JOB VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
Clinical Epidemiology & Statistics Technical Advisor
(f/m)
Enabel is the Belgian development agency. It implements Belgium’s governmental cooperation. The agency also works for other national and international donors. With its partners in Belgium and abroad, Enabel offers solutions to address pressing global challenges – Climate Change, Urbanisation, Human Mobility, Peace and Security, Economic and Social Inequality – and to promote Global Citizenship. With 2,000 staff, Enabel manages about 170 projects in twenty countries, in Belgium, Africa and the Middle East.
In the context of bilateral cooperation, Enabel is focusing on Maternal and Child Health under the current portfolio.
The overall objective of the project is to support the health sector to reach remaining bottlenecks to attain another milestone in the reduction of maternal, child and neonates’ mortality in Rwanda.
The specific objective is to ensure that high quality data is granularly analyzed, interrogated from tertiary university teaching Hospitals research and clinical departments and cascaded down to district hospitals in their catchment area in order to identify major causes of morbidity and mortality and adaptively correct them and evaluate the improvements as changes are implemented.
In view of the further development of its activities Enabel is currently looking for a (f/m) Clinical Epidemiology & Statistics Technical Advisor
Duty station: CHUB in Huye with frequent field missions in southern province and Kigali
Duration of the contract: 18 months– local contract according to the Rwandan labor law
Expected starting date: October 2022
Salary package according to our salary grids (class 6 – Sector Thematic Expert): From 3.150.018RWF gross salary depending on the number of years of relevant experience.
Function:
Under the direct supervision of the International Epidemiologist and in close collaboration with the Director of the Teaching Hospital of Butare (CHUB), the Technical Advisor will provide support with focus on three main outputs related to evidence-based decision-making: on-the-job capacity building of hospital staff; statistical analysis and support in academic writing leading to publication.
In general, (s)he will:
- Support data analysis in maternal, pediatrics and neonatal mortality reduction.
- Participate in the “knowledge management” Enabel team
- Work with hospital specialists, residents, students, partners to establish research questions, data collection, analysis and presentations.
- Work with District Hospitals in CHUB catchment area to improve Maternal Child and Community Health.
- Support CHUK in setting up similar data analytics system
- Participate in all operations research and monitoring and evaluation activities conducted under the MCCH framework.
- Develop, review, and adapt project monitoring and evaluation tools
- Support research based on data available.
- Planning and designing practices, processes and procedures that allow for effective management of the project.
- Give presentations to policy makers.
- Holds self and others accountable for all work activities, research and personal actions and decisions; follows through on commitments and focuses on those activities that have the greatest impact on meeting measurable high-quality results for the project.
- Apply organizational knowledge to identify and maintain focus on key success factors for the project while recognizing, anticipating, and resolving organizational challenges.
- Perform other duties as required by supervisor
Profile:
qualification and experience
- Rwanda Citizen
- A Master’s degree holder in statistics or public health, epidemiology, FELTP (Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program) or related field with emphasis on statistics
- Relevant professional experience of minimum 5 years working at central level of the health system and/or district levels in epidemiologic surveillance-related field and performance of statistical analyses of health data;
technical skills
- Advanced knowledge in statistical analysis, sample size calculations, advanced statistics of quantitative data, knowledge of health information systems is an added value;
- Strong oral and written communication and presentations skills in English, Knowing French and Kinyarwanda is an added value
- Mastery of statistical software packages (Stata, R, SPSS, etc.)
- Proficient skills in qualitative analysis is a plus
- Good knowledge of the national health system and ability to interact with different stakeholders;
- Ability to interact and communicate well with a multi-disciplinary team.
- Ability to apply sound decision-making processes to support “policy dialogue” team reach productive resolutions that translates strategy into actionable plans.
- Ability to communicate well with internal and external partners, including international partners.
- High proficiency in data analytics software in clinical research especially MCCH data
attitude
- Highly self-motivated and directed;
- High attention to detail;
- Service-oriented, but selfless and supportive attitude;
- Advanced sense of creativity and initiative
- Strong teamwork and interpersonal relationship skills;
- Strong oral and written communication skills;
- Detail-oriented work ethic.
- Strong customer service orientation;
- Constructive and solution-oriented.
Applicants are also required to commit to the vision, mission and values of Enabel (https://www.enabel.be/content/enabel-vision-mission-values) .
Following this recruitment procedure, a shortlist of successful applicants may be constituted which may be sourced in the next three years for similar job openings.
How to Apply
Interested applicants fulfilling the above-mentioned criteria are invited to submit their application documents by clicking the “Apply” button including detailed Curriculum Vitae (max 5 pages), a motivation letter and a copy of University degree(s). Past and current service certificates also need to be attached to the application (unproven experience will not be considered during the shortlisting). Specify in your CV your LinkedIn profile (if available) and the names of three referees (former direct supervisor) as well as their emails and telephone numbers. Submit the full file not later than the 04th September 2022.
Enabel is committed to equal opportunities and diversity in its workforce. We do not discriminate on the basis of gender, origin, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability status or any other factor other than competence.
Enabel never requests money to be part of any of the recruitment process.
Only successful applicants will be contacted.
Done at Kigali, 22nd August 2022
Resident Representative, Enabel Rwanda
