Posted on: Tue 03-10-2023

Malaria Consortium - Established in 2003, Malaria Consortium is one of the world’s leading non-profit organizations specializing in the comprehensive prevention, control and treatment of malaria and other communicable diseases, among vulnerable and under privileged populations. We increasingly find our work on malaria can be effectively integrated with other similar public health interventions for greater impact and therefore expanded our remit to include child health and neglected tropical disease interventions. We work in Africa and Asia with communities, governments, academic institutions, and local and international organizations, to ensure effective delivery of services, which are supported by strong evidence.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Supervisor: SMC Impact Assessment

Locations: Abuja (FCT), Kogi and Oyo

Employment Type: Contract

Slot: 3 Openings

Summary

• We require qualified research personnel who will support the SMC research and M&E teams to collect quantitative data for the SMC impact assessment in the three selected study states.
• The consultants and the supervisor will train data collectors and oversee data collection process while data collectors will carry out the actual data collection using an electronic survey checklist and upload finalized and complete forms on SurveyCTO.
• The study will use a plausibility evaluation design involving routinely collected data from January to December 2021 and 2022.
• Study locations are as described earlier. Study design, sampling plans and other methodological considerations are described in greater detail in the study protocol.
• In brief, the evaluation will involve comparisons of key malaria outcomes between the pre-intervention year (2021) and SMC intervention year (2022) in selected states and FCT.
• It will use routine health facility-reported data from January 2021 to December 2022 from selected health facilities in two states and the FCT.

Specific Activities for the Personnel

• Attend and facilitate/participate in a 2-day training for the data collectors.
• Provide supervisory support for pre-testing and refinement of data collection tools as required.
• Provide supportive supervision for data collectors during the field work period.
• Ensure the collection of data in accordance with study protocol and in compliance with expected ethical standards, including informed consent, privacy, and confidentiality during field work.
• Arrange appointments for the data collectors and oversee the data collection processes during the fieldwork period.
• Support as required, subsequent stages of data analysis and scientific report writing. Write a report on the data collection process, outlining best practices, the lessons learnt, challenges and recommendations. Each supervisor will write a report.

Deliverables

• Each supervisor (1 per state) will be assigned 4 quantitative data collectors to supervise during the data collection process. Each supervisor will provide:
• Supervision schedules developed and submitted.
• Assignment/consultancy report for the data collection process.

Qualifications and Experience

• Must have a minimum of Bachelor's Degree in Demography, Statistics, Public Health, or other related disciplines with at least 3 years post-qualification experience.
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in public health research and surveys.
• Good facilitation skills.
• Excellent report writing skills.
• Availability for the period of the fieldwork for the SMC impact assessment.

Timeline for Activities:

• The timeline for the assignment is between 16th October - 29th December 2023.
• The supervisors and data collectors will be required to attend and participate in a 2-days training for the data collection process prior to the actual fieldwork.

Number of Contractual TA - Days:

8 days.

Application Closing Date

9th October, 2023.

How to Apply

Interested and qualified candidates should:

Click here to apply online

Note

• All application should be sent in on or before 7:59am Monday, 9th October 2023. Kindly note that applicants who do not follow this specification, will be disqualified.
• Only Shortlisted candidates will be contacted
• Kindly note that applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and as a result, the application process may conclude before the advertised deadline. Therefore, early applications are highly encouraged.
• 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.

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