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• Prepare and implement a plan for the
  Advanced Field Epidemiology trainings for public health professionals.
• Keenly review and adapt the existing Field
  Epidemiology curriculum and training materials as may be required to suite
  the specific needs of the country.
• Ensure availability of all the required
  logistics for the didactics and Country field mentorships.
• Coordinate and liaise with Trainers, Field
  supervisors and mentors to effectively coach FETP participants in the
  field to ensure attainment of the core competencies and skills
• Actively participate in conducting the
  planned basic field epidemiology trainings for surveillance officers the
  country.
• Provide mentorship, coaching and
  supervision for the Field Trainers during the field placement periods to
  ensure acquisition of key field epidemiology skills and competencies.
• Offer technical assistance to Trainers and
  trainees in preparing their presentations for local and national level
  dissemination of their key findings and recommendations from their field projects.
• Actively participate in coordination of
  disease surveillance, outbreak investigation and response activities in
  the Countries.
• Assist with the evaluation of the Advanced
  FETP program and activity progress.
• Coordinate the Development of a database
  for all the Advanced FETP alumni in the countries.
• Prepare regular and timely technical
  reports on program implementation in the Countries for submission to CDC,
  AFENET, MoH and other partners.

• The ideal candidate for the AFENET Epidemiologist
  (Advanced FETP)employment opportunity must hold a Masters or
  Doctoral-level professional degree in academic fields related to health or
  allied sciences, preferably in human medicine, Public Health, veterinary
  medicine nursing & laboratory science.
• Graduate from a Field Epidemiology
  Training Program (FETP) within the past 2-3 years will have added
  advantage
• One to two years’ experience working in
  the field as a practicing epidemiologist
• Broad knowledge of WHO standards and
  policies such as the Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response strategy
  (IDSR) and International Health Regulations.
• Extensive knowledge and understanding of
  the functionality of surveillance systems at national, sub-national, local
  and community levels of the health systems in Africa.
• Previous experience in preparing and
  facilitating trainings for in – service public health workforce development
  initiatives in Africa preferably within an existing FETP.
• Previous experience implementing adult
  education strategies i.e. problem based participatory learning activities,
  role play, etc.
• Demonstrated proficiency in distillation,
  interpretation, and verification of unstructured scientific and popular
  data.
• Additional training and experience in
  public health emergency management and incident command will be an added
  advantage

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