EpidemiologistNew

WHO seeks an Epidemiologist in Geneva for its Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases programme. The temporary P-3 role develops applied analytics for malaria and NTD decisions, leads malaria-burden analysis for the World Malaria Report, improves analytical methods and data systems, supports surveillance guidance and capacity building, and coordinates epidemiological evidence.

• Design and implement applied analytics that inform malaria and NTD decisions and guidance
• Produce malaria-burden estimates and household-survey analysis for the World Malaria Report
• Review and update analytical methods for malaria-burden estimation
• Prepare analytical outputs and lead analytics sections of the World Malaria Report
• Develop guidance on using malaria and NTD data for operations, policies and strategies
• Build collaborations with malaria and NTD analytics partners and support resource mobilisation

• First university degree in epidemiology, biostatistics, mathematics, computer science or a related topic
• At least 5 years of professional experience working in malaria-endemic countries
• Experience with national malaria or NTD programmes and the policy-making environment in Sub-Saharan Africa
• Experience with survey and routine data collection, management, analysis and use in malaria or NTDs
• Expert knowledge of English

• Advanced university degree in epidemiology, biostatistics or a related field
• Experience organising, designing and facilitating workshops
• Experience managing research projects with multiple actors
• Intermediate knowledge of French
• Intermediate knowledge of another UN official language

• Epidemiology
• Biostatistics
• Malaria surveillance
• Data analysis
• Disease-burden estimation
• Health information systems

• DHIS2
• ODK
• Tableau
• R
• SAS
• Stata
• Python
• ArcGIS
• MS Access

• Temporary appointment under Staff Rule 420.4
• Annual base salary is subject to mandatory pension and health-insurance deductions