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Position Purpose
The Technical Advisor, Subnational Collaborative Surveillance Data Use and Decision Science, strengthens the integration, analysis, interpretation, and use of surveillance data in implementing states. As part of the Nigeria RTSL Collaborative Surveillance team, the Advisor supports state institutions and AFENET Nigeria in improving surveillance governance, collaboration, and sustainable epidemic intelligence functions.
Initially supporting two selected States, the Advisor plans, coordinates, and delivers RTSL’s technical assistance across the surveillance data lifecycle, strengthening linkages among indicator- and event-based surveillance, laboratories, public health emergency operations centres, primary healthcare and other relevant sectors. The role supports states to strengthen the design, development, and routine use of priority information products—including weekly epidemiological reports, situation reports, 7-1-7 analyses, epidemiological bulletins and risk information products—as well as supporting routine use of SITAware and 7-1-7 data to detect threats, monitor alerts, identify delays in detection, notification, investigation, confirmation and early response, analysing response timelines and informing public health decisions.
Working with national and subnational technical teams, the Advisor strengthens the capacity of state teams through tailored training, hands-on mentorship and supportive supervision in data management, analysis, visualisation and interpretation, enabling them to produce high-quality information products independently and routinely translate analytical findings into timely, evidence-informed public health decisions and actions.
The position reports directly to the Senior Technical Advisor, Health Security and Event-based Surveillance and collaborates closely with AFENET, state surveillance and emergency management teams, state primary healthcare institutions, state-based development partners, NCDC, RTSL Nigeria, and global teams.
Work Location: This position is open to candidates based in Abuja, Nigeria
Duration: Full-time employment for a fixed term of 24 months with the possibility of renewal based on funding and mutual interest.
Core Responsibilities
The Technical Advisor will provide technical leadership, mentorship and quality assurance to strengthen subnational data use and decision science as part of Collaborative Surveillance. Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to, the following:
Technical support and mentorship
Provide technical leadership and guidance for the implementation of data use, epidemic-intelligence , and decision-science activities within subnational Collaborative Surveillance , , ensuring alignment with agreed program priorities, national standards, and state needs.
Engage state directors, surveillance leaders, PHEOC managers and other decision-makers to identify and prioritise information needs for preparedness, detection, risk assessment, response and resource allocation.
Develop and deliver structured capacity-strengthening activities in epidemiological analysis, R, data visualisation , interpretation, analytical communication and reproducible reporting.
Provide hands-on mentorship and accompaniment to AFENET, state government and partner staff to strengthen their skills in data management, data pipeline…