Epidemiologist
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RESPONSIBILITIES
As an epidemiologist working with Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), you will support both short‑term emergency projects and long‑term public health initiatives. You will play a central role in MSF’s response to disease outbreaks by coordinating the collection of epidemiological data, including active case finding, and by helping plan key outbreak control activities such as vaccination campaigns and water and sanitation interventions.
You will conduct mortality studies, evaluate and set up surveillance systems, and implement epidemiological surveys to strengthen evidence‑based decision‑making across MSF projects. Your work will contribute directly to understanding where and how fast diseases are spreading, and how outbreaks can be controlled.
In addition to your analytical responsibilities, you will supervise and train staff and provide epidemiological guidance to support policy development and strategic planning. Your role includes offering technical support to project teams, ensuring high‑quality data collection methods, and helping shape MSF’s operational response both during outbreaks and throughout ongoing health programs.
Degree in epidemiology, or master’s degree in public health with extensive epidemiology training
Minimum two years relevant post-qualification work experience
Practical skills in design, implementation and evaluation of quantitative and qualitative epidemiological research
Experience in outbreak control
Ability to design and implement surveillance and other data collection systems for disease and outbreak monitoring, including mortality and nutritional surveys
Ability to train others in data collection and analysis
Practical skills working with epidemiological databases and statistical analysis software (Microsoft Excel and at least one statistics program)
Experience in managing staff in a multicultural team (supervision and training)
Fluency in English and French (Intermediate+, minimum level B2 in both). Refer to this evaluation grid . Other languages such as Spanish, Arabic, and Portuguese are valued, but not required.
Relevant travel or work experience in contexts similar to where MSF works (armed conflicts, disasters, public health emergencies or situations of healthcare exclusion)
Available to work from six to 12 months
Medical or biomedical training
Training in tropical medicine
International humanitarian or healthcare, medical management
MSF CORE COMPETENCIES
Behavioural flexibility: Level 2, Adapts behaviour to the needs of the situation
Teamwork and cooperation: Level 2, Shares information and coordinates with team and others
Result and quality orientation: Level 2, Works towards objectives, preserving established standards
Commitment to MSF principles: Level 1, Demonstrates knowledge of and accepts MSF’s principles
People management: Level 2, Gives feedback and sets limits
Cross-cultural awareness: Level 3, Demonstrates an integrating attitude
Stress management: Level 2, Manages own stress
Understanding of equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI): Level 1, Familiarity with EDI concepts and their application in a humanitarian context.
To find out more about MSF core competencies, please look here.
You can find a comprehensive view of MSF career paths here.
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