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Epidemiologists
Responsibilities:
As an epidemiologist working with Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF), you can help ensure access to lifesaving healthcare for people in need. MSF epidemiologists:
- coordinate active case findings
- supervise and train staff
- set up and evaluate surveys and surveillance systems
- support policy development
MSF needs epidemiologists for both long-term and short-term field support.
An epidemiologist helps plan the response during a disease outbreak, including participating in active case finding and planning vaccination campaigns and water-sanitation interventions. You will also conduct mortality surveys, evaluate and set up surveillance systems, and offer other epidemiological support to strengthen evidence-based decision making.
Essential Requirements:
- degree in epidemiology, or master’s degree in public health with extensive epidemiology training
- minimum two years relevant post-qualification work experience
- proven practical skills in design, implementation and evaluation of quantitative and qualitative epidemiological research
- experience in outbreak control
- ability to design and implement surveillance and other data collection systems for disease and outbreak monitoring, including mortality and nutritional surveys; ability to train others in data collection and analysis
- proven practical skills working with epidemiological databases and statistical analysis software (Microsoft Excel and at least one statistics program)
- available for 6-12 months
- experience supervising, training and managing others
- strong command of English
- relevant travel or work experience in a developing country
Desirable criteria:
- medical or biomedical background
- course in tropical medicine
- knowledge of other languages, especially French and Arabic
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