Field Data Collectors at Malaria Consortium

Malaria Consortium is one of the world’s leading non-profit organizations specializing 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: Field Data Collector

Location: Ondo

Description

• The purpose of the terms of reference (TOR) is to engage research personnel that will gather month-36 net durability data for cohort campaign nets and retrieve samples of ITNs for insecticidal effectiveness studies.

Specific Tasks

• Will be required to attend training prior to survey.
• Carries out data collection in cohort households. These include:
  • Obtaining written consents
  • Administering interviews with heads of households
  • Collecting ITN physical integrity data by collecting data on each net owned by each household
  • Retrieving of sampled nets (if the cohort household has been selected for this purpose), by labelling the exit and entry (“door”) side of the net before retrieval, taking a photo of the unique identifier on the label, and packing the net
  • Giving out new replacement nets
• Takes good care of the mobile device issued for data collection and ensures the device’s battery is kept charged.
• Uploads the data to the server at the required frequency according to relevant guidelines.
• Ensures confidentiality of respondents’ personal data during and after interviews.
• Reports to the team leader any issues and helps to solve problems.

Qualifications and Experience

• Experience in conducting household surveys.
• A minimum of BSc Degree in Health-related discipline and Social Sciences.
• Experience in electronic data collection systems such as SurveyCTO or ODK.
• Good knowledge of the English language.
• Ability to give attention to detail.
• Excellent proficiency in both the Yoruba and Ijaw languages.
• For this position, previous working experience with MC and in SMC are added advantages.

Application Closing Date
25th November, 2024.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Note

• Applicants who do not follow this specification will be disqualified.
• Only Shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
• Kindly note that applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and as a result, the process may conclude before the advertised deadline. Therefore, early applications are highly encouraged.
• Malaria Consortium does not accept or ask for payment during recruitment. We also would not accept hardcopy CVs; all applications should be sent through the above link.