Campaign Research Specialist 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: Campaign Research Specialist 

Location: Abuja

The Vacancy

• Malaria Consortium is recruiting for a Campaign Research Coordinator to join our team in FCT, Abuja Nigeria.

Job purpose

• The Campaign Research Coordinator (ITN Campaign) will be responsible for planning, coordinating, and implementing ITN distribution activities and financial management in the implementation state.

Scope of work:

• The role involves ensuring the proper planning and coordination of all activities related to the delivery of ITNs to households in the implementation state, including macro and microplanning, advocacy, procurement, supply chain management, household mobilization, demand creation, as well as monitoring, evaluation, and reporting of the process.
• This role will back-stop the State Support Team of NMEP in the technical, demand creation, logistics and security work streams to ensure the delivery of a high-quality campaign. 

Key working relationships:

• This role will involve working under the supervision of the Campaign Senior Technical Specialist and collaborate closely with: Campaign digital health officers, M&E officers in all implementation states, National Malaria Elimination Program, State Ministries of Health and State Support teams, Malaria Consortium country and head office technical teams.
• The post holder will engage with NMEP, SMEPs academic partners and other stakeholders to ensure relevance, coordination and uptake of research findings from the ITN campaign.

Key accountabilities
Research design and implementation (70%):

• Coordinate day-to-day technical preparation and implementation of research activities related to ITN mass distribution campaigns
• Lead or support the development of research protocols, tools and methodologies for operational and implementation research.
• Lead submission of research protocols for ethical approval and ensure compliance with regulatory and ethical requirements.
• Support recruitment, training, deployment and supervision of research field teams, including enumerators and supervisors.
• Oversee field data collection to ensure strict adherence to study protocols, timelines and quality standards.
• Support quantitative and qualitative data analysis, interpretation and synthesis of research findings.
• Support quantitative and qualitative data analysis, interpretation and synthesis of research findings.
• Provide technical quality assurance for research data collection, management and analysis processes
• Provide technical quality assurance for research data collection, management and analysis processes
• Develop and implement a research uptake strategy to ensure evidence informs campaign implementation, policy, and practice.
• Support preparation of technical reports, learning briefs and donor updates related to research outputs.

Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (25%):

• Contribute to the development and implementation of MEAL approaches and tools relevant to ITN campaign research
• Support development and implementation of campaign-level monitoring and learning plans
• Lead or support documentation of research findings and lessons learnt, including learning briefs, manuscripts for peer-reviewed journals, infographics, and narrative reports.
• Support dissemination of findings to national and global audiences through technical meetings, conferences, and publications.
• Conduct periodic assessments of research progress and contribute to project performance reporting
• Participate in Malaria Consortium technical cross-learning forums.

External representation (5%):

• Participate in national technical working groups, research forums and NMEPs sub-committee meetings as relevant.
• Contribute to technical discussions and strategic planning meetings related to ITN campaigns and malaria research.
• Represent Malaria Consortium in external meetings as agreed with the Senior technical specialist and Program Director.

Person specification
Qualifications and experience
Essential:

• Master’s Degree in Public Health, Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Statistics or a related research discipline.
• Strong experience in a research-focused role with an excellent understanding of quantitative research methods.
• Demonstrated experience in research management and coordination
• Experience in operational and/or implementation research in public health programmes.
• Proven experience in survey design, field implementation, data analysis and report writing.
• Knowledge of malaria prevention and control, particularly ITN campaigns.

Desirable:

• Experience working effectively with government and non-government partners
• Demonstrated experience publishing scientific work in peer-reviewed journals
• Experience conducting research related to malaria commodities or mass public health campaigns.

Work-based skills and competencies
Essential:

• Ability to work independently and collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams, including Ministries of Health and national malaria programmes.
• Excellent understanding of good research practice and research ethics.
• Strong analytical, writing and communication skills
• Result-oriented approach with strong attention to detail.
• Willingness and ability to travel to field locations for research supervision.
• Proficiency in MS Office and statistical software packages.
• Strong understanding of research integrity and data protection standards.

Application Closing Date
1st April, 2026.