Country: India
Closing date: 24 Feb 2017
Dexis Consulting Group, a leading international development firm based in Washington D.C., is seeking candidates for Senior Medical Advisor for Disease Outbreak for an anticipated, upcoming multi-year New Delhi -based U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC)-supported activity designed to respond to EBOLA and infectious disease outbreak response and recovery. The position will assist CDC India and the Government of India with public health emergency response, working closely with the emergency management development team leaders, international task force leaders, host government team leaders, and in-country emergency management specialists to coordinate support activities designed to improve emergency management capacity in India (including emergency management center/EOC operations).
Responsibilities
- Participates in the CDC India Country Team emergency/incident management response as subject matter expert during the EBOLA EOC activation and response operation in India to support the efforts of the USG team in providing support to the India government to address and contain the disease outbreak
- Works closely with the Government of India’s emergency management leaders, the international task force leaders, and in-country emergency management specialists to coordinate support activities designed to improve emergency management capacity in India
- Assesses India’s public health emergency management programs for compliance with established public health and emergency management standards and provides expert consultation the Government of India and other partners for improving and demonstrating such compliance
- Represents the emergency management capacity development function at public health emergency management meetings. Establishes and maintains strong and effective working relationships with the Government of India, and program personnel from international agencies to facilitate awareness and support for emergency planning, preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation
Facilitates, mentors, and/or provides public health emergency management capacity development support directly to the India government and Ministry of Health for activities that include, but are not limited to:
- Emergency operations management and administration
- Emergency management system policy development and implementation to support work in-country (e.g., strategic planning for overall country work, transition planning from response to longer term capacity development)
- Emergency mgmt. operational, planning, logistical, and financial functions
- Public information/emergency risk communications
- Situational awareness activities
- Safety and risk management functions
- Liaison coordination
- Emergency management system training considerations
Collaborate with CDC India in assisting the India government in the coordination of the identification of emergency management support needs across India and potential sources for meeting those needs
Identifies, tracks, and provides recommendations to enhance an impacted country’s incident management structure
Provides input to planning activities such as the Incident Action Plan (IAP) and status reports such as Situation Reports (SITREPs). Reviews IAP’s, recommends emergency management goals and objectives, identifies response capability limitations, and recommends proposed tactics for coordinating response activities
Provides weekly detailed updates on India’s progress towards improving emergency management capacity to the CDC Director and the DGHP India Lead. Updates are compiled and sent to CDC Atlanta to notify CDC leadership of concerns and highlights of India’s progress in emergency management capacity development
Participates in the weekly Emergency Management Coordination Call which allows CDC Atlanta based staff to respond to and support the CDC India office during the emergency
Prepares input for response reports, slides, and other materials as required
Travel to Mumbai and Jaipur, India and Lahore, Pakistan to collaborate with India government and partners from other international agencies on identifying emergency management support needs and improving emergency management capacity
Minimum Qualifications and/or Certifications
- Medical Degree
- Experience in senior advisory positions. Specific skills include the ability to communicate clearly, effectively, and succinctly, to work cooperatively in a team environment and support different working styles, to resolve problems quickly and effectively and make recommendations
- Knowledge of emergency management principles, response operations, public health practices, and the fundamentals of establishing a national level emergency management system or a Ministry of Health emergency operations center
- Skills associated with establishing an organization for response planning, conducting response management, providing logistical support, tracking resources, and coordinating policies and operations in a national level or a Ministry of Health emergency operations center. These skills are used to assist the host government in a response to a public health emergency event
- Ability to connect the use of the emergency management physical space, identified as an emergency operations center (EOC), with the management systems used to conduct or coordinate emergency operations using emergency management functional staff
Specific knowledge, skills, abilities, and experience with:
- EOC and emergency response management, EOC administration, and event/emergency management system policies, protocols, and procedures
- Outbreak response planning and operations, gaining situational awareness, and managing outbreak information
- Resource management, logistic support, and finance considerations
- Evaluating a response environment and the options for dealing with it; experience in developing action plans (engaging in a planning function)
- Initiating and monitoring a response (engaging in an operational function)
- Making decisions about how to respond (engaging in a management function)
- Acquiring resources to respond and an awareness of how to track resources (engaging in a logistical function and an administrative function)
- Reporting activities to someone with authority either to seek direction or to account for their activities (engaging in a policy function)
Familiarity with:
- Risk communications, environmental infection control communications, and the general flow of communication information
- Coordinating international cooperation and liaison support, and mobilizing international support for public health emergencies
- Coordinating medical services that include infrastructure, human resources, specimen transport, patient evacuation and care, medical equipment, and medical supplies
Skills/experience in project management, data analysis, organizational development.
Understanding of the missions, policies, operations, resources, and organizational structures of the key partners
Experience in developing and maintaining working relationships with a broad range of individuals, public health systems, sectors, and agencies
Language proficiency in Hindi preferred
Level IV speaking and writing proficiency in English
Ability to effectively communicate in English with various groups (speaking, reading and writing)
With over 15 years of experience, Dexis specializes in creating custom-tailored, adaptable, and effective international development solutions. Operating in over 70 countries, we support clients like the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), U.S. Department of State, Department of Defense, and other multilateral agencies. We are one of the fastest growing firms in international development and our staff report some of the highest levels of job satisfaction in our industry.
Dexis is an equal opportunity employer offering employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, citizenship, physical or mental handicap, or status as a disabled or Vietnam Era veteran of the US Armed Forces.
How to apply:
Please submit your resume to: CDCopportunities@dexisonline.com with “India Task Order” in the subject line.