Infectious Disease Surveillance Consultant - Sierra Leone

PATH; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

PATH, a global nonprofit advancing health innovations, seeks a consultant to map and strengthen infectious disease surveillance systems in Sierra Leone. The assignment covers IBS, EBS, CBS, and One Health linkages, with stakeholder consultations across government counterparts, labs, and partners.

You will inventory tools, assess data flows, and provide practical recommendations for harmonization and improved information exchange.

Qualifications

• Degree in public health, epidemiology, medicine, veterinary public health, health informatics, or closely related field.
• Experience assessing, reviewing, or strengthening infectious disease surveillance systems (IDSR).
• Knowledge of IBS, EBS, and CBS and links to lab and multisectoral surveillance.
• Experience with document reviews, stakeholder consultations, inventories, workflow mapping, and gap analyses.
• Knowledge of digital health reporting systems (DHIS2/eIDSR) and data flows.
• Ability to translate findings into practical recommendations.
• Strong English communication and technical writing skills.

Responsibilities

• Design the assessment approach and inception notes with stakeholders.
• Review surveillance documentation, tools, and workflows for gaps.
• Build a structured inventory of tools, users, custodians, and links.
• Map information flows and reporting pathways across levels.
• Assess digital/workflow exchanges and duplication across systems.
• Identify alignment gaps and duplication with national guidance.
• Prepare validated findings and prioritized recommendations.
• Deliver final report, diagrams, and editable deliverables.

Skills

Public health degree

Surveillance systems

IDSR knowledge

Documentation & mapping

Workflow analysis

Digital health systems

English communication

Spreadsheet inventories

Stakeholder facilitation

Education

Public health/epidemiology/related field degree

Postgraduate training in public health or field epidemiology

Tools

DHIS2/eIDSR

Job description

PATH, a global nonprofit advancing health innovations, seeks a consultant to map and strengthen infectious disease surveillance systems in Sierra Leone. The assignment covers IBS, EBS, CBS, and One Health linkages, with stakeholder consultations across government counterparts, labs, and partners.

You will inventory tools, assess data flows, and provide practical recommendations for harmonization and improved information exchange.