Field Supervisor at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) - 6 Openings

The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) is a not-for-profit institution that generates agricultural innovations to meet Africa’s most pressing challenges of hunger, malnutrition, poverty, and natural resource degradation. Working with various partners across sub-Saharan Africa, we improve livelihoods, enhance food and nutrition security, increase employment, and preserve natural resource integrity. IITA is a member of CGIAR, a global agriculture research partnership for a food secure future.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Field Supervisor

Ref: STS2020 - 002
Locations: 6 Geo-Political Zones, Nigeria
Recruitment Type: National (Short-term Contract)
Duration: December 2020 – June 2021

Duties

• Ensure adherence to quality control procedures on day to day survey results.
• Check on completeness, logic, and skip pattern on questionnaires.
• Check on safe and adequate collection of biological samples, cold chain, and sample processing daily.
• Make sure equipment and labels are appropriately used.
• Work with local guides to identify respondents.
• Prepare for fieldwork as well as provide the teams with all required survey materials.
• Coordinate day to day activities and oversee the work performance of the team members.
• Address all interviewers’ concerns as they arise.
• Conduct step down trainings where necessary.
• S/he must be able to address medical emergencies, and risk associated with blood collection.
• Control data quality by checking for errors during interviewing and measurements daily and after the interview every week.
• Monitor the use of field equipment, ensuring that they are kept in good working order and that problems are reported promptly and provide replacement materials.
• Monitor team progress and support in addressing/escalating challenges as necessary.
• Investigate high levels of non-responsiveness among interview teams.
• Keep the interview teams on schedule.
• Report to the zonal coordinator within his/her assigned geopolitical zone.

Qualifications

• Master's in Health Sciences, Medicine, Medical Laboratory Science / Technology, Human Nutrition, or Nursing. An employee of state or federal government with above qualifications can also apply. Previous survey experience (e.g.: NDHS, MICS, SMART, NAIIS, etc.) as team lead is preferred.

Competencies
The ideal candidate must:

• Be proficient in using tablet-based data collection
• Be familiar with working in rural Nigeria
• Be fluent in English and at least one local language spoken in the assigned zone are required.
• Excellent communication skill is essential to team members, other team leads, and zone survey coordinators.

Application Closing Date
17th November, 2020.