Enumerators at The West African Centre for Public Health and Development (WACPHD)

About Program

• The West African Centre for Public Health and Development (WACPHD) is conducting a supply-side baseline assessment of Family Planning (FP) and Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health (MNCH) services in Kano and Kaduna States.
• The assessment will provide critical insights into service availability, quality, and readiness across public, private, and community-based health facilities.
• It will include a community-level component, targeting community health workers (CHWs), community pharmacies, and patent and proprietary medicine vendors (PPMVs) to understand service delivery capacity, referral linkages, and integration of FP/MNCH services.
• To support field implementation, WACPHD seeks qualified and experienced individuals to serve as Enumerators.

Scope of Work

• Enumerators will be responsible for data collection, ensuring adherence to field protocols, and maintaining data quality and ethical standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct interviews and community assessments in line with the approved survey instruments.
• Facilitate engagement with CHWs, community pharmacies, and PPMVs.
• Obtain informed consent and ensure respondent confidentiality.
• Accurately record responses using electronic data collection devices (SurveyCTO).
• Ensure compliance with survey protocols, ethical procedures, and data security standards.
• Adhere to field schedules and assigned targets.
• Report daily progress and challenges to the state coordinator.

Requirements

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health, Nursing, Pharmacy, Demography, or related fields (Master’s Degree or MPH is an advantage) with 1 - 2 years of experience of field data collection in health research OR other Bachelor ‘s Degree courses with 3 - 4 years of experience of field data collection in health research.
• Familiarity with FP/MNCH services, especially at the primary healthcare and community levels.
• Ability to communicate effectively in English and local languages (Hausa preferred).
• Experience using Android-based data collection tools.
• Willingness to travel extensively within assigned LGAs.