Field Epidemiology Advisor

**DÉTAILS DE L'ANNONCE**:
Organisation **:Médecins Sans Frontières - Lu**
Lieu de l'emploi **:Abidjan** / **Luxembourg**

Type d'emploi **:Contrat à durée déterminée**
Type de contrat **:Temps plein**
Fonction **:Expertise/recherche**
Date de publication **:16/01/2025**
Date limite **:10/02/2025**

**PROFIL**:
**EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS**
- (Bio)Medical or paramedical profile is a prerequisite:

- Formal postgraduate training in Epidemiology: This can include an Advanced Field Epidemiology Training Programme or in Public Health with specific training and practical competence in epidemiology and medical statistics.
- Extensive field experience as an epidemiologist in MSF or another (emergency) medical organisation with a humanitarian profile, including having worked in emergency settings.
- Experience in performing public health explorations and assessments.
- Experience in outbreak investigation, setting and running surveillance systems, design and implementation of surveys.
- Experience in protocol writing and use of different quantitative study designs
- Strong skills in analytical methods and data analysis and visualisation including the use of statistical software (EpiInfo and Excel as a bare minimum, R and STATA highly valued).
- Knowledge of other health information software (HIS e.g. DHIS2) and GIS software suites (e.g. ArcGIS or QGIS are an advantage.
- Familiarity with the literature review methods on different topics related to the operational priorities (infectious diseases and outbreaks, nutrition, environmental health, migration, mental health, sexual and reproductive health, etc.).
- Understanding of qualitative and mixed-methods study designs are an asset.
- Spoken and written French is essential. Very high level of spoken English and scientific writing skills.

**SOFT SKILLS REQUIREMENTS**
- A high degree of initiative and work autonomy, team interaction and diplomacy are required to be able to interact at various levels within the department, within and outside MSF.
- Ability to adapt to changing circumstances, contexts, tasks, responsibilities and people.
- Willingness and ability to function in a team, transparent communication with colleagues, willingness to share work and experiences, give and ask support when needed.
- Solid scientific rigor and honesty, transparency, attention to detail.
- Ability to handle multiple projects or activities simultaneously, and to deliver quality outputs within deadlines.
- Proactivity and leadership capacity to drive operational epidemiological activities.
- Flexibility for regular travel (up to 40% of working time), possibly at short notice. Ability and willingness to spend time in often difficult and unstable contexts.
- Adhere to the MSF principles and to our managerial values: Respect, Transparency, Integrity, Accountability, Trust and Empowerment
- Adhere to the MSF Behavioural Commitments

**CONTRACT CONDITIONS AND BENEFITS**
- One year contract with probationary period and possibility of extension - Full time
- Based in Abidjan within the newly established OCB medical hub for at least the 1st year of contract.
- This can be a family duty station
- Salary according to MSF-OCB Field grid
- Starting date: March/April 2025

**HOW TO APPLY ?**
Application deadline: 10 February 2025

**DESCRIPTION**:
**CONTEXT**
**Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)**
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international humanitarian aid organization that provides aid in more than 70 countries to populations in distress, to victims of natural or manmade disasters and to victims of armed conflicts, without discrimination and irrespective of race, religion, creed, or political
affiliation.

**MSF Luxembourg**
MSF Luxembourg is a historical partner section of the MSF movement created in 1986. With 35 staff members, the section’s team works to raise awareness on humanitarian issues among Luxembourg’s population, raise funds needed to finance humanitarian interventions, supports MSF volunteers who
go into the field and carry out, through LuxOR, operational research projects directly linked to health programs to help improve their efficiency and effectiveness.

**Operational Centre Brussels (OCB)**
Operational Centre Brussels (OCB) is one of the, at current 6 Operational Directorates or Operational Centres, the others are Operational Centres Amsterdam (OCA), Barcelona (OCBA), Geneva (OCG), Paris (OCP) and Western and Central Africa (WaCa). OCB is made up of nine MSF partner sections (Belgium, Brazil, Denmark, Hong Kong, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, South Africa and Sweden) and the Finland, Lebanon and Taiwan Branch Offices. The OCB Medical Department is a network of units, the Brussels Medical Unit (BRUMED in Brussels), the Southern African Medical Unit (SAMU) in Cape Town, the Luxembourg Operational Research unit (LuxOR) in Luxembourg, the Middle East Medical Unit (MEMU) in Beirut and the Brazilian Medical Unit (BRAMU) in Latin America. Medical operations of OCB are cove