Senior National Consultant at Malaria Consortium

Malaria Consortium is one of the world’s leading non-profit organisations specialising 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 are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior National Consultant

Location: Abuja (FCT)

Purpose of the Assignment

• The purpose of this assignment is to assess the steps in the project’s theory of change model, understand the potential for PMC (Perennial Malaria Chemoprevention) policy adoption and explore other markers of fidelity, integration, sustainability, coverage and processes from caregivers, local leaders, stakeholders, and health facility workers in the project sites using quantitative and qualitative research approaches.

Expert Profile
Specific tasks:

• In consultation with the PMC project team:
• Review and finalize the sample size and methodology to be used to conduct the study (quantitative and qualitative)
• Review and finalize the study protocol for the quantitative and qualitative study
• Review and finalize the exit interview questionnaire, observational checklist, KIIs, FGDs guide and translate it into appropriate local languages
• Review and finalize data analysis plan
• Train data collectors or interviewers
• Pre-test and finalize questionnaire, checklist and interview guides
• Monitor the survey and the interviews as well as related activities
• Analyze the quantitative data (exit interview questionnaire and observational checklist)
• Validate the interview transcripts
• Analyze qualitative data
• Prepare draft report and present findings to PMC project team
• Finalize draft report

Deliverables:

• Survey protocol, exit interview questionnaire and health workers observational checklist, KIIs and FGDs guides
• Completed interview guide(s) and sociodemographic form
• Translated data collection instruments (Questionnaire, checklist and interview guides)
• Data collection work plan
• Training report
• Qualitative data transcribed
• Validate the transcribed data
• Analyze the qualitative data
• Analyze quantitative data (household survey, exit interview questionnaire and observational checklist)
• Cleaned data sets
• Summary technical report and PowerPoint slide of key findings
• Presentation of key findings to project principal investigators and project team
• Final study report
• Final consultancy report

Person specification
Essential:

• Senior national consultancy expertise in public health, epidemiology, global health, Demography, Sociology, implementation research and related fields with at least 10 years of experience
• PhD in a relevant academic field
• At least 10 years of professional experience in conducting process evaluation studies (quantitative and qualitative research) Familiarity with health facility surveys, exit interviews, and observational studies
• Familiarity with Focus Group Discussions (FGDs), Key Informant Interviews (KIIs), In-depth Interviews (IDIs) or similar qualitative research tools is a plus
• Proven experience in writing reports for public health programs or projects in Nigeria or similar developing country context
• Knowledge of qualitative data analysis software such as Atlas ti, NVivo, Dedoose, etc.
• Knowledge of quantitative data analysis software such as Stata, R, Python, SAS, SPSS etc.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Proficiency in the Yoruba language, and a deep understanding of cultural and contextual variations.

Desired:

• Extensive knowledge of the Nigerian public health sector
• A proven ability to work as part of a team and to be self-managing
• Experience in setting up and facilitating meetings
• Ability to work with little or no supervision
• Good writing and reporting skills
• Good presentation skills
• Proven academic experience, including pieces of research, publications, and written reports
• Excellent writing and oral communication skills in English.
• Proficiency in the Yoruba language

Application Closing Date
30th August, 2024.