Interviewer at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) - 6 Openings

The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) is a not-for-profit institution that generates agricultural innovations to meet Africa’s most pressing challenges of hunger, malnutrition, poverty, and natural resource degradation. Working with various partners across sub-Saharan Africa, we improve livelihoods, enhance food and nutrition security, increase employment, and preserve natural resource integrity. IITA is a member of CGIAR, a global agriculture research partnership for a food secure future.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Interviewer

Ref: STS2020 - 002
Location: 6 Geo-Political Zones
Recruitment Type: National (Short-term Contract)
Duration: December 2020 - June 2021

Duties

• Obtain verbal or written consent before commencing the interview.
• Collect data and biomarker samples from respondents.
• Synchronize data collected regularly by connecting to the dashboard through the internet.
• Study the SOPs and questionnaire to collect quality data.
• Follow the interview instructions from the training to obtain high quality data.
• Maintain good quality data collection as much as possible by diligent work, strictly following standard procedures in conducting the interviews and recording answers, and by professional conduct.
• Provide daily progress update to the field supervisor.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's in Medicine (Health Science), Laboratory Science / Technology, Human Nutrition, or Nursing.
• An employee of state or federal government with above qualifications can also apply.
• Experience in surveys and data collection in public health is an added advantage.

Competencies
The ideal candidate must:

• Be proficient in using tablet-based data collection
• Have familiarity working in rural Nigeria
• Be fluent in English and at least one local language spoken in the assigned zone are required.

Application Closing Date
17th November, 2020.