Field Laboratorian - COVID 19- Sero Prevalence Survey at Maryland Global Initiatives Corporation Nigeria (MGIC)

Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead the field team and ensure all data and sample collections are done with utmost quality
• Work with the household trackers and community mobilizers to ensure only sampled households are surveyed
• Conduct household and individual interviews
• Conduct phlebotomy
• Collect nasopharyngeal swab samples
• Conduct Rapid Diagnostic Test (RDT) for Malaria
• Assure confidentiality of survey participants’ information.
• Label appropriately, prepare and store lab samples in accordance with required laboratory specifications.
• Maintain environmental integrity and aesthetics ensuring all areas are safe and clean.
• Prepare and organize field supplies, and equipment to prevent wastage.
• Collect and organize supplies ensuring all work areas are restocked appropriately daily, before field activities
• Document all field activities in appropriate field documentation tools and devices

Qualifications

• A minimum of a Bachelor's Degree preferably in a health-related discipline
• A Master's Degree is an added advantage
• Experience: 2 - 3 years
• Training certifications in COVId-19 short courses especially IPC is an added advantage

Experience, Knowledge, and Skills:

• Participation in Nigeria AIDS Indicator and Impact Survey (NAIIS) or any other household survey in Nigeria as Team lead is required
• Excellent knowledge of Infection Prevention and Control especially in the context of COVID-19 is required
• Team management
• Stakeholders management
• Skill in Computer Assisted- Personal Interviewing (CAPI) is required
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills
• Excellent listening skills and the ability to ask probing questions
• Strong work ethic and self-starter, able to effectively manage multiple priorities and adapt to change
• Must be willing to work at the times required by the survey need (this includes evenings, weekends and public holidays).
• An indigene of the selected state or resident in the state
• Good reading skill in English and Hausa