National Consultant at Malaria Consortium - 9 Openings

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: National Consultant

Locations: Abuja (FCT), Bauchi, Borno, Kebbi, Kogi, Nasarawa, Oyo, Plateau and Sokoto
Timeline for activities: June - November 2025

Purpose of the assignment

• The purpose of this ToR is to engage research personnel that will carry out data collection, analysis and interpretation for EoC evaluation based on LQAS approach. The consultant and the supervisor will train data collectors and oversee data collection process while other personnel will carry out the actual data collection using an electronic platform.

Scope of Assignment

• The EoC evaluation will be conducted in the eight states and FCT Abuja supported by PF where SMC is being implemented. The process will involve identification, selection and training of supervisors at a training of trainers (ToT) and subsequently, data collectors in the states.

Methodology

• The aim of the EoC evaluation is to assess SMC coverage and adherence of community drug distributors (CDDs) to treatment protocol immediately and not more than 5 days after each cycle of treatment. The findings will be analysed and any ward (lot) scoring less than 80% will be targeted for corrective measures in their area of poor performance, for improvement in subsequent cycles. (see details in the annex).

Specific Objectives
National Consultants (one per state):

• S/he will have an overall technical coordination role and lead in planning and implementing the surveys as well as interpretation of results and report writing for the assigned state. S/he will train survey supervisors and data collectors supporting the assigned state. Prior to this, the consultants will be briefed by the SMC team and given background documents to study.
• S/he will work with the lead consultant and MC Technical team members to ensure submission of state specific data, reports, support the lead consultant (as necessary) to respond to comments from reviewed reports and finalize the overall reports. S/he will be identified and recruited and contracted as per the state implementation timelines and details in the timing section of this ToR.
• Overall technical oversight for implementation of the EoC protocol in assigned state.
• Collectively develop agenda for the training of data collectors.
• Facilitate the training of data collectors and supervisors in their respective assigned states.
• Collectively review the supervision checklist that will guide supervisors during data collection.
• Develop pre and post test questions as well as qualitative performance assessment checklist to be used for final selection of data collectors.
• The dataset from each of the LQAS cycles
• Download analyzed data from the electronic platform - SurveyCTO.
• Interpret the analyzed data in a simple usable form for SMC personnel.
• Facilitates the feedback mechanism of findings as appropriate.
• Present feedback of LQAS to country office and state teams.
• Write technical report highlighting key findings and recommendations for the assigned state.

Expected Output / Deliverables
Deliverables for National Consultant:

• Conduct a high-level technical briefing with the National Program Team on evaluation protocols and reporting standards.
• Perform data validation, cleaning, and quality assurance of all state-level datasets using STATA or equivalent statistical software.
• Merge cleaned datasets into a single, nationally representative database.
• Perform advanced data analysis to generate key findings, trends, and patterns across the focal states and FCT.
• Train National Consultants and Supervisors on quality control processes, data management, and reporting requirements.
• Collaborate with the Malaria Consortium Technical Team to ensure adherence to required templates, reporting formats, and quality benchmarks.
• Draft, submit, and finalize:
  • A consolidated National Technical Report (narrative format) following the Malaria Consortium standard reporting template.
  • A PowerPoint presentation summarizing key findings, challenges, lessons learned, and strategic recommendations.
• Address technical feedback on draft reports and revise submissions accordingly.

Type of personnel required: National Consultant

• Must be a Degree holder in Public Health, Demography, Statistics, or other related disciplines with at least 8 years’ post-qualification experience.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in public health research methodology.
• Must be familiar with SurveyCTO, STATA, and other statistical software.
• Ability to demonstrate good facilitation skills.
• Demonstrable report writing skills.
• Availability for the whole of the period of the survey.
• Must not be a staff of the Government or involved in SMC activity at any level and in any State Ministry of Health (SMoH).
• The Lead Consultant must be resident in Abuja, while the state consultant must be resident in the state for which s/he applied for.

Application Closing Date
15th May, 2025; 5:00 PM.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online (FCT, Bauchi, and Borno States)
Click here to apply online (Kogi, Nasarawa, and Sokoto States)
Click here to apply online (Kebbi, Plateau, and Oyo States)

Note

•  For this position, previous working experience with MC and in SMC are added advantages.
• Fill the application link before the deadline
• 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 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 hard copy CVs; all applications should be sent through the above link.