Technical Advisor, Surveillance, Data Use and Decision Science

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🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo – Remote

⏳ Contract/Temporary

🟠 Senior

🔴 Lead

✨ Advisor

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Resolve To Save Lives

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2017

🏥 Healthcare

💼 Consulting

⚕️ Healthcare Insurance

💰 Grant on 2022-07

Healthcare • Consulting • Healthcare Insurance

Resolve to Save Lives is an organization dedicated to improving global health by focusing on two core areas: cardiovascular health and epidemic prevention. The mission of the organization is to prevent 100 million deaths from cardiovascular disease and make the world safer from epidemics. They work with governments and partners across the globe to co-create, advocate for, and scale activities to control high blood pressure, reduce dietary salt intake, eliminate trans fats, and strengthen health security systems. The organization provides resources, guidance, and advocacy tools for large-scale heart health programs and epidemic prevention.

📋 Description

• Strengthen collaboration, governance, and use of public health data for disease surveillance at national and subnational levels in the DRC • Provide technical support to INSP, COUSP, DSE, disease control programs, INRB, and other national surveillance structures • Collaborate with directors and decision-makers to identify data needs • Coach and provide technical assistance to INSP staff developing priority information products, including 7-1-7 dashboards • Identify and address bottlenecks in data sharing, governance, and use • Mentor teams in data management, analysis, visualization, and interpretation • Strengthen statistical modeling, real-time dashboards, surveillance reporting, and outbreak response capabilities • Support prioritization and design of information products and data architecture initiatives • Support data structures, automation of data processing pipelines, and national surveillance architecture guidelines • Develop and improve weekly epidemiological reports, epidemiological bulletins, situation reports, and risk information products • Improve data visualization dashboards, predictive analysis models, and automated reporting systems • Ensure data products align with the One Health approach • Analyze 7-1-7 data and produce insights to guide decisions and prioritize rapid response fund activation • Transform surveillance, epidemiological, and 7-1-7 data into actionable public health insights • Identify capacity-building needs and organize training workshops, seminars, and hands-on sessions • Facilitate implementation of a data use strategy • Strengthen data sharing and collaboration among surveillance structures, ministries, departments, agencies, and other sectors • Support routine surveillance and emergency preparedness team meetings, data-sharing meetings, multisectoral workshops, and data-sharing agreements • Carry out other related tasks assigned by RTSL

🎯 Requirements

• Master’s or PhD in Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Data Science, Public Health, Health Informatics, or a related field • Proficiency in English is a strong asset • Minimum of 8 years of experience in public health or related discipline in health data analytics, disease surveillance, or decision science, preferably within a public health or government agency • Demonstrated experience in capacity-building, training, and mentorship of public health professionals • Strong understanding of public health, data compilation, management, and analysis • Understanding of public health informatics and the importance of data in health surveillance and emergency management • Advanced R skills, including data preparation, descriptive statistics, data visualization, and geospatial mapping • Intermediate proficiency in R Shiny and Quarto or Markdown • Good understanding of programming principles for complex data pipelines and information product generation • Experience working with government agencies, development partners, and global health organizations • Strong understanding of International Health Regulations (IHR 2005), Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR), and One Health approaches • Excellent written and verbal communication, analytical, report writing, presentation, and interpersonal skills • Ability to present complex information effectively to non-technical audiences • Results- and impact-oriented, with problem-solving attitude and attention to detail • Ability to work independently and as part of a team • Ability to work with stakeholders including government agencies, development partners, NGOs, donors, and multilateral agencies

🏖️ Benefits

• Health insurance for you and your dependents • Contributions toward retirement • Paid annual leave and sick leave, in addition to public holidays • Two paid, week-long organization-wide breaks at mid-year and end-of-year • Professional development and home office setup benefits • Up-to-date computer equipment • Supportive, connected remote team • Remote work arrangement