Data Enumerators - Household Survey at Malaria Consortium

Established in 2003, Malaria Consortium is one of the world’s leading non-profit organisations specialising in the prevention, control and treatment of malaria and other communicable diseases among vulnerable populations. Our mission is to save lives and improve health in Africa and Asia, through evidence-based programmes that combat targeted diseases and promote universal health coverage.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Data Enumerators - Household Survey

Locations: Edo, Gombe, Imo, and Kano
Employment Type: Contract

Job Description

• Activity: ACT Market Survey on the Private Sector Market Analysis (PSMA)
• Duration: September - October 2024

Purpose of Assignment

• Engage data enumerators that will conduct household data collection using quantitative data collection tools (Questionnaires and Observational Checklists) across 4 states on the PSMA project.
• Conduct and submit a minimum of 3 electronic responses per person daily for 12 days of the survey
• The data enumerators will elicit information from households in their selected state of resident.

Scope of Work:

• Attend 3-4 days training sessions on responsible conduct of research and Malaria Consortium Safeguarding
• Participate in pretesting of tools prior to field data collection.
• Review of data for accuracy and completeness before uploading on the Kobo collect database.
• Submission of signed timesheets.
• Selected data enumerators will conduct listing of households
• Data enumerators will obtain informed consent from eligible respondents in the states.
• Identify eligible respondents and participate in the quantitative data collection (Household survey) using Kobo collect platform (already scripted into an android device).

Qualifications

• Candidates must have a minimum of a bachelor’s degree / Higher National Diploma with a minimum of 1 year of experience.
• Working knowledge of the local language of the implementation state (Yoruba, Hausa, Igbo etc)
• Residency within the state and proficiency in spoken and written English Language
• Excellent organizational and time management skills are required.
• Experience of participation as a data enumerator in similar public health research
• Experience in the use of android devices in data collection (Kobocollect and SurveyCTO).

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

Application Deadline 27th September, 2024.

Note:

• Note that applicants who do not follow this specification will be disqualified.
• Please note that Candidate shortlisted must be resident within the project implementation state.
• 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