Research & Data Coordinator at Access Heart Foundation

At Access Heart Foundation, we are dedicated to transforming the healthcare landscape for underserved communities across Nigeria, with a primary focus on heart health. Despite cardiovascular disease being the leading cause of death globally, access to life-saving cardiac interventions remains out of reach for hundreds of millions of Nigerians, particularly in Northern Nigeria. The crisis is especially acute for children: over 80% of Nigerian children born with congenital heart defects die, compared to less than 5% in high-income countries. This disparity is not inevitable, it’s the result of geographic and economic barriers that we are systematically dismantling.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Research & Data Coordinator

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

The Role

• This role sits at the heart of AHF's research Programme. The Research & Data Coordinator will lead the field research coordination, data management, and quality assurance for the statewide that will generate the first comprehensive registry of its kind, and inform health policy.
• Beyond the survey, this person will grow into the broader M&E and research function across AHF's programmes, building the data infrastructure that underpins our reporting to government partners, donors, and the Board.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate field data collection 
• Manage field enumerators and supervisors, ensuring protocols are followed and data quality is maintained
• Monitor real-time data dashboards and conduct routine quality checks throughout fieldwork
• Liaise with digital registry team on data platform configuration and data capture
• Manage ethical compliance: supporting documentation, informed consent processes, and data protection protocols
• Conduct data cleaning, validation, and preliminary analysis 
• Contribute to report writing, policy briefs, and M&E outputs 
• Support the design and testing of survey instruments for future AHF research initiatives

Requirements
What We Are Looking For:

• At least 3 years of field research coordination experience, ideally in a public health or maternal or cardiovascular health context
• Hands-on experience with digital data collection tools - REDCap, SurveyCTO, or equivalent
• Strong data quality management skills — experience implementing QA protocols across multi-site field teams
• Familiarity with ethical research governance and experience working with or submitting to research ethics committees
• Experience working on government-partnered research programmes is desirable
• Proficiency in at least one data analysis tool (SPSS, Stata, R, or equivalent)
• Excellent organisational skills and ability to manage a complex, multi-LGA field operation.

Application Closing Date
31st July, 2026.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV and a cover letters (not more than one page) explaining why this role is the right fit for you to: pca@accessheartfoundation.org using the Job Title as the subject of the email.