KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation
KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation is an international non-profit organization dedicated to the fight against tuberculosis (TB), still the second most deadly infectious disease in the world.
KNCV is an international center of expertise for TB control that promotes effective, efficient, innovative and sustainable tuberculosis control strategies in a national and international context. We are an organization of passionate TB professionals, including doctors, researchers, training experts, nurses and epidemiologists. We aim to stop the spread of the worldwide epidemic of TB and to prevent the further spread of drug-resistant TB.
Over the past century we have built up a wealth of knowledge and expertise, initially by successfully controlling TB in the Netherlands. Since the 1970s, we have also shared our knowledge and expertise with the rest of the world. We operate from a central office in The Hague in the Netherlands, a regional office in Central Asia and country offices worldwide. KNCV raises funds from private, institutional, corporate, and government donors.
Challenge TB
KNCV is the lead partner in Challenge TB (CTB), the new USAID-funded 5-year global program to decrease TB mortality and morbidity in high burdened countries. We lead an international consortium with eight partner organizations: American Thoracic Society (ATS), Family Health International (FHI 360), Interactive Research & Development (IRD), Japanese Anti Tuberculosis Foundation (JATA), Management Sciences for Health (MSH), Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH),The International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union), and the World Health Organization.
The overarching strategic objectives of Challenge TB are to improve access to quality patient centered care for TB, TB/HIV, and MDR-TB services; to prevent transmission and disease progression; and to strengthen TB platforms.
Purpose of the position
The purpose of the position is to advise national TB control programs and their stakeholders on design of case-based TB surveillance systems, to provide hands-on support on actual development and implementation of these electronic recording and reporting systems, and to provide data management support.
Principal activities
As a Technical Officer Surveillance and Data Management you will:
- Advise and support national TB control programs and their stakeholders on design and development of electronic recording and reporting systems for national routine surveillance, with data flow from facility level up to national level;
- Advise on data management in large TB research projects; such as nationwide TB prevalence surveys and drug resistance surveys, in collaboration with (KNCV) epidemiologists;
- Perform data validation and basic analysis on large databases during data collection in order to ensure high quality data;
- Build capacity on surveillance and data management by on the job training and class-room teaching;
- Develop new projects and write grant proposals on surveillance and data management;
- Contribute to publications and presentations.
Who are we looking for?
Education:
- At least a bachelor degree in a health-related field such as health sciences or epidemiology.
Knowledge and experience:
- At least 3 years professional experience acquired in positions related to the job description;
- Proven experience in data management of surveillance data of communicable diseases (preferably including TB) on a national or international level;
- Working experience in basic statistical analysis with population datasets (preferably SPSS and/or STATA);
- Experience in working in developing countries;
- Excellent oral and written English skills; other language skills are an advantage (e.g. French or Portuguese or Russian);
- Ability to work pro-actively and work well in a team;
- Ability to do capacity building (teaching, on the job training).
What do we offer?
- A fixed-term contract for a year, with the intention to extend the contract;
- An informal work atmosphere in an international environment where initiative is appreciated;
- A highly-motivated team of experienced, self-driven colleagues;
- The salary is dependent upon education and relevant working experience;
- KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation has its own Employment Conditions Scheme.
HOW TO APPLY:
Application
Your application (with curriculum vitae, motivation letter in English and 3 professional references) should be sent by email before April 20th, 2015 to:
KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation, PO Box 146, 2501 CC The Hague, the Netherlands, attention: Ms. Larissa Lutmers. E-mail: recruit@kncvtbc.org under subject “TO Surveillance and Data Management”.
For more information, please contact Larissa Lutmers, HRM: phone +31 (070) 416 72 22
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For further information on KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation, please see www.kncvtbc.org orwww.challengetb.org
KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation is an equal opportunity employer offering employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, citizenship, physical or mental handicap, or status as a disabled.
