Team Leaders (Ondo) at Malaria Consortium

Established in 2003, 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.

Malaria Consortium in collaboration with the National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP) is planning to implement a campaign to distribute insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) in Ondo State in August 2025. Malaria Consortium will also implement a monitoring and evaluation (M&E) research in relation to the campaign. Both the campaign and the M&E research are funded by Open Philanthropy based on GiveWell’s recommendation. The project will gather comprehensive data to assess the outcomes of the campaign in terms of ITN coverage, use rates and net durability, as well as to monitor relevant epidemiological indicator such as impact on malaria incidence rates reported from a sample of health facilities across the state.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Team Leader

Location: Ondo

Purpose of the Assignment

• The purpose of this terms of reference (TOR) is to engage research personnel that will carry out a baseline household survey before the campaign, an immediate survey after the net distribution, and a post-campaign evaluation survey across Ondo State.

Scope

• The survey will be used to gather baseline and post-campaign data on coverage, ITN ownership and use rates and associated factors, physical conditions of the ITNs, malaria prevention in pregnancy, treatment seeking behaviour, and other relevant variables, and also validates the net campaign data during the immediate household survey by visiting households that were given nets.

Methods

• During each of the three surveys, a sample of 832 households will be selected in 52 wards across the state. The 52 wards will be selected based on population proportional to size (PPS) sampling strategy. Each team will cover a ward per day.
• The survey includes household enumeration to sample randomly households in each ward (cluster), and administering interviews involving household heads (and in the case of baseline and post-campaign surveys, also women 15–49 years old), using mobile devices with the SurveyCTO software.

Specific Tasks:
Team leader

• Will be responsible for a team of four data collectors (or interviewers).
• Will be required to attend training prior to survey.
• Leads the team to enumerate all households in a selected settlement in each of the sampled wards assigned to the team.
• Submits the list to the coordinator for sampling of 16 households.
• Assigns each interviewer to administer interviews in four households per day.
• Makes sure that data collection in 16 households (or one ward) is completed every day and the team completes the work in a total of 6 ½ wards in seven days (=104 sampled households).
• Supervises the interview process and resolves any issues, working with the household mobiliser.
• Ensures that the data is collected accurately and uploaded according to the relevant SOPs or guidelines.
• Ensures accurate review, validation and submission of electronic data.
• Supports team members to charge mobile phones using a power bank (each team leader will keep a power bank, which should be kept charged daily and as necessary).
• Collects mobile devices from data collectors at the end of each day for charging and safe keeping.
• Writes a short report on the team’s achievements, encountered challenges and recommendations.

Deliverables:

• Complete data from 832 households in 52 wards collected and uploaded.
• Process reports submitted by each team leader and coordinator.

Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of BSc degree in health-related discipline and social sciences.
• At least 2 years’ experience in coordinating or conducting household surveys.
• Experience in electronic data collection tools such as SurveyCTO or ODK.
• Demonstrated report writing skills in English.
• Excellent knowledge of the Yoruba and/or Ijaw language.

Application Closing Date
31st July, 2025; 5:00 PM.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Note

• For this position, previous working experience with MC and in SMC are added advantages.
• Applicants who do not follow this specification will be disqualified.
• Only Shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
• 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 hardcopy CVs; all applications should be sent through the above link.