Vacancy for Senior Technical Officer at The African Field Epidemiology Network
Employment Nigeria
23-Feb-2017
NASARAWA ,
Technical
The African Field Epidemiology Network (AFENET) a non-profit organization and networking alliance of African Field Epidemiology (and Laboratory) Training Programs (FELTPs), and other applied epidemiology training programs.
POSITION : Senior Technical Officer
Responsibilities
- To provide leadership for the AFENET structure in Nasarawa State
- To supervise activities on NAIS
- To provide support to the NAIS secretariat in the planning, coordination, conduct and documentation of NAIS related activities.
- He/She will coordinate the day-to-day operations of the NAIS secretariat on NAIS.
Scope of Work
- Support the day-to-day activities in NAIS secretariat
- Support the NAIS survey related activities
- Support the NAIS secretariat in actively liaising with all stakeholders and implementing partners
- Support the NAIS secretariat in documentation of survey related activities
- Assist in timely retrieval of any completed hard copy questionnaires, incident forms, requisite forms
- Full participation in all technical meetings including submission of reports, recording of meeting minute
- Be prepared to work weekends
- Be prepared to travel to enumeration areas when needed
- Work with the data management team to ensure success of the data collection procedures for the NAIS
- Support dissemination of survey results including production of charts, maps, presentations and technical briefs/fact sheets on the outcome of the survey
- Support NAIS secretariat in survey related activities
- Work with the TC to ensure the prompt day to day running of NAIS conduct, following the agreed timeline
Deliverables
- Comprehensive weekly report of survey processes and proceedings
- Reports of all NAIS related activities
- Central-level training planning, implementation and reporting
- Presentation slides for dissemination of survey findings
- Trip reports (for trips made during the contract period)
- Log of activities related to contract implementation
- Documentation of lessons learnt during the survey period
- End-of-survey report - Survey reports including fact sheets, technical briefs and full survey report
Education/Experience:
- A Bachelor’s degree in health-related course.
- An MBBS, MPH or other Health Related Postgraduate qualifications will be an added advantage
- A minimum of 6 years relevant experience in HIV/AIDS programs and or health related surveys
- Demonstrated experience in the leadership, design, implementation, management and tracking/monitoring of surveys and data analysis.
- Prior working experience in Nasarawa State is an added advantage
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