Job Duties and Responsibilities

Direct technical and operational support to responding countries

• Remote and in-person (in-country) support to countries responding to epidemics, including support for response planning, training, implementation, supervision, and development/implementation of quality assurance systems.
• Support lessons learning and after-action reviews (AAR) of outbreak response operations, including developing an outbreak-specific AAR methodology.

Development and implementation of data-driven decision-making approaches for cholera and other epidemic diseases

• Support development and roll-out of tools to track and proactively manage outbreak response activity implementation performance, with a focus on quality of implementation, and appropriateness of intervention locations relative to disease transmission and burden patterns.

Tools development

• Based on a continuous learning process with responding National Societies, develop and improve trainings and tools to support improved future responses.

Validation and Dissemination

• Present preliminary findings during an online workshop with IFRC, National Societies.

Alignment to the IFRC’s Strategy 2030

• The fellowship aligns with the IFRC’s Strategy 2030 as it directly supports the achievement of the Federation’s Global Aims:

Global Aim 1: People anticipate, respond to and quickly recover from crisis.

• The fellowship strengthens community responses to epidemics

Management of fellowship

• The fellow will be technically managed by the Senior Officer, Public Health in Emergencies and line co-managed by the health and operations focal points in the country where s/he is operating. There will be significant coordination with the Global Cholera Coordinator and colleagues in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene unit.

Time allocation

Until 31 December 2026

Education

Required

• Currently enrolled in a graduate, post-graduate, research programme or equivalent level of study in a relevant area. 

Knowledge, Skills and Languages

Required

Fluently spoken and written English.

Preferred

Good command of another IFRC official language (French, Spanish or Arabic).