Vacancy at NCDC for Surveillance Support Officers
-Full Time staff only
-Commences on April 20, 2020 to 19th December, 2020 Across 19 states


In responding to the Coronavirus pandemic, the National Center for Disease and Control (NCDC) has announced job opening for Surveillance Support Officers

The notice was made available on its official website on Teusday. It said the NCDC is recruiting for short term consultancy – Surveillance Support Officers in 19 states.

The states are: Anambra, Akwa-Ibom, Kebbi, Borno, Osun, Enugu, Niger, Kwara, Benue. Other states are, Gombe, Yobe, Adamawa, Jigawa, Ekiti, Kogi, Ogun, Cross River, Imo and Abia States respectively.

The notice further stated that the recruitment would commence on 20th April. 2020 and would end on 19th October, 2020 within the 19 states of the federation and for full time employment contract only

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.

The Responsibilities of the NCDC Surveillance Support Officer Include

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
HOW TO APPLY

Interested and qualified candidates should apply by sending their resume and a cover letter addressing the job requirements as per the advertisement by email to info@ncdc.gov.ng before COB April 17, 2020 using the Job title and the preferred state as the subject of the mail e.g. ‘’Surveillance Support Officer- Anambra State’’

*Note-only successful candidates will be contacted and may be assigned to any state of the federation.

Background of the 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. The Surveillance, Outbreak Response Management and Analysis System (SORMAS) is a system jointly developed between the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) to improve disease surveillance as well as detection and management of outbreaks and thus strengthen the public health service in Nigeria.

In addition, NCDC has also supported states in establishing Public Health Emergency Operations Centres for improved coordination of outbreak preparedness and response.

NCDC is investing resources in strengthening health security at the sub-national level including improving capacity to effectively prevent, detect and respond to infectious disease outbreaks.

Mandate of NCDC
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) was established in the year 2011 in response to the challenges of public health emergencies and to enhance Nigeria’s preparedness and response to epidemics through prevention, detection and control of communicable and non-communicable diseases.
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Vacancy at NCDC for Data Officers
-Lagos and Abuja only
-All Disciplines can apply

In responding to the Coronavirus pandemic outbreak, the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) is recruiting for short term consultancy – Data Officers in Lagos and the FCT only

The notice was made available to NaijaTv.net through the NCDC website on Tuesday.

The statement said the recruitment would commence on April 20, 2020

And end in October 19, 2020 in Lagos state and the FCT for full time employment

JOB REQUIREMENTS

Minimum experience:

-At least 3 years’ experience in public health data management and IT support

Minimum qualification:

-Minimum of first degree in any discipline

For details pls visit: https://naijatv.net/vacancy-at-ncdc-for-data-officers/