trachoma
• Provide ongoing technical support to a portfolio of research studies including technical support and coordination with PIs, drafting protocols, reviewing reports, and providing technical synthesis of results, including for multi-country studies.
• Provide training for NTD-SC fellows from endemic countries on the role of a ‘technical lead’
• Collaborate closely with other members of the technical and data center teams, as well as study principal investigators to support research translation and uptake of results from COR-NTD supported studies
• Support NTD-SC staff in other duties as assigned, including planning and facilitating technical meetings (Research Links, COR-NTD annual and regional, and topic-specific technical meetings), supporting quarterly and annual report drafting, and participating in sub-committees on NTD-SC as deemed fit.
• Take a participatory role in new business development.
• Provide technical advice, consultation, and training on the administrative and technical aspects of disease intelligence, individual elements of surveillance systems, and staffing and training needs.
• Actively contribute to NTD-SC’s Monitoring Evaluation and Learning impact and evaluation activities.
• Develop strategies aimed at the identification, analysis, and resolution of problems impacting NTD-SC and our operating model, in an effort to continuously improve and provide value to our donors and country partners
• Recruit and supervise student interns and fellows.
• Provide direct support to WHO staff and partners as needed.Lead external working groups, committees or workshops for partners.
• Represent the NTD-SC at technical, scientific, and country review meetings.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• A master's degree in public health from an accredited school, and three years of experience working with countries on public health issues.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Ten years of experience working on NTDs, advanced degree in biomedical sciences, experience in laboratory methods or diagnostic test evaluation
• Fluent in French.

NOTE: This role will be granted the opportunity to work from home regularly but must be able to commute to Emory University on a flexible weekly schedule based upon business needs.  Schedule is based on agreed upon guidelines of department. This role requires residency in the state of GA. Emory reserves the right to change remote work status with notice to employee.

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