Senior Immunization Specialist

Senior Immunization Specialist

Announcement Number: Abuja-2026-005

Location: Abuja

Employment Type: Full-time

Summary

• We are seeking eligible and qualified applicants for the Public Health Specialist (Senior Immunization Specialist) position in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) office.

Duties

• Under the supervision of the CDC Abuja Director of the Global Immunization Division (GID), the incumbent will provide technical support to the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) and other participating partners in the design, implementation and strengthening of routine disease surveillance systems and in the conduct of large, complex surveys designed to measure Vaccine Preventable Disease (VPD) prevalence and other indicators necessary for accurately evaluating the impact of Routine Immunization (RI) programs.
• The incumbent will work in cooperation with staff from the Government of Nigeria (GoN) at all levels to apply disease-reporting procedures and population-based surveillance methodologies to ensure that GID’s program objectives are met. In addition, the incumbent will focus on improving routine immunization coverage in the country, which is a key requirement towards polio eradication. 
• emphasis on immunization and the organization of immunization campaigns, is required. Capacity to develop and conduct operational research, evaluation, monitoring, data analysis to assess progress in implementing public health interventions, specifically as it relates to polio is required. Ability to establish effective working relationships with people of different nationalities and cultural backgrounds and proven experience to interact with multi-disciplinary and multi-national teams is required.
• Strong analytical skills to readily understand and discuss routine immunization and polio interventions as well as the capacity to understand new surveillance program design, management, and implementation approaches, are required. This includes the development of evaluation designs, use of reliable and valid instruments, and methods for data collection, analysis and reports.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills are required to develop and maintain effective, sustainable working relationships with national and international working partners and to prepare substantive and analytical reporting. Strong management skills are required to operate independently with limited direct supervision of day-to-day activities and to lead results-driven project teams and workgroups. Excellent overall computer skills (keyboarding with both speed and accuracy is required. 
• Advanced skill levels in the use of at least one of the more common epidemiologic data analysis software (R, STATA, SAS, SPSS or Python) is required.
• Excellent quantitative skills for manipulating and reporting statistical data is required.
• Experience in the setting of computer software development standards, specifications and guidelines as well as experience working within already set standards to implement IT solutions, is required.

Salary

USD $52,282 / per year.

Application Closing Date

27th March, 2026.

How to Apply

Interested and qualified candidates should:

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