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  • Posted: Mar 7, 2018
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    Consultant, SMART Survey

    • Job Type
    • Qualification
    • Experience 3 years
    • Location Not specified
    • Job Field Consultancy 

    Principal Objective

    • The principal objective of the survey is to measure the extent and severity of acute malnutrition in children aged 6 to 59 months, assess IYCF practices and additional nutrition and health related indicators as per the ECHO Funded Program results framework.

    Specific Objectives

    • To determine prevalence of acute malnutrition, chronic malnutrition, underweight and overweight among children 6-59 months
    • To assess retrospective morbidity among children under 5
    • To assess retrospective mortality (Crude Mortality and U5 Mortality rates) over 3 months’ recall period among populations.
    • Assess community IYCF practices particularly among the households with children under two years of age
    • To establish recommendations on actions to address identified gaps to support planning, advocacy, decision making and monitoring.

    Consultant will serve as the Survey Manager on the SMART & IYCF survey program in Borno State, Nigeria.  Specifically, Consultant will complete the following tasks:

    • Develop and design SMART survey protocol, including sample size estimation, population size, clustering of the villages etc., and validate contextual tools using the SMART methodology
    • Train the SMART data collection teams and data clerks (including field testing)
    • Assume overall responsibility for design and implementation of the SMART, including daily supervision of SMART teams and daily data collection quality assurance
    • Be responsible for data cleaning and analysis using appropriate software i.e. Epi Info, SPSS, ENA for SMART
    • Prepare a draft SMART survey report for review by IMC, ensuring that the assessment is comprehensive and includes all relevant indicators
    • Prepare a final report including background, methodology, results, limitations, conclusions and recommendations incorporating feedback from IMC staff on the draft report
    • Prepare and lead a validation workshop for MOH and stakeholders in Maiduguri, Borno State Nigeria. The presentation outcomes will be shared at national level via the Nutrition Cluster/ Nutrition working group

    Deliverables:

    • Present the design, implementation and supervision strategy of the SMART survey. Validate with IMC country team and the TU Nutrition advisor
    • Implement the SMART survey in Jere, Konduga and MMC LGAs in Maiduguri, Borno State Nigeria.
    • Present a draft SMART survey report including background, methodology, results, limitations, conclusions and recommendations (short term and medium-term recommendation)
    • Present a SMART final report incorporating the feedback from the IMC country team and the TU nutrition advisor
    • Submit all the data and analysis outputs (both raw and final) electronically to IMC country team

    Essential Skills And Qualifications Required For The Role

    • A health professional or nutritionist with MPH, MSc or advanced professional degree or field-related experience.
    • Significant and proven experience, at least three years, in community based studies including SMART surveys.
    • Knowledge in designing and implementing CMAM and IYCF programs
    • Excellent analytical and statistical skills.
    • Strong communication skills, able to effectively present information clearly and respond appropriately to questions from IMC staff and other relevant stakeholders
    • Strong supervisory and organizational skills
    • Ability to work on own initiative and to meet deadlines.
    • Ability to cope with stress; hardship; patience and flexibility and willingness to work additional hours in order to meet tight deadlines;
    • Ability and willingness to travel to field sites and nutrition facilities
    • Advanced proficiency in the use of MS Office, EPI INFO, SPSS and for ENA SMART Software.
    • Fluent in written and spoken English.
    • The candidate must present an approved final report of the most recent SMART survey that he/she had conducted

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