Senior Technical Advisor, Epidemic Intelligence

Provide senior technical guidance on surveillance, signal interpretation, risk assessment and evidence-informed preparedness and response.

Key responsibilities

• Guide surveillance priorities, verification workflows and structured public health risk assessments.
• Review intelligence briefs and decision-support products; advise on emergency operations centre workflows.
• Mentor technical teams and partners and contribute to operational guidance, training and evaluation.

Qualifications and experience

• Postgraduate qualification in epidemiology, public health or a related field; field epidemiology training is desirable.
• Senior experience in surveillance, outbreak intelligence, risk assessment and technical advisory work.
• Demonstrated mentoring and collaboration with public health institutions; strong analytical interpretation, technical writing and communication skills.