Data Supervisor – Outlet Survey at Malaria Consortium

Purpose of Assignment

• The selected supervisors will guide, monitor and supervise the data enumerators throughout the PSMA data collection process. The data supervisor will ensure compliance of the data enumerators to all guidelines emphasized during the outlet survey training exercise by the data enumerators.
• Briefly, the supervisors will ensure data enumerators understand and comply with responsible conduct of research, comply with the PSMA research methodology, adhere to Malaria Consortium safeguarding policy, communicate with study participants in socially and culturally acceptable ways, respect participants right and freedom to either give an informed consent (Agree to participate) or provide informed dissent (Decline participation) as appropriate in the study.
• Supervisor will also ensure data enumerators use appropriate tools, submit accurate data and use the Kobocollect electronic data collection platform throughout the study.

Responsibilities

• Participate in capacity building activity of supervisors and data enumerators.
• Participate in pretesting (Pilot testing of tools), discussion of data collection tools, role plays, and field simulation exercises).
• Lead in community entry, survey participant mobilization, introduction of data enumerators to PPMV/Pharmacy outlets and serve as first point of contact to address immediate challenges or provide oversite at the grassroot level and escalate challenges to MC as deemed appropriate.
• Every state supervisor will oversee 3- 4 data enumerators for each study arm of the PSMA survey.
• Supervise data enumerators to ensure collection of quality and accurate data.
• Provide a weekly and end of data collection report highlighting the community entry, data collection process, key challenges, lessons learn and recommendations to MC.

Qualifications and experience

• Candidates must have a Master’s Degree in Statistics, Public Health or any medical related field with at least 3 years’ experience.
• Strong evidence of prior participation in similar public health research, field activities and data collection activities.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft office package with good report writing skills.
• Residency within the project implementation state and availability for the duration of the PSMA survey exercise.
• Candidate must not be a current employee of any government ministry or agency as at the time of recruitment.
• Familiarity with the use of android devices for data collection.
• Working knowledge of the local language of the state, residency within the state and proficiency in spoken and written English Language.
• Excellent time management and organizational skills.