Analyst, Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD), Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases PATH

Responsibilities:
• Support landscaping activities aimed at assessing the current state, barriers, and opportunities for integrated elimination and post-validation/verification surveillance (PVS) and response for onchocerciasis, lymphatic filariasis, and trachoma, specifically including utilization of surveillance systems outside of platforms established for NTDs
• Review evidence around the feasibility and adaptability of existing NTD and non-NTD surveillance systems at national and subnational level for integrating NTD surveillance for PVS
• Participate the design of a toolkit to guide the assessment and planning of integrated PVS and response for lymphatic filariasis, onchocerciasis, and trachoma
• Support data collection activities such as key stakeholder consultations; participate in data analysis; track and archive data and research results.
• Develop trainings and deliver tutorials to support in-country staff in use of developed toolkit
• Prepare reports and presentations to disseminate evidence to wider team, national NTD programs, collaborators and global policy makers

Required Experience
• Graduate degree in a related discipline (medicine, public health, epidemiology, infectious disease, or a related area) required
• A minimum of 3 years of work experience in public health field research or surveillance design, implementation, and analysis (e.g., quantitative and/or qualitative survey methods, disease surveillance, experimental and quasi-experimental study )
• Experience working with international program or surveillance evaluations that use routine national and publicly available data sources, such as health information management system (HMIS), geospatial, and programmatic coverage data
• Ability to review existing research, literature, and resources to contribute to the creation of evidence-based materials and research instruments
• Strong organizational skills, high level of attention to detail, and effectiveness under deadlines
• Excellent interpersonal and cross-cultural communication skills; adept at working closely with others over geographical distance
• Ability to work both independently with limited supervision and as part of a team.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English
• Willingness and ability to travel estimated at 10% of the time
• Legal authorization to work in the PATH office country
• Cover letter required