Consultant Survey Manager - National STEPS Survey at the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA)

The National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) (formerly National Action Committee on AIDS) was established in February 2000 to coordinate the various activities of HIV/AIDS in the country.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Engagement of Consultant Survey Manager for the National STEPS Survey

Location: Nigeria
Duration: 3 Months

Background

• The Federal Ministry of Health in partnership with the World Health Organization, Resolve to Save Lives and Global fund is conducting a National STEPs survey. STEPS is the WHO’s recommended tool for surveillance of NCDs and their risk factors.
• It provides an entry point for low- and middle-income countries to get started on NCD surveillance activities. It is also designed to help countries build and strengthen their capacity to conduct surveillance.
• In addition to the main risk factors for NCDs, the Nigerian STEPs survey will include information to assess the linkage between COVID-19 and NCDs; HIV and NCDs; and TB and NCDs.
• A survey manager is required to ensure that the different components of the survey are efficiently managed to guarantee that the survey is successful and of international standards.

Specific Objectives

• A survey manager is required to ensure that the different components of the survey are efficiently managed to guarantee that the survey is successful and of international standards.

The scope of work and expected outputs/deliverables will be the following:

• The Survey Manager will be a researcher with experience in national surveys and with at least 5 year experience in planning and conducting household surveys. The survey coordinator will:
  • Report to the DPH
  • Be responsible for the day-to-day management of the survey
  • Be actively involved in the design of the study
  • Contribute to the development of training manual and study materials
  • Support the recruiting and training of survey staff/team
  • Supervises the work of data collection by team leaders through periodic reports
  • Supervises other survey team members to ensure strict compliance with survey implementation timeline.
  • Ensure responsible management of the resources allocated for the NCDs STEPs survey.
  • S/he must ensure that all survey activities are in compliance with approved survey protocol and that no breach of ethics is allowed during the exercise.
  • Make presentations to relevant stakeholders at various stages and milestones achievement of the survey including the SMC and SIC.
  • S/he will ensure timely preparation and submission of the survey report
  • Support the archiving of files at the completion of the project.
  • Support the preparation of publishable article in peer reviewed journal.

Qualifications Required

• Eligible candidate must possess at least an Advanced Degree in Public Health, Biostatistics, Epidemiology.
• Must have at least 5 years’ experience in supervising and leading national or multi-national level surveys.
• Possess strong analytical and writing skill including competency is use of statistical analytical software such as SPSS, STATA, Epi Info and Microsoft office package.

Skills Required:

• Written and oral communication skills
• Ability to recruit efficient and motivated staff;
• Current knowledge of the Federal Ministry of Health, public health institutions and the personnel involved in STEPS survey;
• Good understanding of the Non-Communicable Diseases Programme.
• Well-organized and efficient planner;
• Ability to mobilize multiple teams over a short period to complete data collection;
• Ability to facilitate meetings of the STEPS Coordinating Committee (SMC and SIC)
• Good understanding of the philosophy and objectives of the STEPS risk factor.

Application Closing Date
12:00 PM: 21st February, 2022.