Data Collectors - HMIS Assessment at Malaria Consortium (Abuja & Oyo)

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: Data Collector - HMIS Assessment

Locations: Abuja and Oyo (Local Government Areas in the locations)
Duration: May, 2022

Job Summary

• We require qualified research personnel that will carry out data collection, analysis and interpretation focus on conducting an assessment to evaluate the HMIS performance in eight SMC-implementing states and the FCT Abuja
• The assessment will inform the development and implementation of a continuous data quality improvement and use plan for HMIS at state, LGA and HFs levels.
• The findings from the assessment will guide the development of a comprehensive action plan to improve malaria data quality in selected health facilities across the eight states and the FCT Abuja.

Specific Activities

• The data collectors will be responsible for administering the questionnaire at HF level according to the data collection protocol.
• They will undergo a 2-day training on SMC, data collection protocol/methodology, data collection instrument, art of data collection, inter-personal communication, and the use of electronic platform.
• The training will be facilitated by the trained state consultant / supervisor.
• One data collector per LGA will be required for this study (on the average of 6 LGAs per state and the 6 area councils of the FCT Abuja).

Timelines for Activities:

• May, 2022

No of TA Days:

• 10days.

Qualifications and Experience
Profile Requirements:

• A minimum of Degree (B.Sc / HND) in Social Sciences and Health related discipline.
• Experience in conducting public health research, particularly data collection.
• Experience in the use of modern technology in research, especially computer assisted personal interviews (CAPI) and simple apps like ODK and SurveyCTO.
• Familiarity with terrain of the locality.
• Ability to give attention to details.

Experience:

• One (1) - Two (2) years experience.

Application Closing Date
30th April, 2022 (23:59 BST).