Job Context
• REPORT TO: Health Coordinator
• LIASES WITH: HR/Finance/Admin Officer, Medical Coordinator, Project Manager
• Contract Duration: 3 months with possibility of extension
• Possible Contract Starting Date: ASAP

Job Description / Responsibility
• JOB SUMMARY:
• The Disease Surveillance & Reporting Officer will be responsible for organizing RI’s health program data and information/data in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. RI is in the process of establishing mobile health units and expanding mobile health coverage to new arrivals in Cox’s Bazar. This position will be responsible for managing data and information collection for health activities. Prior experience with developing data collection systems during program start-up and/or for mobile health services is highly prioritized.
• Main Duties and Responsibilities:
• Organize RI’s epidemiological data management objectives in the project.
• Travel to the field with mobile teams to provide quality assurance checks on data collected
• Advise the RI team on epidemiological matters that arise in the course of implementation, and when necessary devise new data collection tools to meet epidemiological / disease surveillance needs.
• Develop systems to ensure collection of medical information during early program design/start-up phases
• Support entry, aggregation, and compilation of data
• Organize collection/analysis of medical data for activity reports. Train the registrar and other medical staff on preparing these reports.
• Support other departments with data collection needs as needed

Job Nature
Contractual

Educational Requirements
A degree in Epidemiology, Public Health, or a related field

Job Requirements
• Experience developing and managing data collection systems for disease surveillance
• Ability to train and supervise staff and prioritize competing tasks
• Local knowledge of Chittagonian required; knowledge of Rohingya an asset.

If you meet the above requirements please send your CV and cover letter to email address: hrbd@ri.org with the subject line ”Disease Surveillance & Reporting Officer”
Application Deadline : Oct 14, 2017