Data Clerks at Malaria Consortium

Malaria Consortium, established in 2003, 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: Data Clerk

Location: Ondo
 

Purpose of the assignment

• The entomology survey aims to gather data on insecticide resistance of malaria vectors in Ondo State.
• The insecticide resistance data will be used for assessing changes in insecticide resistance status of the local vectors post-ITN distribution campaign
• The purpose of this term of reference (TOR) is to engage data clerks and a supervisor who will enter the packaging codes of the mosquitoes collected from entomology studies in Ondo state.

Scope

• The work involves double entry and validation of data from hard copies.
• The mosquitoes will be collected from entomology studies in Anambra and Ondo.
• Data codes from various rounds of mosquito collections using centre for disease control (CDC) light traps and entomology forms filed during entomology studies in both states will be entered into Epidata.
• The data clerks and supervisors that will enter the entomology forms will be trained for two day in Akure in the use of Epidata.
• Twenty (20) forms per day will be entered by each data clerk in Epidata in Ondo for 23 days.

Methods

• The mosquitoes will be collected from the different entomology studies (insecticide resistance monitoring and vector biting behaviour). Anopheles mosquitoes were collected using the CDC light trap collections from the Ondo round four in November 2023, round 5 in June 2024 and round six in December 2024.
• Insecticide resistance monitoring was carried out to know the status of Anopheles mosquitoes in some selected sites in Anambra and Ondo states. The mosquitoes were packaged and given codes.
• These mosquitoes will be sent to the laboratory and will be analysed based on each code.
• Data on each entomology forms will be entered twice independently by two data entry clerks in Epidata.
• The doubly entry will then be validated by the supervisor using the software to generate a clean dataset.
• In cases where discrepancies are identified between entries, the supervisor will refer back to the original paper-based data form (filled by the entomologist from the survey) for clarification.
• The data clerks will then be asked to re-enter the data to initiate another round of validation.
• The mosquitoes will be collected from the different entomology studies (insecticide resistance monitoring and vector biting behaviour). Anopheles mosquitoes were collected using the CDC light trap collections from the Ondo round four in November 2023, round 5 in June 2024 and round six in December 2024.
• Insecticide resistance monitoring was carried out to know the status of Anopheles mosquitoes in some selected sites in Anambra and Ondo states. The mosquitoes were packaged and given codes.
• These mosquitoes will be sent to the laboratory and will be analysed based on each code.
• Data on each entomology forms will be entered twice independently by two data entry clerks in Epidata.
• The doubly entry will then be validated by the supervisor using the software to generate a clean dataset.
• In cases where discrepancies are identified between entries, the supervisor will refer back to the original paper-based data form (filled by the entomologist from the survey) for clarification.
• The data clerks will then be asked to re-enter the data to initiate another round of validation.

Specific tasks
Data clerk:

• Enter data using epidata.
• Ensure clean data is entered.
• Correct any errors detected at the data validation step.
• Ensure data security policy is adhered to.

Deliverables:

• Submit a cleaned reconciled data per round.
• Submit an activity report on entomology data entry activity per round.

Qualifications and Experience
Data clerk:

• A minimum of Ordinary National Diploma (OND).
• Familiar with data entry tools such as Epi info, Epi data
• Ability to give attention to detail.

Application Closing Date
31st July, 2025.

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

Note

• 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.
• Applicants who do not follow this specification will be disqualified.
• For this position, previous working experience with MC and in SMC are added advantages.
• Kindly fill the application form below before 5:00pm Thursday.