Senior Public Health Officer / Public Health Officer (Modelling)

Roles & Responsibilities

What the role is

As an officer in the Advanced Methods and Analytics Division, you will be part of a team that conducts infectious disease modelling to inform national policy development, surveillance and preparedness. This role requires not only relevant technical expertise but preferably a broad scientific knowledge of infectious diseases as well. You will be working in a fast-paced and dynamic environment that would require the ability to manage multiple priorities and stakeholders at the same time.

What you will be working on

You will develop and deploy cutting-edge mathematical models on infectious disease related projects. Your work will transform complex data into clear, actionable insights that support evidence-based public health decision making and interventions. The core areas of work will include, but are not limited to :

1. Nowcasting and forecasting : Predicting infectious disease dynamics in real-time.

2. Scenario modelling : Simulating potential outcomes of different disease scenarios, public health strategies and interventions.

3. Long-term projections : Deriving long-term disease burden and making future-looking predictions.

What we are looking for

Key Job Responsibilities :

• Develop and deploy infectious disease transmission-dynamic models to address key national communicable disease concerns.
• Partner with stakeholders to design, develop and address project-related questions, identify knowledge gaps, and address key gaps through appropriate analysis.
• Adapt and extend existing state-of-the-art models, or design and build new models where appropriate.
• Parameterise models by analysis of appropriate data and literature review.
• Synthesise evidence from literature, surveillance and other data sources to understand the natural history and epidemiology of infection, and the effectiveness of control measures.
• Prepare and present project outputs to stakeholders

Job Requirements :

Attributes and aptitude :

As part of the shortlisting process for this role, candidates may be required to complete a medical declaration and / or undergo further assessment.

Tell employers what skills you have

Forecasting

Dynamics

Physics

Mathematics

Infectious Diseases

Economics

Surveillance

Preparedness

Python

Interventions

Computational Biology

Evidence

Decision Making