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Surveillance Support Officer Recruitment at NCDC

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Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)

Surveillance Support Officer Recruitment at The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) is the government agency with the mandate to coordinate the surveillance, detection and response to infectious disease outbreaks. Over the last three years, NCDC has deployed a new tool for disease surveillance.

Job Title: Surveillance Support Officer

Start Date: April 20, 2020
End Date: October 19, 2020
Employment type: Full time
Slot: 19 Openings

Responsibilities

  • Support the implementation of SORMAS in the state
  • Support the state epidemiologist in developing and implementing outbreak preparedness and response activities
  • Support the state epidemiologist in strengthening coordination between surveillance and laboratory teams
  • Provide technical leadership to the State surveillance team on the use of surveillance data for data driven decision making
  • Provide mentoring, support and supervision to LGA DSNOs and asst. DSNOs on data collection and data entry using the SORMAS tool
  • Work with state epidemiologist, state DSNO and others as indicated to analyse collected surveillance data and provide feedback
  • Support the appropriate use of the SORMAS tools and troubleshoot problems
  • Coordinate disease surveillance project evaluation activities at the state
  • Support the activities of the state public health EOC
  • Liaise with the NCDC Surveillance Department to provide regular feedback
  • Undertake any other tasks assigned by the NCDC Director of Surveillance

Job Requirements

Minimum experience:

  • At least 6 years’ experience with the Nigeria’s surveillance system or Monitoring and Evaluation or Field research

Minimum qualification:

  • First degree in Human Medicine, Veterinary medicine, Public Health or any Health or Biological Science related discipline.
  • Master’s degree (preferable in public health)
  • FELTP training will be an added advantage.

Other requirements:

  • Experience working with SORMAS tool or any other surveillance tool.
  • Must be domiciled in the state of assignment.
  • Experience in managing surveillance data at LGA or state level.
  • Proficiency in use of Microsoft office suite and Epi info or SPSS.
  • Strong data collection, analysis, and report writing skills required.
  • Ability to work independently, think analytically and take initiative in solving problems.
  • Ability to communicate technical issues effectively.
  • Good verbal communication skills in the local language of the state of assignment and working knowledge of English.
  • A strong team player with excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work with groups of diverse backgrounds.

Method of Application

Interested and qualified candidates should send their Resume and a Cover Letter addressing the job requirements as per the advertisement by email to: [email protected] using the Job Title and the preferred state as the subject of the mail e.g. “Surveillance Data Clerk – Oyo State”.

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Note: Only successful candidates will be contacted and may be assigned to any state of the federation.

To apply for this job please visit www.ncdc.gov.ng.

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