Job Vacancies at Malaria Consortium

Experience: 3 years experience.

Location of Assignment: Ebonyi and Osun state, Nigeria .

Duration: April- May 2021.

Malaria Consortium requires qualified supervisors to support the collection of baseline contextual information from the potential project sites through a qualitative research approach for readiness for IPTi in Osun and Ebonyi States

Specific tasks for Supervisors

• Participate in the training activity for conducting data the collection process  and step-down training for interviewers
• Liaise with the lead consultant to obtain necessary interview guides
• Identify KIIs and IDIs interviewees and fix an appointment for interviews
• Conduct community mobilization and identify respondents for FGDs
• Organize the FGDs sessions
• Coordinate the interview process and assign daily tasks to interviewers
• Ensure that all interview recording devices are accounted for
• Responsibility and oversight for all interviews and data transcription
• Collate and report daily issues and challenges to the lead consultant
• Follow confidentiality and security procedures to ensure respondent privacy is protected

Deliverables for supervisors

• Identify respondents, book appointment for the interviews, and coordinate the interview process
• Supervise the interview process and record transcription
• Validate the transcribed data
• Summary daily reports

Person specification (Supervisor)
Essential

• OND/HND or a BSc in a relevant academic field
• At least 3 years experience in collecting qualitative data
• At least 2  years experience in supervising qualitative research
• Practical knowledge of community entry & mobilization techniques
• Demonstrated experience in the management of qualitative data activities and enforcing data quality procedures
• Strong attention to detail.
• Computer literacy to be able to work on electronic data collection applications.
• Good facilitation skills

Desired

• Good communication skills and experience in participatory methodology.
• Innovative, motivated, and able to work with minimal supervision.
• Certification in M&E will be a plus
• Good written and verbal skills in English

Resident in either Ebonyi or Osun states

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Experience: 3-5 years experience.

Location of Assignment: Ebonyi and Osun state, Nigeria.

Duration: April- May 2021.

Malaria Consortium requires qualified Enumerators and supervisors who will provide TA support in collecting baseline contextual information from potential project sites through a household and malariometric survey in Ebonyi and Osun states.

Specific tasks for Supervisors

• Participate in the training  activity for conducting data the collection process  and step-down training for enumerators
• Liaise with the lead consultant to obtain necessary data the collection tools
• Conduct the house listing and map out data collection routes
• Coordinate the data collection and assign daily routes to data collectors
• Supervise the data entry and validation processes
• Ensure that all data collection tools and materials are accounted for
• Responsibility and oversight for all data collection tools and equipment
• Collate and report daily issues and challenges to the lead consultant
• Follow confidentiality and security procedures to ensure respondent privacy is protected

Deliverables for supervisors

• Conduct the house listing and map out data collection routes
• Supervise the data entry and validation processes
• Summary daily reports

Qualification and Person specification State Supervisors (2)

Essential

• BSc  or OND/HND in a relevant academic field
• At least 3 years experience in collecting data for household surveys
• At least 2  years experience in supervising household surveys Practical knowledge of community entry & mobilization techniques
• Demonstrated experience in management of data entry activities and enforcing data quality procedures
• Strong attention to detail.
• Computer literacy to be able to work on electronic data collection applications.

Good facilitation skills

Desired

• Good communication skills and experience in participatory methodology.
• Innovative, motivated and able to work with minimal supervision.
• Certification in M&E will be a plus
• Good written and verbal skills in English

     Resident in either Ebonyi or Osun states

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Experience: 2 years experience.

Location of Assignment: Ebonyi and Osun state, Nigeria .

Duration: April- May 2021.

Malaria Consortium requires qualified Data collectors who will provide TA support in carrying out an assessment of HMIS and commodity logistics management system’s readiness for IPTi in Osun and Ebonyi and validate health facility listing to support project design.

Specific tasks for Interviewers

• Participate in the training  activity on the use of the interview guide and interview process
• Participate in the pre-test and finalization process for the interview guide
• Collect data using the interview guide provided within the assigned areas or respondents.
• Document all the findings in the provided interview guide.
• Ensure the interviews are accurately recorded.
• Compile and sort the recorded interview records as directed by the supervisor.
• Transcribe all recorded (audio) interviews
• Ensure anonymity of respondents and develop a relationship of trust and safe space during interview exercises with respondents.
•  Identify and report any challenges faced that could affect the quality of the data.
•  Take responsibility for project equipment
• Report issues and challenges to the supervisor
• Present the data to the supervisor at the end of each day.
• Report to the supervisor before and after the day’s work for further direction.
• Follow confidentiality and security procedures to ensure respondent privacy is protected
• Submit all interview records (audio) and transcribed files to the supervisor(s).

Deliverables for Interviewers

• Attendance list at training
• Completed interviews records
•   Transcription of interview records
•  Daily report submitted to the supervisor

Person specification Interviewers(Data Collectors)

1.     Essential

• OND/HND or a BSc in a relevant academic field
• At least 2 years experience in collecting data for qualitative studies
• Attention to detail.
• Computer literacy to be able to work on electronic recording devices.
• Good interpersonal and social skills.

Desired

• Resident in either Ebonyi or Osun states
• Good communication skills and experience in participatory methodology.
• Innovative, motivated, and able to work with minimal supervision.
• Willing to accomplish each day’s work with the supervisor by the end of each day

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Experience: 2 years experience.

Location of Assignment: Ebonyi and Osun state, Nigeria .

Duration: April- May 2021.

