Public Health Evaluation Lead
PHE/LVCT/08/2022
REPORTING TO: Project Director
Job Purpose
The Public Health Evaluation and Documentation Lead is responsible for the Public Health Evaluationand research department of the organization. She/he will provide strategic leadership and oversight
of the clinical, implementation, operations, and program effectiveness learning conducted by Dhibiti
project in close coordination with the Technical and SI teams. The PHE Lead will directly contributetogeneration of a strong evidence base to improve the effective delivery of quality programs under theproject.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and/or oversee all aspects of the Public health evaluation studies/learnings, includingdevelopment of protocols and data collection instruments, personnel training, implementation, data management/analysis and dissemination
- Work closely with the Technical team under guidance of CDC Science teamto identify priorityprogram and public health evaluation questions and identify and evaluate interventions toaddress key programmatic challenges using strong scientific methodology to informtheprogram, MOH, and the broader HIV field
- Ensure the highest quality scientific, ethical and regulatory standards for all learning activities
- Supervise and mentors junior study/learning team members to enhance their capacities
- Contributes to capacity building of project staff, partners, and MOH personnel in the conduct of Public Health Evaluation through trainings, mentoring, and sharing/review of relevant scientificliterature
- Participate in preparation of study reports, abstracts and manuscripts and disseminationof
- results at County, National, and International levels
- Facilitate sharing of experiences across the project and county health departments toimproveknowledge and programming
- Any other duties as assigned
Required Qualifications
- MD, with either PhD or advanced degree in Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Maternal ChildHealth, Public Health or HIV related sciences
- Minimum of 7 years of proven experience in Public Health Evaluation, health researchindeveloping countries, including protocol development, design of surveys, training of researchstaff, data collection, data analysis, and scientific publication elaboration
- Experience in HIV/AIDS, maternal and child health research
- Well published in peer reviewed journals will be an added advantage
Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates are invited to submit their applications and CV along with a cover letter expressing interest and indicating Salary history and expectations to recruitment@lvcthealth.org . The position applied for and reference number should be clearly indicated on the subject line and cover letter.
The closing date is September 07, 2022 . Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
