Qualifications and Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree or its International Equivalent in Civil Society, Communication and Social Marketing, Economic Development, Education, the Environment, Gender, Health, Nutrition, Research, Technology and Youth or Related Field.
  
• Typically requires 4+ years of relevant experience managing data collection and technical assistance experience.
  
• Demonstrated experience in emerging and re-emerging infectious disease surveillance activities.
  
• Extensive public health field experience in designing, implementing, monitoring, and reporting on capacity building in more than one component (policy and advocacy, interpersonal communication and community mobilization, mass communication, strategic collection and use of data).
  
• Familiarity with GHS indicators and activities, especially data collection, analysis, strategic data use, and report-outs.
  
• Familiarity with international donor organizations, Nigerian public sector health systems, and non-governmental organizations.
  

• Collaborate with the State Epidemiologist and DSNOs to strengthen surveillance systems, including contact tracing and active case search.
  
• Support the collection, analysis, and dissemination of data on emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases, ensuring data quality and timeliness.
  
• Provide technical assistance to state-level stakeholders to improve disease surveillance and reporting mechanisms.
  
• Facilitate coordination between FHI 360, NCDC, state agencies, and other partners to enhance data sharing and alignment of surveillance activities.
  
• Develop and deliver capacity-building initiatives, including training for state and local surveillance officers on emerging and re-emerging infectious disease protocols.
  
• Assist in the development and adaptation of tools, templates, and materials for surveillance and data management.
  
• Monitor the implementation of emerging and re-emerging surveillance activities and provide regular progress reports to the Senior Technical Officer, GHS.
  
• Support outbreak investigations and response activities as required, including field deployments.
  
• Promote adherence to infection prevention and control (IPC) measures during surveillance and contact tracing activities.
  
• Establish and maintain productive collaborative relationships with a wide range of partners and stakeholders, DOS, the MOH and relevant agencies, MOA, MOE, multi-lateral partners such as WHO, FAO and UNICEF, IFRC, and donors such as the World Bank, and civil society groups and local and iNGOs
  
• Perform other duties as may be assigned by the Senior Technical Officer, GHS and Associate Director, Technical.