Malaria Consortium requires qualified Data collectors who will provide TA support in carrying out an assessment of HMIS and commodity logistics management system’s readiness for IPTi in Osun and Ebonyi and validate health facility listing to support project design.

Specific tasks for Data Collectors

• Attend a training by the consultant
• Collect data from assigned health facilities/communities
• Deliverables for data collectors
• Attendance list at training
• Completed data collection tools and
• Summary report submitted to consultant

Qualification and Person specification Data collectors (2)

• OND/HND or diploma in a relevant academic field
• At least 2 years’ experience in data collection for surveys
• Ability to use hand-held devices for data collection
• Owns a personal computer/laptop

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Experience: 2 years experience.

Location of Assignment: Ebonyi and Osun state, Nigeria .

Duration: April- May 2021.

Malaria Consortium requires qualified Enumerators and supervisors who will provide TA support in collecting baseline contextual information from potential project sites through a household and malariometric survey in Ebonyi and Osun states.

Specific tasks for Enumerators

• Participate in the training  activity on the use of the survey tool and data collection process
• Participate in the pre-test and finalization process for the data collection tools
• Capture data using data collection tools provided within the assigned areas.
• Document all the findings in the provided data collection tools.
• Compile and sort the filled data collection tools as directed by the supervisor.
• Ensure collected data is accurately recorded.
• Ensure anonymity of respondents and develop relationship of trust and safe space during data collection exercise with respondents.
• Identify and report any challenges faced that could affect the quality of the data.
• Take responsibility for project equipment
• Report daily issues and challenges to the supervisor
• Present the data to the supervisor at the end of each day.
• Report to the supervisor before and after day’s work for further direction.
• Follow confidentiality and security procedures to ensure respondent privacy is protected

Deliverables for Enumerators/Data collectors

• Attendance list at training
• Completed data collection tools and
•  Daily report submitted to supervisor

Qualification and Person specification State Enumerators/Data collectors (42)

Essential

• BSc or OND/HND in a relevant academic field
• At least 2 years experience in collecting data for household surveys
• Attention to detail.
• Computer literacy to be able to work on smart phone-based data collection applications.
• Good interpersonal and social skills.

Desired

• Resident in either Ebonyi or Osun states
• Good communication skills and experience in participatory methodology.
• Innovative, motivated and able to work with minimal supervision.
• Willing to accomplish each day’s work with the supervisor by the end of each day

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Experience: Ten years experience.

Location of Assignment: Ebonyi and Osun state, Nigeria.

Duration: April- May 2021.

BACKGROUND:

Malaria Consortium (MC) is one of the world's leading non-profit organizations dedicated to comprehensive control of malaria and other communicable diseases in Africa and Southeast Asia. MC works with communities, government and non-government agencies, academic institutions, and local and international organizations, to ensure evidence in delivery of effective services, providing technical support for monitoring and evaluation of programmes and activities for evidence based decision-making and strategic planning. The organization works to improve not only improve the health of the individual, but also the capacity of national health systems, which helps to relieve poverty and support improved economic prosperity thereby resultantly improving the quality of life.

Malaria Consortium received funding to carry out an effectiveness-implementation hybrid project on feasibility and effectiveness of IPTi in Nigeria. It is aimed at generating the required evidence to inform policy and possible scale up of IPTi in Nigeria, and ultimately contribute towards a reduction in under 5 mortalities in the country.

As part of the project activities, formative research is to be conducted in Osun and Ebonyi states, which is aimed at determining the final location of the study site, contextualizing the project sites in terms of EPI coverage, data quality of HMIS, complementary community delivery platforms for IPTi and the identification of sentinel surveillance sites for patient follow up, A gender analysis will be done as part of the formative research. 

Addressing gender issues  in the design of the project at the inception helps ensure equity in access and benefits for men and women and children. It is hoped that this will ensure that gender influences on malaria as they affect infants is properly captured and considered in the body of evidence to be presented that would aid policy adoption for IPTi

Purpose of the assignment:

Malaria Consortium requires qualified personnel who will conduct a gender analysis as part of the formative research to monitor alignment with project implementation..

Expert Profile

• National Consultant(1)

Deliverables

• Conduct gender analysis  activities outlining the following:
  • Analysis of factors and trends contributing to health seeking and malaria care behaviour impacting infants
  • Description of tasks and activities of men and women in study areas
  • Description of access and control profile (who has access and control of resources and services and who and how participates in the decision-making).
  • Beneficiary targeting (what are the opportunities or entry points to ensure equal participation and benefits. What measures can the project take to address relevant gender gaps/inequalities).
  •  Project responses (how the project will ensure gender-responsive design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation).

• Prepare a gender analysis report:
  • A one-page (bullet point) summary of outputs to be discussed with the project team at assignment completion
  • A draft report of results to within 4 days after the assignment completion
  • A final report submitted to the project lead  within 3 days after receipt of comments on the draft report.

Qualifications and experience: National Consultant ( Gender Analysis Studies)

Essential

• Bachelors’ degree or higher in a relevant field, such as sociology, ecology, economics, gender studies, gender and development, environment, sustainable development or closely related area.
• Minimum 2 years of practical working experience in gender mainstreaming.
• At least 2 years of gender consultancy/expert services for national level institutions and/or reputable international organization(s), including at least some experience in Nigeria and/or the subregion.

Desired

• Ability to analyze policy documents and make constructive policy suggestions;
• Strong interpersonal skills, communication and diplomatic skills, ability to work in a team;
• Good writing and reporting skills;
• Good presentation skills.
• Proven academic experience, including pieces of research, publications and written reports
• Excellent writing and oral communication skills in English.

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