Surveillance Coordinator, Dhaka North, Bangladesh At Vital Strategies

This position is a part of the Bloomberg Philanthropies Initiative for Global Road Safety Initiative (BIGRS), which offers an exciting opportunity to work with an international team of road safety specialists, focused on contributing to the United Nations Second Decade of Action for Road Safety through enhancing knowledge and skills in contemporary best practice road safety strategies. This role would assist in creating and supporting multi-sectoral partnerships, especially within road transport agencies, to facilitate a sustained reduction in road crash deaths and injuries in Dhaka North. The local knowledge of systems and organizational structures, technical expertise of road infrastructure, sustainable transport and urban planning, and ability to maintain productive relationships within the local transport environment will be a valuable contribution to the success of any planned program activities. This is a full-time position for our road safety program in Dhaka North, Bangladesh.

Scope of Work:

• Work closely with Vital Strategies, government and initiative partners to align work priorities
• Serve as liaison between initiative partners and governments, in particular: Police for all issues related to crash reporting and analysis; Health departments; Medical examiner systems; Transport and road safety officials at different government levels; Other stakeholders.
• Work with designated personnel to oversee data collection, data entry, conduct data cleaning and management of designated data sets.
• Train, monitor and oversee data entry staff.
• Conduct analysis and prepare tables, charts, and maps both for routine review and special queries, including spatial analysis for identification of high-risk locations.
• Collaborate with police, health, medical examiner, and Vital Strategies personnel to develop a protocol and conduct linkage and analysis of injury registry and data.
• Conduct a capture-recapture analysis of crash fatalities using at least two data sources: police crash reporting and vital registration, forensic, hospital, and/or insurance records; and prepare a report on methods and findings.
• Prepare annual road safety reports based on available sources for crash/injury death data, as well as risk factors data.
• Disseminate and present road safety report findings to stakeholders and promote data use for policy and planning.
• Work with police and other partners to pilot and define road crash database platform options and adaptation to local needs.
• Promote data use for policy and planning
• Provide support to partners of the initiative as required.
• Line reporting through Dhaka North Initiative Coordinator and City Technical Leads with technical guidance and direction from Vital Strategies surveillance staff
• Other responsibilities as assigned

Ideal Qualifications:

Master’s degree in a relevant field such as public health, epidemiology, demography, international relations, etc. from a recognized university.

Skills and Abilities –

• Strong organizational and project management skills;
• Bilingual in Bengali and English
• Proficient in MS office (word, excel, PowerPoint), and skilled in data analysis (Excel, and other platforms).
• Proven capacity to work in a multidisciplinary or multi-agency setting and to interact with city governments.
• Demonstrate commitment to valuing diversity and contributing to an inclusive working and learning environment.

Experience:

• Minimum 6 years of experience in transportation, mobility, or government systems
• Prior experience working in Dhaka North;
• At least two years of demonstrated experience in using data visualization tools to present analysis and make decisions.
• Demonstrate experience working with diverse stakeholders (NGOs, government agencies, media, others) in public health projects in Dhaka North