Qualitative Program Officer, Nigeria at John Snow Inc - JSI

Project Background

• The DMPA-SC Donor Consortium has made significant contributions to scale up access to DMPA-SC as part of a wider family planning method mix. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) has been a key convening partner of the DMPA-SC Donor Consortium, working alongside other donor partners to provide strategic input and direction related to building and maintaining a healthy market for DMPA-SC.
• John Snow, Inc. (JSI) will work alongside BMGF to fill urgent gaps at the global and country level through a stop gap approach to address the following objective: Explore key gaps in global DMPA-SC programming and research to inform future investments in DMPA-SC, other new contraceptive methods, and self-care more widely.
• To meet this objective, the research team (consisting of US-based M&E advisors, In-country lead (Nigeria), and two qualitative program officers) will conduct a desk review and key informant interviews across four countries (Malawi, Nigeria, Senegal, and Zambia) with the purpose of:
• Documenting the impact of DMPA-SC dispensing and self-injection initiation protocols in the four countries;
• Synthesizing characteristics of DMPA-SC users and self-injectors.

Context

• The Qualitative Program Officer will be a highly motivated individual and will work with the JSI team to provide support to the Global DMPA-SC Gaps Assessment work.
• He/she will work in close collaboration with and provide technical support to the in-country lead in Nigeria and a US-based team of M&E advisors.
• The Qualitative Program Officer will report to the In-Country Lead. He/she will work closely with US-based workstream leads to coordinate and execute primary and secondary qualitative data collection and analysis.

Key Activities

• Research planning:
  • Work with a US-based M&E team to refine research questions and methodology
  • Contribute to IRB submission and management (possibly managing country-specific IRB submissions)
  • Contribute to the development and/or review of qualitative tools
• Research execution:
  • Lead data collection and analysis as part of the desk/literature review
  • Manage data teams/in-country data collection consultants (in the four countries) and support coordination of field activities
  • Where necessary, carry out key informant interviews
  • Work with the research team to analyze and summarize interview findings, including drafting qualitative themes for coding and analysis
• Data management:
  • Develop and utilize a system to manage data collected in the project
• Documenting and sharing lessons:
  • Support development of briefs, presentations, and manuscripts to document
• Support ad hoc priority needs as defined by the team

Skills and Experience

• Working knowledge of the country-level family planning environment, partners, and programs, especially relevant Ministry of Health and other government agencies and officials responsible for family planning activities and strategies.
• Strong experience planning for, collecting and analysing primary, qualitative data including key informant interviews and focus group discussions
• Experience developing key informant interview guides
• Strong skills in data management and maintaining data quality
• Experience carrying out literature reviews and summarizing findings
• Strong writing comprehension skills, including writing formal briefs, reports, and manuscripts
• Experience engaging with IRB in Nigeria and abroad preferred
• Basic understanding of the range of public and private delivery channels for contraceptive options
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
• Proven ability to prioritize and anticipate and meet deadlines
• Proficiency in the MS Office package, especially Excel, Word and PowerPoint and/or Google Drive including Google Docs and Google Sheets
• Proficiency in English
• Beginner or intermediate French a plus
• Proven ability to work independently as well as in a team-based environment

Remuneration
JSI offers competitive salary and benefits.