NCD Surveillance (STEPS and P-COSI)

Strengthens noncommunicable-disease surveillance across Pacific countries through STEPS and childhood-obesity surveys. The consultant plans surveys, trains national teams, cleans and analyses datasets, produces technical reports and policy analysis, coordinates regional data discussions and supports country capacity reporting.

Department: Pacific Island Countries

• Develop STEPS and childhood-obesity survey implementation plans, questionnaires, sampling and costing
• Train national teams on survey protocols, data collection, management and quality assurance
• Clean, validate, weight and analyse multi-country surveillance datasets
• Prepare tables, findings, fact-sheet content, survey reports and progress reports
• Coordinate regional discussions on surveillance data storage and management
• Develop policy-gap analysis, context-specific interventions and a monitoring framework
• Compile country-capacity survey responses from Pacific Member States

• University degree in biostatistics, epidemiology, public health, health sciences or a related field
• At least five years of professional experience in public health, epidemiology, disease surveillance or noncommunicable-disease prevention and control
• Experience planning, implementing, analysing and reporting population-based health surveys
• Experience designing and implementing multi-country surveys
• Fluency in English

• Home-based consultancy lasting 6 to 11 months from 1 September 2026
• Estimated daily remuneration: USD 350–499
• Travel may be required for country missions, training, technical meetings and consultations
• Consultant is responsible for applicable taxes and social contributions