Data Management Associate

Contract

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Objective of the programme

The programme aims to minimize the health consequences of outbreaks and emergencies by: Helping countries to strengthen capacities to detect, prevent and respond to health emergencies; Mitigating the risk of high threat diseases and infectious hazards; Detecting and assessing emergency health threats and informing public health decision-making; Responding rapidly and effectively to emergencies under a coordinated incident management system; And ensuring WHO's work in emergencies is effectively managed, sustainably financed, adequately staffed and operationally ready to fulfil its mission.

This candidate will assist the programme by providing technical inputs for informed decision making.

Description of duties:

Under the overall supervision of the TL HSE and direct supervision of WHO National Professional Officer – Surveillance and Public Health Informatics (NPO-SPHI), the successful contestant will have the following job responsibilities:

1.Organize COVID-19 surveillance data from different sources and ensure proper database maintenance;

2.Processing necessary data for updating and maintaining COVID-19 Country Profile in WHO (Headquarter and regional office) data platforms;

3.Support in analyzing COVID-19 surveillance data and prepare illustrations for situation analysis;

4.Update and maintain COVID-19 dashboard for the WHO Country Office Bangladesh;

5.Update and maintain the geospatial database using Geographic Information Systems (GIS);

6.Analyse geospatial data for identifying hotspots and spatial variations;

7.Monitor disease trends at the national and subnational level and alert early warning of unusual change;

8.Analyse PoE surveillance data, prepare illustrations and assist in producing weekly situation report on COVID-19 for WHO Country Office Bangladesh;

9.Assist in designing forms and documents for ‘PoE Needs Assessment’ in COVID response, and analyse data for decision making;

10.Perform other activities as assigned by the Supervisor.

Required Qualifications:

Education:

Essential: Four years Bachelor degree in Statistics or biostatistics and epidemiology, public health informatics, geography or in a related field from a recognized institution.

Desirable: Academic or professional training on GIS and data analysis software.

Experience:

Essential:. Minimum 02 years of work experience in the relevant field and at least 01 year of experience in COVID-19 data management.

Desirable:

• Advance course on Arc-GIS.
• Understanding of Epi Info/SPSS and Power BI/Data Studio.
• Working experience with GoB/UN organization.

Competencies:

• Communicating in effective and credible way
• Moving forward in a changing environment
• Fostering integration and teamwork
• Respecting and promoting individual and cultural differences
• Producing results

Languages:

• Proficiency in written and spoken English, and report writing

Computer Literacy:

• ArcGIS – Advance level
• Epi Info/SPSS
• Power BI/Data Studio
• Proficient in MS Office application software.

Duty Station: Dhaka, Bangladesh

Salary & others benefits:

WHO offers locally competitive packages such as:

• Monthly salary: BDT 101,371.00 (SSA – 6, Step I) (non-negotiable)
• Insurance, Lave and Applicable holidays as per WHO rules.

Additional Information:

• This Vacancy Notice may be used to fill similar positions at the same level.
• Only candidates under serious consideration will be contacted.

• A written test and interviews will be used as a form of screening

• WHO is committed to workforce diversity.

• WHO prides itself on a workforce that adheres to the highest ethical and professional standards and that is committed to put the WHO Values Charter into practice.
• WHO has a smoke-free environment and does not recruit smokers or users of any form of tobacco.
• This post is subject to local recruitment and will be filled by persons recruited in the local commuting area of the duty station.
• In the event that your candidature is retained for an interview, you will be required to provide, in advance, a scanned copy of the degree(s)/diploma(s)/certificate(s) required for this position. WHO only considers higher educational qualifications obtained from an institution accredited/recognized in the World Higher Education Database (WHED), a list updated by the International Association of Universities (IAU)/United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The list can be accessed through the link: http://www.whed.net/. Some professional certificates may not appear in the WHED and will require individual review.
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