Requisition Number     PRN01478B
Job Title     Research Assistant/Analyst
Working Title     Licensing and Immunization Specialist
Job Grade     009

The Immunization Specialist will be hired by the University of Utah Department of Pediatrics. He or she will receive training in state child care licensing requirements from the Department of Health’s (UDOH) Child Care Licensing Program staff and training about immunizations from the UDOH Immunization Program staff. He or she will serve as a liaison between the Licensing Program, the Immunization Program, and researchers at the University of Utah. He or she will work with child care programs including providing training about immunization issues and assessing centers’ compliance with immunization requirements. Finally, he or she will work with researchers at the University of Utah to help them fulfill the goals of the ‘Immunization Protection in Child Care (IPiCC)’ project. This job will require travel to child care programs throughout Utah.

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Location:     Helena
Job Status:     Full-Time Permanent
Closing Date:     3/1/2012
Department:     Public Health and Human Services
Bureau:     Communicable Disease Control and Prevention
Union:     MPEA
Band/Grade:  6
State Application Required:     Yes

Knowledge of the principles and practices of public health and disease prevention; quality improvement methods and principles; program planning; data management and information processing system operations; youth, adult, and community education principles; business, technical, and media communications; and federal/state/department regulations and requirements pertaining to public health programs.

Skill in assessing, analyzing, interpreting, and applying technical data to unique health care environments; operating standard office technologies and software; developing and delivering public presentations and outreach materials; and oral and written communication.

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Vacancy Notice No: PAHO/12/TA20

Title: Specialist, Epidemic Alert and Response

Grade: P2

Contract type: Temporary appointment

Duration of contract: Six months* 

Application Deadline: 9 March 2012

Duty Station: Washington, D.C., United States of America

Organization unit: AM Americas (AM) Health Surveillance, Disease Prevention and Control (HSD)/IHR Alert and Response and Epidemic Diseases (HSD/IR)

OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME :
The objective is to promote, coordinate, and implement technical cooperation activities to reduce the social and economic burden of communicable and non communicable diseases, focusing on the surveillance, prevention and control, in ways that are technically sound and appropriate for the culture and society. Strives to achieve sustainable impact through strengthened country capacity and effective inter-country collaboration; and to strengthen the coverage and quality of the health and vital statistics in the Region as well as the national capacity to monitor their health situation. Description of duties:
Under the general supervision of the Manager, Health Surveillance, Disease Prevention and Control (HSD), and the direct supervisor of the Senior Advisor, IHR Alert and Response and Epidemic Diseases (HSD/IR), the incumbent is responsible for, but not necessarily limited to, the following:

a) Collaborate in the detection, risk assessment, and verification of acute public health threats of international concern posed by epidemics through official and un-official sources involving contacts with public health officials from Ministries of Health, WHO/HQ, Country Offices and other Areas, as well as partner centers of excellence;
b) Collaborate with WHO Regional and Country Offices to collect, assess, and verify information on potential public health emergencies of international concern, in line with the operational requirements of the International Health Regulations (IHR-2005);
c) Collaborate in the development and implementation of competencies-based training program on epidemic alert and response program; brief and provide training to Ministries of Health officers as required on System for Monitoring Public Health event (SIME);
d) Administer the Event Management System (EMS), including data management and data quality assurance;
e) Collaborate with the statistical analysis of Event Management System (EMS); analyze disease risk profiles, and participate in routine epidemiological reporting;
f) Support ongoing technical collaboration and operational coordination with partner institutions and agencies in event alert and response activities;
g) Assist in the management of the epidemic alert and response duty officer system providing for 24/7 coverage of communications as required by the IHR;
h) Perform other related duties, as assigned.

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Title: Project Support Specialist

Grade: P1

Contract type: Temporary appointment

Duration of contract: 24 months (Temporary Assignment)

Application Deadline: 29 February 2012

Duty Station: Washington, D.C., United States of America

Organization unit: AM Americas (AM)

Family and Community Health (FCH)/Comprehensive Family Immunization (FCH/IM)

OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME :

To provide technical and strategic support to strengthen national and regional capacity to protect all people at risk against vaccine-preventable diseases through advocacy, partnership, preparedness for emerging disease threats, and formulation of evidence-based strategies for vaccination policy. In so doing, promotes, coordinates and implements technical cooperation activities that emphasize the central role of family and the community to foster a culture of health promotion and protection where health becomes a social value. The work of the immunization project is guided by the principles of access and equity, disease control , and development of public health infrastructure in the context of introducing new technologies and achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

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