Surveillance Lead at Maryland Global Initiatives Corporation Nigeria (MGIC)

Job Description
The Maryland Global Initiatives Corporation (MGIC) is seeking a Surveillance Lead for an upcoming program in Nigeria. This is a full-time position supporting an anticipated five-year project. The position is contingent upon award.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the project team in identifying project activities, processes and outcomes for documentation and sharing lessons learned and best practices.
• Develop strategies to strengthen the implementation of CBS.
• Update and refine technical reference guides for CBS and SOPS for data security, confidentiality, data analysis, use and visualization.
• Develop data dictionary of the surveillance system.
• Support efforts to create interoperability between current data collection tools and CBS.
• Develop and/or update surveillance systems.
• Capacity building for local counter-parts.
• Routinely review surveillance data to suggest programmatic changes needed to increase impact.

Qualifications

• M.Sc in Epidemiology, Statistics or other related disciplines.
• 5 years’ experience in international health programs, with at least 3 in PEPFAR-funded programs.
• Prior experience in capacity building, such as developing content, facilitating trainings and providing technical assistance.
• Proficient in the use of data management and analysis tools and advanced skills in MS Excel and other Data analysis software.