Consultant – TDR disease management, Anywhere
Consultant
TDR disease management
( 2500638 )
Contractual Arrangement : External advisor
Contract Duration (Years, Months, Days) : 11 months
Job Posting: Feb 14, 2025, 2:46:25 PM
Purpose of consultancy
The function of this contract is to contribute to Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) actions for the next: (i) Implementation analysis for the introduction of malaria vaccine in west and central Africa,
(ii) Implementation analysis for addressing National TB programme management gaps, and
(iii) root trigger evaluation for understanding yellow fever resurgence.
The incumbent will work carefully with the analysis for Implementation group (IMP) of the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR).
Background
TDR, the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases, is a worldwide programme of scientific collaboration that helps facilitate, assist and affect efforts to fight illnesses of poverty. As part of the analysis for Implementation portfolio, TDR has been working with public health programmes and worldwide companions, to assist analysis efforts in low- and center-revenue nations.
More particulars of TDR work in malaria, Tuberculosis and yellow fever analysis might be discovered at these web sites:
- https://tdr.who.int/tuberculosis-research
- https://tdr.who.int/home/our-work/research-for-implementation/malaria_research
- https://tdr.who.int/activities/yellow-fever
Deliverables
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Task 1: Contribute to TDR actions for facilitating the introduction of malaria vaccine in west and central Africa nations. This exercise shall be carried out in collaboration with researchers of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, researchers of the University of Thies, venture officers of the WHO Malaria Vaccine Implementation Unit (MVIP), WHO Malaria division and WHO pharmacovigilance division below the steerage of the accountable TDR officer.
- Output 1: (i) Draft a analysis package deal composed of a protection survey analysis protocol, a steerage doc for conducting interviews/focus group discussions to grasp vaccine hesitancy, a case-management protocol to measure vaccine effectiveness (on non-extreme malaria instances), and a cohort occasion monitoring protocol for measuring hostile occasions following immunization (AEFI), (ii) up to date TDR web site for malaria vaccine
Expected by: June 2025
- Output 2: Technical help offered to at the least 4 nations in west and central Africa for the conduct of analysis informing the introduction of the malaria vaccine.
Expected by: finish of the consultancy
- Task 2: Contribute to the supply of a coaching programme on operational and implementation analysis for the west and central Africa regional community for TB management (WARN/CARN-TB) and supply assist to at the least 2 nations for TB analysis
This exercise shall be carried out in collaboration with the secretariat of the WARN/CARN-TB below the steerage of the TDR officer.
- Output 3: (i) growth of a two-12 months coaching programme, (ii) coordinate with the secretariat on the supply of the coaching module 2 (digital one week coaching workshop), and (iii) technical assist offered to at the least 2 nations for the event and conduct of their analysis protocol.
Expected by: finish of the consultancy
- Task 3: Facilitate the finalisation of the publication strategy of the yellow fever root trigger evaluation toolkit
- Output 4: (i) printed doc, (ii) TDR information to announce its publication and (iii) up to date yellow fever TDR webpage
Expected by: finish of July 2025
- Task 4: Contribute to TDR initiatives associated to the realm of labor as wanted and contribution to TDR group actions
- Output 5: digital participation on the IMP unit assembly and TDR workers assembly
Expected by: finish of the consultancy
Qualifications, expertise, expertise and languages
Educational Qualifications
Essential:
- Advanced college degree diploma (Master’s degree or above) in public well being, epidemiology, or different related disciplines.
Experience
Essential:
- At least 7 years of related expertise mixed on the nationwide and worldwide ranges, in planning, programming, implementation of well being/Immunization programmes.
- Experience in analysis (operational / implementation analysis
OR/IR) and information evaluation.
- Experience within the supply of OR/IR coaching programme.
- Field expertise in Africa, Latin America or the Caribbean.
Desirable:
- Experience in disease management and vaccination.
- Experience with WHO, UN businesses, US CDC or a well being cluster member group.
- Experience with the WARN/CARN-TB.
Skills/Knowledge
Essential:
- Proven skill within the growth of a analysis toolkit emxvpk8 D78saq
- Expertise in vaccination protection surveys, vaccine hesitancy investigations
- Excellent communication and presentation expertise
- Ability to work as a group with quite a lot of stakeholders and meet deadlines
- Proficiency within the Microsoft workplace suite of functions (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, SharePoint) and distant working applied sciences
Desirable:
- Background/familiarity with emergency settings
- Sound data of vaccine preventable illnesses
- Sound data of Tuberculosis
Languages and degree required
Essential:
- Expert data of English
- Expert data of French
Location
Offsite: Home-based
Travel
The advisor is anticipated to journey.
Remuneration and finances (journey prices are excluded)
Remuneration
Band degree B: USD 7,000
9,980 per 30 days
Living bills (A dwelling expense is payable to on-web site consultants who’re internationally recruited)
N/A
Expected length of contract
11 months.
Additional Information:
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- A written take a look at could also be used as a type of screening.
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