L’OMS recherche un Consultant – Statisticien/Analyste de données, Brazzaville, Congo
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Area of expertise :
Statistician/Data Analyst
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Purpose of consultancy
To collate, integrate, analyze, and triangulate epidemiological surveillance, public health intelligence and Risk Assessment data. The incumbent works within the information systems and data analytics subunit of the HIR Programme Area at the emergency hub in close collaboration with other emergency hubs and the Regional Office.
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Background
Specifically, the Statistician/Data Analyst: (i) supports the processing, integration and triangulation of surveillance data from indicator based surveillance/IDSR, Event-Based surveillance, Community based surveillance, Lab based surveillance and genomic surveillance, and One health surveillance, managed at the Regional Office through the members states; (ii) contributes to the monitoring and evaluation of outbreak and emergency response information received at the Regional Office; (iii) undertakes data validation and regular analysis of data received; and (iv) manages and updates databases maintained in the regional web systems and portals; (v) contributes to IDSR weekly threshold and alerts reviews and weekly feedback to member states.
The mission of WHO AFRO’s EPR Cluster is to support member states i) to prepare for and prevent disease outbreaks and health emergencies, ii) to promptly detect, speedily report, and confirm outbreaks and iii) to strengthen and sustain their capacity to promptly respond to and recover from the negative effects of outbreaks and health emergencies. Within the EPR Cluster, the overall mandate of the Health Emergency Information and Risk Assessment (HIR) unit is to provide risk management support, develop public health intelligence and strengthen epidemiological surveillance and information systems, in member states to rapidly mitigate the impact of public health crises. The HIR unit leads the implementation of the “Transforming African Surveillance Systems” (TASS) flagship program which is structured around five key pillars: Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) implementation, data and information management, workforce development, policy dialogue & advocacy and predictable and sustainable financing.
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Deliverables
Under the supervision of the Hub coordinator and overall coordination of the HIR Programme Area Manager, the main focus of the work is to collate, integrate, analyze, and triangulate epidemiological surveillance, public health intelligence and Risk Assessment data. The incumbent works within the information systems and data analytics subunit of the HIR Programme Area at the emergency hub in close collaboration with other emergency hubs and the Regional Office.
Duties also involve close collaboration within the WHE Programme, WHO HQ, Regional and Country Offices and with a broad range of partners, on data and information-sharing. Under the general supervision of the HIR programme Area Manger and the direct supervision of the hub coordinator, the Statistician/Data Analyst will perform the following roles and responsibilities:
- Undertake validation of data received from routine epidemiological surveillance of diseases with epidemic potential, public health intelligence activities, risk assessments and response operations
- Establish a statistical analysis plan and sampling method to perform adequate statistical analysis using epidemiological and statistical analysis software
- Perform regular data analyses of surveillance data, exploring key indicators and specific pathogens and events
- Perform disease specific in-depth data analysis and hotspot analysis and mapping, space-time analysis (e.g cholera, yellow fewer, …) based on the overall outbreak trends and patterns
- Triangulate various sources of data including IDSR data, other epidemiological surveillance data, genomic surveillance data, outbreak data, and public health intelligence and Risk assessment data
- Develop automated tools to extract information from the large volumes of outbreak datasets, public health intelligence generated data and risk assessment data collectedü Contribute to in-depth analysis and visualization, exploratory analysis, patterns extraction (machine leaning, data mining) and modeling of historical outbreak data, DVA, and IDSR datasets
- Develop in close collaboration with epidemiologists and software developers, guidance on critical data analysis elements for IDSR and other sources of data for use in weekly bulletins and other documents
- Provide regular feedback to countries on accuracy, validity and quality of data they submit
- Establish high standards of data quality and ensure proper management of data and information received
- Identify data and information management gaps and needs at the country and regional levels, and contribute to strengthening country capacity in various aspects of data and information management
- Perform other related duties as assigned, including replacing and back stopping for others as required
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Qualifications, experience, skills and languages
Educational Qualifications:
Essential:
- A first university degree in statistics, epidemiology, biostatistics or any other scientific degree or university degree in a related discipline with a strong data and information management component
Desirable:
- A Masters’ degree in Statistics, Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Data Science, Big Data
Experience
Essential:
- A minimum of 5 years of progressive experience in data management, statistics, as well as database design and development
Desirable:
- Experience in surveillance, field epidemiology, emerging diseases and outbreak response in an international context.
- Experience in a multi-disciplinary and cross-cutting environment involving technical, cultural and political elements. Sound analytical and organizational skills
Skills/Knowledge:
- Proven knowledge in sampling techniques, data management and analysis.
- A thorough understanding of the design, development, and implementation of databases, and the architecture of data-driven applications.
- Ability to design and manage databases in software commonly used in field epidemiology (EpiInfo, EpiData, ODK, Microsoft Access, SPSS, STATA, SAS, R).
- Strong R and Shiny experience and ability to use business intelligence tools such as Power BI.
- Programming skills (Python, Java Scripts, etc.)
- Strong analytical skills; the ability to analyze raw data, draw conclusions, and understand how to best visualize data.
- Experience using GIS tools (ArcGIS, QGIS,…)
- Excellent organizational and analytical skills combined with an ability to multi-task and produce accurate results while working under pressure;
- Ability to synthesize information in a clear and concise manner.
Languages and level required (Basic/Intermediate/Expert):
- Expert knowledge of French and intermediate knowledge of English.
The above language requirements are interchangeable.
Other Skills
Computer literacy with knowledge of tools used in epidemiology, statistics, monitoring and evaluation. Excellent presentation skills.
- Location
On site in Brazzaville, WHO Regional Office (AFRO)
- Travel
To be deployed to Congo Brazzaville Afro RO
- Remuneration and budget (travel costs are excluded):
- Band level B USD 7000 – 8,480 per month
- A living expense is payable to on-site consultants who are internationally recruited. currency and rate will be communicated later.
- Expected duration of contract: 3 months, full time.
Additional Information
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