Ebola Response Consultant, Epidemic Preparedness and Response, Global Health Programs

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PATH current employees - please log in and apply Here PATH is a global nonprofit dedicated to achieving health equity. With more than 40 years of experience forging multisector partnerships and with expertise in science, economics, technology, advocacy, and dozens of other specialties, PATH develops and scales up innovative solutions to the world's most pressing heath challenges. Location : Democratic Republic of the Congo, with deployment to Eastern DRC and other outbreak-affected areas as required Contract Type : Short-term consultant/ Consultant Roster Duration : Intermittent assignments and field deployments of up to six weeks at a time PATH seeks Ebola Response Consultants for the STRengthening Infectious disease DEtection Systems (STRIDES) Project. The global project will support and strengthen surveillance, detection and analytical capacity of infectious diseases across both human and animal health. Through this call, PATH intends to establish a roster of qualified national and international consultants who can be deployed on short notice to support Ebola response activities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, particularly in Eastern DRC. Selected consultants will provide technical and operational assistance across one or more of the following areas: Public health surveillance and field epidemiology. Case detection, alert management, and outbreak investigation. Contact tracing and transmission chain analysis. Health information systems and outbreak data management. Data analysis, visualization, dashboards, and automated reporting. Geographic information systems, geolocation, and spatial epidemiology. Community-based and event-based surveillance. Points-of-entry and points-of-control surveillance. Cross-border surveillance and information sharing. Surveillance training, mentoring, and supportive supervision of response personnel. Consultants must meet or exceed the required qualifications listed below. They should be subject matter experts capable of providing practical, field-oriented technical assistance in complex and rapidly evolving outbreak environments, with limited supervision. Responsibilities include: Depending on the consultant's area of expertise and the requirements of each deployment, responsibilities may include one or more of the following technical areas: Surveillance and epidemiology Support the day-to-day technical and operational implementation of Ebola surveillance and epidemiological response activities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Support implementation of national, provincial, health-zone, health-facility, community, point-of-entry, and point-of-control surveillance activities. Strengthen systems for alert detection, notification, triage, verification, investigation, classification, referral, and closure. Support active case finding in health facilities and communities, including retrospective review of registers and investigation of unexplained illnesses or deaths. Support indicator-based, event-based, community-based, laboratory, mortality, and point-of-entry surveillance. Conduct epidemiological analyses to describe transmission by person, place, and time. Identify transmission hotspots, high-risk populations, surveillance gaps, and priority locations for intervention. Support investigation and reconstruction of transmission chains. Develop or adapt Ebola case definitions, standard operating procedures, investigation forms, line lists, alert logs, job aids, and reporting tools. Support daily and weekly surveillance coordination and epidemiological review meetings. Produce situation reports, epidemiological bulletins, presentations, risk assessments, dashboards, maps, and other decision-support products. Contact tracing and case investigation Support rapid and comprehensive investigation of suspected, probable, and confirmed Ebola cases. Assist response teams in identifying exposure histories, places visited, potential sources of infection, and individuals who may have been exposed. Support timely listing, classification, registration, and risk categorization of contacts. Establish or strengthen procedures for daily contact follow-up, symptom monitoring, escalation, referral, and discharge. Strengthen systems for tracing contacts who are traveling, displaced, unavailable, lost to follow-up, or located across provincial or international borders. Support transmission chain analysis and visualization. Monitor contact tracing indicators, including listing completeness, daily follow-up coverage, timeliness, loss to follow-up, symptomatic contacts detected, and referrals completed. Reconcile case, contact, laboratory, vaccination, and case management data. Support implementation and use of Go.Data or other approved contact tracing platforms. Train and mentor case investigators, contact tracers, supervisors, community health workers, and surveillance personnel. Work with community engagement teams to address reluctance, stigma,

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