Job Description

Main purpose of the job:

• To provide epidemiology expertise for surveillance, research, and outbreak response activities undertaken by the Center for Respiratory Diseases and Meningitis (CRDM)

Location:

• NICD Sandringham - Johannesburg

Key performance areas:

• Initiate, develop, and implement epidemiologic studies and surveillance programs relevant to the Centre's activities, including study design, data collection, data entry, data management, data cleaning, data analysis, and report writing
• Assist with the coordination of epidemiological investigations of disease outbreaks and provide additional logistical support to the Department of Health epidemiological investigation of disease outbreaks as required
• Assist with the management of the grant budget
• Supervision and management of field staff for surveillance programs and epidemiological studies
• Participate actively in training activities of the Centre including developing training materials for laboratory/public health staff and clinical staff, training of data team, surveillance officers, and research assistants including site visits, teaching epidemiology and supervision of students, training of provincial and national DoH staff, internal NICD training including the FELTP program
• Create and produce reports and contribute significantly to existing NICD publications such as
• communiquxc3xa9s and bulletins as well as produce scientific papers on relevant subjects
• Comply with any reasonable and lawful instruction issued by a senior staff member
• Must be prepared to travel for site visits, outbreak investigations, population surveys, and local and international meetings as required

Required minimum education and training:

• Masters or Post-Doctoral qualification in Epidemiology

Required minimum work experience:

• 1 - 3 years experience in applied infectious disease Epidemiology, Surveillance, and/or Outbreak Investigation and Response

Desirable additional education, work experience, and personal abilities:

• Computer literacy and high levels of competence with data management programs (Excel, Access, SQL, etc.)
• Knowledge of statistical analysis programs (Stata, SAS, R, etc.)
• Ability to produce reports and scientific publications (strongly recommended)
• Ability to manage a team and generate new projects (strongly recommended)
• Must be able to work under pressure while paying attention to detail
• Experience in applied epidemiology, public health, and communicable disease
• Experience in outbreak investigation would be advantageous
• Experience in developing databases and analyzing data from Access and Redcap databases is strongly recommended Required minimum work experience

TO APPLY:

• Only if you do meet the minimum job requirements and experience as mentioned above, you may submit a detailed updated CV.
• Please Apply Online.
• Please take note that the applicants who do not adhere to the above criteria will not be considered for the respective position.
• The closing date for all applications: 27 September 2023.
• Note AJ Personnel is fully POPI compliant.
• Note WHC, in accordance with their Employment Equity goals and plan, will give preference to suitable applicants from designated groups as defined in the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998 and subsequent amendments thereto.

Please note:

• AJ PERSONNEL is only responsible for the advertising of the advertisement on behalf of their client Wits Health Consortium.
• Wits Health Consortium will only respond to shortlisted candidates.
• Candidates who have not been contacted within two weeks of the closing date can consider their applications to be unsuccessful.
• AJ Personnel does not have any salary or other information regarding the position.

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