Malaria Consortium Nigeria is committed to tackling the large number of malaria cases and deaths in the country. Working in partnership with the Ministry of Health and other partners, we lead and support three major malaria control initiatives in the country: Support to the National Malaria Control Programme (SuNMaP); NetWorks and MAPS. Our areas of focus include: Technical support for malaria control Capacity building, harmonisation and training of health workers Heath systems strengthening Behaviour Change Communications and community outreach activities Operational research, policy and advocacy.
Position: SMC End of Cycle Data Collectors
Experience: One – Two Years’ Experience
Location: Local Government Areas in the locations- (FCT and Oyo)
Duration: July –October, 2022
Malaria Consortium requires qualified research personnel that will carry out data collection, analysis and interpretation for the Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention End of Cycle evaluation based on LQAS approach. The consultants and the supervisor will train data collectors and oversee data collection process while other personnel will carry out the actual data collection using an electronic platform.
The End of Cycle (EoC) evaluation will be conducted in the eight states and the FCT Abuja where SMC is being implemented. The process will involve identification, selection and training of supervisors at a training of trainers (ToT) and subsequently, data collectors in the states. The aim of the EoC evaluation is to assess SMC coverage and adherence of community drug distributions (CDDs) to treatment protocols immediately and not more than 5 days after each cycle of treatment.
Specific Activities for the personnel
Data collectors:
- Attend training on data collection and survey methods conducted by supervisors.
- Conduct interviews in selected households using SurveyCTO.
- Upload data on the SurveyCTO platform to server.
Deliverables for data collectors:
- Dataset of completed interviews submitted.
Qualifications and experience:
Profile requirements of data collectors
- A minimum of degree (BSc/HND) in Social Sciences and Health related discipline.
- Experience in conducting public health research, particularly data collection.
- Experience in the use of modern technology in research – use of phone for data collection.
- Previous experience doing LQAS survey is an added advantage.
- Ability to speak local language (e.g. Hausa, Kanuri, etc.).
- Familiarity with and respect for the tradition and culture of the locality.
- Familiarity with terrain of the locality.
- Must be a female/mixed in selected states.
- Ability to give attention to details.
- Must not be a staff of Government at any level and or the SMoH.
- Must not be part of SMC personnel in whatever capacity (national, state, LGA, HFW, CHW, TA or LM).
- Must not be blacklisted during the previous LQAS activities.
Timelines for Activities:
- July –October, 2022
No of TA Days
Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidate who are passionate and willing to contribute towards the achievement of our goals should kindly fill the form using the link below
before 8am Wednesday, 20th April, 2022.
Kindly note that applicants who do not follow this specification, will be disqualified.
All application should be sent in on or before 7:59am Wednesday, 20th April, 2022.
Only Shortlisted candidates will be contacted
Kindly note that applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, therefore early applications are highly encouraged.
NB: Malaria Consortium does not accept or ask for payment during recruitment. We also would not accept hardcopy CVs; all applications should be sent through the above link.Interested and qualified? Go to Malaria Consortium on docs.google.com to apply
