Pakistan Epidemiliogist

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), an independent humanitarian organization whose mandate is to provide protection and assistance for victims of armed conflict and internal disturbances is looking for an

EPIDEMIOLOGIST based in Islamabad, Pakistan with frequent travels to Quetta and Peshawar non family posting

Background information

The Health program in Pakistan is large, in terms of both diversity and size, ranging from independent hospital; assistance to hospitals; purchase of services from private hospitals; basic health care; ortho- and prosthetic programs; and health in detention. Additionally ICRC works in partnership with the Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS) in implementing health programs and providing First Aid training. Currently ICRC is planning a hospital assistance program with the MoH in Northern Sindh. A basic monitoring and data collection system has been put in place to document the outputs of the whole health project. Still, the monitoring of such a project is rather complex and demands a good deal of attention of dedicated staff, that can also take into account the sensitivity of certain aspects and the necessity to share with different ICRC departments.

Objectives

Improve the data-collection, documentation and evaluation of the ICRC weapon wounded surgical activities in Pakistan:  Streamline the data collection of the Weapon Wounded Assistance Program (WWAP) in Quetta and develop a database  Follow up the data collection and data input of the surgical database in Peshawar hospital  Oversee two clinical studies in Peshawar hospital when/if a green light is obtained  Weapons Contamination (WeC): contribute to the WeC file in processing the information available from the WWAP admission data in Peshawar and Quetta.

Selection requirements

• Diploma in Epidemiology and/or Public health with experience in monitoring, evaluation and documentation of health programs • Medical background (Medical doctor or nurse) • Good experience in health data management (collection, processing and analysis), familiar with at least one data analysis program (EPIINFO, SPSS, …) • At least one year of humanitarian experience (ICRC or other). • Excellent command of English, speaking and writing. • Driving licence (must cover manual transmission – a licence for automatic-transmission vehicles only is not sufficient)

Your profile

• Flexible, diplomatic and able to work independently and as part of a team • Ability to adapt to Pakistani culture • Able to stand stress due to the environment
• Good coordination and communication skills • Strongly motivated by humanitarian work

Length of assignment: 12 months The post is based in Islamabad, the post covers Pakistan, mainly Peshawar, Quetta and Islamabad. Trips may be required to other ICRC Sub-Delegations and Offices.

Beginning of the assignment : January 2012 Deadline applications : 16.12.2011 Only applications sent through our website www.icrc.org will be considered.

How to apply:

through our website : www.icrc.org