Data Collectors: SMC Impact Assessment at Malaria Consortium - 12 Openings

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: Data Collector: SMC Impact Assessment

Locations: Abuja (FCT), Kogi and Oyo
Employment Type: Contract
Slot: 12 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.

Job Description

• Twelve data collectors will be required to attend a training in Abuja for quantitative data collection and subsequently collect quantitative data during the fieldwork period for the SMC impact assessment.
• Preferably data collectors who have previous experience conducting quantitative data collection will be engaged, trained, and used for the data collection process.

Specific Tasks

• Attend training on data collection, facilitated by the national consultant and the supervisors, with MC team providing quality assurance during the training.
• Collect the required data for the SMC impact assessment using SurveyCTO.
• Upload data on the SurveyCTO platform server.

Delivarables

• Complete dataset for all data collected from their assigned study area.

Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of Degree (B.Sc / HND) in Social Sciences and health related discipline
• Experience in conducting data collection for surveys and research.
• Experience in the use of modern technology in research – previous experience in electronic data collection using platforms such as SurveyCTO, ODK, or Kobo Collect.
• Familiarity with the study contexts.
• Good attention to details.

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:

• 5 days.

Application Closing Date
9th October, 2023 (8:00AM).