Data Collector at Malaria Consortium

Purpose/Scope of Assignment

• The purpose of this assignment is to support the implementation of a retrospective case–control study designed to assess how Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) uptake influences the odds of severe malaria among children aged 3–59 months in Northern Nigeria.
• This study involves the systematic extraction of clinical and demographic information from health facility records and the collection of caregiver‑reported data to validate SMC uptake, awareness, and experiences with malaria prevention.
• Data collectors will play a central role in ensuring the completeness, accuracy, and reliability of both record‑based and caregiver‑reported information.
• The scope of work will focus on several key areas: retrospective review of hospital records to identify eligible severe malaria cases and matched controls; extraction of anonymised clinical data; tracing and interviewing caregivers; ensuring high data quality; documenting operational challenges; and upholding ethical standards.
• This assignment is critical to generating high-quality evidence to inform improvements in SMC delivery and strengthen malaria prevention strategies in Northern Nigeria.

Responsibilities for Data Collectors

• Participate in all required trainings; review study tools and SOPs.
• Access approved hospital records, identify eligible cases and controls; extract anonymised data.
• Trace caregivers, obtain consent and administer structured questionnaires.
• Complete electronic forms, conduct daily verification; resolve errors; upload data securely.
• Participate in daily debriefs, document challenges; escalate issues.
• Maintain confidentiality, respect participant autonomy; conduct interviews sensitively.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health, Nursing, Health Records Management, Social Sciences or related field.
• 1 - 2 years' experience in field data collection, community research, or health facility record review.
• Ability to use digital data collection tools (ODK, KoboCollect).
• Good communication skills in English and local language(s).
• Strong attention to detail and ability to follow protocols.
• Experience in field health data collection exercise
• Familiarity with and respect for the tradition and culture of the locality
• Familiarity with terrain of the locality
• Ability to speak local language (Hausa)
• Preferably a female (preferred in the core northern states)
• Must not be a staff of Government at any level and in any Ministry at the time of engagement/activity.
• Most own functioning android phone (with access to internet).

Deliverables:

• Complete and enter accurate survey data into the electronic platform.
• Daily process and activity reports highlighting any data inconsistencies and corrective actions taken using approved template.
• Logs documenting interactions with community leaders and households, including any challenges encountered and solutions implemented.
• Signed Timesheets
• All deliverables must be completed in 12 days of engagement.