Dietary Intake 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: Dietary Intake Interviewer

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

Duties

• Obtain verbal or written consent before each survey component is started.
• Familiarize himself/herself with the food and recipe listings in advance for the i24-hr recall.
• Study the SOPs and questionnaire, follow the guidelines and instructions strictly to collect quality data.
• Follow the interview instructions from the training and those embedded within the tablet to obtain high data quality.
• Conduct pre-training of respondents.
• Collect survey data by completing the 24-hr recall as described during the training using the tablet provided and in the right order.
• Synchronize data collected regularly by connecting to the dashboard through the internet.
• 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.
• Report each day’s activity and challenges to the supervisor

Qualifications

• HND / BSc in Nutrition, Food Science / Technology, Community Development or Public Health. An employee of State or Federal Government with above qualifications can also apply.

Competencies
The ideal candidate must:

• Be experience as an interviewer in surveys
• Be proficient in using tablet-based data collection
• Be familiar with working in rural Nigeria
• Be fluent in English and at least one local language spoken in the assigned zone are required.
• Be candidates from different States in the zone and residing in those States highly preferred
• Have ability to live or work in a rural environment when necessary
• Have excellent communication skills and outgoing personality
• Be available to work all days of the week.

Application Closing Date
17th November, 2020.