Field Officer, Routine Immunization, Kebbi State

This position will be based in Kebbi State

PATH’s Center for Vaccine Innovation and Access (CVIA) brings together our expertise across every stage of the long and complex process of vaccine research, development, and delivery to make lifesaving vaccines widely available to children and communities across the world. CVIA’s current portfolio encompasses more than two dozen vaccines either in development or already in use to protect against fifteen different diseases. Our focus is on vaccines to address the leading diseases that claim children’s lives worldwide: pneumonia, diarrheal disease, and malaria; as well as other global health priorities, such as polio and meningitis. We work in partnership with national health ministries, pharmaceutical manufacturers, donors, international financing and regulatory organizations, and many others. PATH has led numerous global partnerships, including the award-winning Meningitis Vaccine Project and the Malaria Vaccine Initiative, which helped develop the first malaria vaccine candidate recommended for pilot implementation. 

PATH is currently seeking to hire a team of Three (3) Field Officers for a multi-faceted project to improve Routine Immunization (RI) coverage in Kebbie State, Nigeria by deploying Mobile Immunization Teams (MIT) across 16 Local Government Areas (LGAs). The Field Officers will report to the Kebbi RI Senior Field Officer and will provide training, supervision, and support to the MITs.   

Responsibilities: 

• Coordinate and oversee project activities in one LGA, serving as the main point person/ relationship manager for the LGA immunization team and working closely with LGA PHC coordinator, M&E officers, and community structures to ensure local ownership and accountability. 

• Deliver high-quality training to MITs to enable them to deliver community-based routine immunization services, including integrated service delivery approaches, refresher mentoring during implementation, and on-the-job mentoring based on identified gaps.  

• In collaboration with the health facility, develop a supportive supervision schedule for the LGA. 

• Conduct supportive supervision of MITs, ensuring effective service delivery, community engagement, and accurate reporting to the respective health facility using national RI supportive supervision tools, structured checklists, and agreed supervision plans for the LGA. 

• Provide technical assistance to support health facilities to develop or update microplans., including supporting outreach planning, session optimization, defaulter tracking, and alignment with community-based service delivery strategies. 

• Work closely with Health Facility staff to facilitate effective communication, data sharing, and working relationships between Health Facility staff, MITs, target communities, follow-up of missed children, documentation of refusals, and community feedback. 

• Maintain excellent relationships with LGA immunization team, health facility staff, and PATH’s local partner(s), and support coordination with other implementing partners and government-led RI activities to promote integration and avoid duplication. 

• Work closely with project MEL and ACSM officers to facilitate their interactions with MITs, supporting data validation exercises, use of routine data for decision-making, and community engagement activities.    

• Consolidate information and updates from the MITs and share with the Senior Field Officer, MEL officers, and ACSM officers to ensure ongoing communication and coordination, including structured weekly and monthly field updates highlighting implementation progress, challenges, and corrective actions. 

• Ensure accurate record keeping and reporting of project activities, particularly supervision visit logs, training reports, outreach summaries, vaccine stock monitoring updates, and community engagement documentation 

• Review data on MIT operations and project activities in collaboration with the MEL officers and adapt MIT activities and supportive supervision plans as appropriate, ensuring tracking performance against targets and supporting follow-up actions for underperforming areas. 

• Provide information on how well the MITs are working, challenges they meet and possible solutions, drawing on routine field observations, supervision findings, and community feedback. 

• Monitor vaccine and supplies stocks and work with the State Program Manager to support timely redistribution or replenishment where needed. 

• Document immunization refusals, reasons, and mitigation plans 

• Connect ACSM officers with community leaders and influencers to address hesitancy and misinformation. 

• Any other duties assigned by the Senior Field officer. 

Required skills and experience: 

• Prior experience (3 years +) working on health service delivery; experience in immunization service delivery preferred. 

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant area. 

• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with local health facility officials and staff.   

• Experience providing supportive supervision and mentoring at field level. 

• Ability to coordinate with multiple person teams. 

• Ability to document project activities, synthesize information to share with respective project staff members, and prepare structured field reports and summaries. 

• Strong interpersonal and public communication skills. 

• Willingness to travel within Kebbi State as required by project activities.