Background
Ethiopia Public Health Institute (EPHI) is nationally mandated institute to lead public health research on national and sub-national priority health problems and evaluates strategies and initiatives, to establish a framework for the integration and effectiveness of researches conducted throughout the country and put in place national health research database, and provide assistance to regions and other entities conducting research. EPHI is establishing a National Data Management Center (NDMC) with the vision to be center of excellence in generating and synthesis evidence on public health and biomedical sciences for Ethiopia. The goals of the center are to create a sustainable data management and evidence synthesis system for epidemiological and burden of disease researches, evaluation studies, disease control priority and biomedical research data for Ethiopia. This is to build databases, data management, evidence synthesis approaches on health and health related data through pooling all available data in the country and abroad focusing to Ethiopia. The ultimate goal of the national data management center is to maximize the utilization of available data related to health and to fill the gaps on evidence informed health decision through rigorous scientific methods application at national and sub-national levels. Through its units, the center will continuously collect and store all available health related data, synthesis available health related evidence from local and international research and academic institutes, agencies, manage and process the data and measure health progress and health loss due to different health conditions with the applications of robust scientific methods and provide timely quality evidence for partners.
To realize the goals and objectives of the NDMC, EPHI is looking to hire highly qualified and energetic researcher with senior researcher position having the following qualifications and experiences;
Report to: NDMC Director/EPHI DG
Term of employment: Contract for one year with possible extension
Required number:1
Salary: according to contract salary scale of Institute
Qualification and experience
Competencies
Research leadership
Research technical skill/advisory skills
Coordination, collaboration and networking skills
Translating evidence to policy skills