Epidemiology Officer

About this role

Amref Health Africa Tanzania is recruiting an Epidemiology Officer to lead event-based surveillance work from its Dar es Salaam office, in close collaboration with the Ministry of Health, the Zanzibar Ministry of Health and the President's Office for Regional Administration and Local Government. Amref is a non-profit public health organisation that has supported the Government of Tanzania since 1987 across maternal and child health, HIV, TB, malaria and nutrition. The officer coordinates implementation of EBS activities with the ministry, PORALG and other partners. Day-to-day work includes providing technical assistance in reviewing and developing national IDSR and EBS guidelines, standard operating procedures and training materials alongside the Department of Epidemiology, and serving on the National Surveillance Technical Working Group.

The post-holder supports national and subnational stakeholders in rolling out EBS, strengthens links between indicator-based and event-based surveillance, and maintains regular contact with ministry departments, regional and district health management teams and project partners. Further duties cover epidemiological data analysis and interpretation, mentoring regional, district and facility surveillance officers, contributing to monthly, quarterly and annual planning, preparing donor and internal reports, and maintaining project databases. Candidates must hold an advanced university degree in epidemiology, preferably field epidemiology, with at least three years of experience in busy epidemiological settings handling disease outbreaks and other public health events of international concern. Applicants should be able to develop scientific papers and epidemiological surveys, and have strong computer skills across MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access and strong presentation ability.

Knowledge of event-based surveillance and public health subject matter, plus experience training, supervising and mentoring others including non-health personnel, are required. This is a full-time contract based in Dar es Salaam, with interviews at the Amref offices there. Applicants submit a single document combining an application letter and CV, stating current position, a daytime telephone number and three referees. Applications close on 14 November 2026.