Job Description

Practice area(s): Agriculture and Food Security

Location(s): Freetown, Sierra Leone

Duration: Contract Employee

Classification: Project

Hire Type(s): In-Country Applicant

Experience: 6-9 Years

The USAID STOPS Spillover project in Sierra Leone, implemented by Tetra Tech International Development in collaboration with Tufts University Consortium, is currently accepting expressions of interest for a Wildlife and Livestock Epidemiologist. This position will be located in the main project office in Freetown.

STOP Spillover is a USAID-funded project to anticipate and reduce risks posed by known emerging zoonotic diseases that move from animals to humans. Tufts University, together with an international consortium of partners is working collaboratively to implement the STOP project in eight countries in Africa and Asia over the next five years (October 2020 to September 2025). The Risk Analysis and Communication (RAC) Country Team Member will focus on risk analysis; risk assessment; risk characterization; risk communication; risk management; and community risk-based surveillance.

Responsibilities

• Reports to the Country Team Leader
• Responsible for the design and implementation of wildlife, livestock and social behavior change related interventions and research
• Participate in country level work planning activities and participatory workshops, in consultation with the country team lead and national and local stakeholders
• Perform wildlife and livestock analyses and collect, analyze and manage relevant data
• Support capacity building activities including designing and delivering on-the-job training and providing mentorship to local wildlife and livestock actors

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or equivalent, in a relevant discipline (wildlife ecology, biology, zoology, livestock management or livestock epidemiology, or a related degree). PhD preferred.
• 5+ years’ experience designing and implementing field activities in Sierra Leone including working with communities and the public sector to design and implement sustainable solutions.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams) and data analytics
• Demonstrated leadership, versatility, and integrity, and gender sensitivity
• This position is only open to Sierra Leone nationals; women are strongly encouraged to apply

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