Surveillance Officer at Malaria Consortium

Malaria Consortium is recruiting for a Surveillance Officer on a permanent, full time basis to join our Technical team to be based in any of our Malaria Consortium Country offices, preferably UK, Nigeria or Uganda.

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Job Purpose

The Surveillance Officer will support country and multi-country programmes and projects to strengthen surveillance systems and maximise the strategic use of routine data for decision-making, programme optimisation and impact assessment. The role will lead efforts to connect, triangulate and analyse data across multiple complementary sources, including epidemiological and entomological surveillance, routine health information systems, digital platforms, logistics systems, survey and contextual datasets, generating actionable intelligence for programmes, policymakers and partners. The post-holder will also contribute to strengthening epidemic preparedness and response through improved surveillance analytics, early warning approaches and evidence use.

The role will use routine programme, surveillance and contextual data to assess, explain and communicate the likely contribution and impact of Malaria Consortium interventions.

The role will also contribute to building capacity in surveillance data use and secondary analysis across Malaria Consortium country teams, and will provide support to surveillance strengthening activities conducted by Malaria Consortium, as needed.

Qualifications and Experience

The successful applicant must have:

Postgraduate degree in public health, epidemiology, biostatistics, or related field

Experience analysing, integrating and interpreting routine health information systems (HMIS) and/or other surveillance data alongside data from multiple sources to inform public health programmes and generate actionable insights

Experience applying epidemiological and statistical methods to assess programme impact using routine data.

Understanding of epidemic preparedness and response concepts and the role of surveillance data in early warning and response.

Experience in applying quantitative data analysis using statistical and data visualisation software (e.g. R, Stata, Power BI, or similar)

Experience supporting the design, strengthening or use of surveillance systems within public health programmes

Experience working in public health programmes, NGOs, government, or research institutions

Experience building the capacity of technical teams through mentoring, training, coaching or other learning approaches.

Strong analytical skills with ability to interpret complex datasets

Understanding of surveillance systems and their role in public health programmes

Ability to identify data quality issues and biases and propose solutions

Strong communication skills, including translating technical findings for non-technical audiences

Organisational and project management skills

High level of computer literacy

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