US Embassy in Nigeria Jobs - Senior Program Specialist, Data Analysis & Visualization Vacancies

US Embassy in Nigeria Jobs - Senior Program Specialist, Data Analysis & Visualization Vacancies

Duties

The Senior Program Specialist, Data Analysis and Visualization (SPS-DAV), leads and manages CDC’s data analysis and visualization systems, playing a key role in profiling, enhancing, standardizing, transforming, and visualizing health data across programs. The SPS-DAV’s essential mission is to analyze complex data sets and present selected information in a visual and graphical manner that can be easily understood by consumers and decision makers.

Data triangulation, translation and dissemination are essential components of CDC’s program monitoring and evaluation efforts, and the SPS-DAV will be instrumental in helping to keep the agency and its partners on track for achieving extremely ambitious goals for HIV prevention, care, and treatment.

Qualifications and Evaluations

All selected candidates must be able to obtain and hold a Public Trust security clearance.

All selected candidates will be subject to a background investigation and, may be subject to a pre-employment medical exam.

Selected candidate must be able to begin working within a reasonable period of time (6 weeks) upon receipt of agency authorization and/or clearances/certifications or their candidacy may end.

Education Requirements:

Master’s degree in Information Science, Computer Science, Statistics, Epidemiology, Information Systems is required.

NYSC Certificate/Exemption/Exclusion document is required.

Evaluations:

You will be evaluated against the qualifications and requirements in this vacancy announcement.

You may be asked to complete a pre-employment language or skills test.

You must complete the application form and provide the required documents. Your application must address all the position qualification and requirements including education, experience, language, and any knowledge/skills/abilities listed. If you fail to submit a complete application, then your application may be disqualified for this position.

Qualifications:

Experience:

Minimum of five (5) years of work experience as a Data Analyst, Statistician or Data Scientist in a health/medical research organization, university or public health program implementing agency in HIV/AIDS, STD, TB prevention programs at the local, state, Federal or international levels is required.

Language:

Fluency in speaking/reading/writing English is required.

Job Knowledge:

Extensive knowledge of data management and conversion systems is required. Advanced Knowledge and understanding the principles of organizational management is required.

Vast knowledge of program evaluation strategies and techniques as well as public health interventions such as HIV/AIDS, TB, STI prevention, care and treatment programs are required. This includes thorough knowledge of internationally recognized standards for data triangulation and translation.

Expert knowledge and use of program management principles and translation of evaluation of data as it pertains to the improvement of program operations, guidelines and policies is required.

Detailed knowledge of the health care system of Nigeria is required. Knowledge of the principles, theories and practices of USG

programs and data management systems is required.

Good working knowledge of overall administrative requirements in development and support of grants, contracts, memoranda of understanding and cooperative agreements is required.

Skills And Abilities:

Skill in providing leadership, direction, and technical expertise in the analysis of public health data is required. This includes the ability to resolve independently problems related to supervision of personnel, program policy, and program operations.

Strong oral and written communications skills are required.

Ability to analyze, understand and discuss new program design, management and implementation approaches is required.

Ability to lead project teams and workgroups and to develop effective working relationships with national and international working partners is required.

The incumbent will be expected to exercise considerable ingenuity in applying guidelines to unique and different settings.

Advanced computer skills with experience/training for numeracy, word processing and spreadsheets is required.

Advanced numerical skills required include proficiency in the contextual use of data for problem solving, estimation, investigation and presentation is required.

Standard keyboarding skill is required for this position.

Dexterity in applications such as Epi Info, related statistical software packages, geographic information systems (GIS), and other software used to present data visually or geospatially is required. Proficiency in database design, development and administration is required.

Applicant must be conversant with all of the software packages and tools necessary for successful data analysis and visualization of health data e.g., PowerBI, Tableau, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, and statistical programs such as SAS, SPSS, or STATA); Geo-spatial tools such as QGIS or ArcGIS; SQL programming, understanding of both transactional (OLTP) and analytical (OLAP) data environments related to health including spatial analysis, GIS etc.

How to Apply

For more information and job application details, see; US Embassy in Nigeria Jobs - Senior Program Specialist, Data Analysis & Visualization Vacancies

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