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Purpose of the assignment

• The purpose of these terms of reference (TOR) is to engage research personnel who will carry out a household survey in Ondo State.

Scope

• The survey will be used to gather data on ITN ownership and use rates and associated factors, the physical condition of the ITNs, malaria prevention in pregnancy, treatment-seeking behaviour, and other relevant variables through household visits.

Methods

• During the survey, a sample of 832 households will be selected in 52 wards across the state. The 52 wards will be selected using population-proportional-to-size (PPS) sampling. Each team will cover a ward per day.
• The survey includes household enumeration to sample households in each ward (cluster) randomly and administering interviews involving household heads and also women 15–49 years old, using mobile devices with the SurveyCTO software.

Specific Tasks
Team Leader:

• Will be responsible for a team of four data collectors (or interviewers).
• Will be required to attend training prior to survey.
• Leads the team to enumerate all households in a selected settlement in each of the sampled wards assigned to the team.
• Submit the list to the coordinator for sampling of 16 households.
• Assigns each interviewer to administer interviews in four households per day.
• Make sure that data collection in 16 households (or one ward) is completed every day and the team completes the work in a total of 4 wards in 4 days (=64 sampled households).
• Supervises the interview process and resolves any issues, working with the household mobiliser.
• Ensures that the data is collected accurately and uploaded according to the relevant SOPs or guidelines.
• Ensures back-checks of a sub-sample of households selected for repeat interviews are completed in assigned wards for data quality verification.
• Ensures accurate review, validation and submission of electronic data.
• Supports team members in charging mobile phones using a power bank (each team leader will keep a power bank, which should be charged daily and as necessary).
• Collects mobile devices from data collectors at the end of each day for charging and safe keeping.
• Write a short report on the team’s achievements, encountered challenges and recommendations.

Deliverables
Team Lead:

• Household enumeration lists with GPS coordinates for all enumerated and skipped households, submitted to the coordinator for remote household sampling per ward.
• Complete, accurate and validated electronic interview data uploaded to the SurveyCTO server from all 16 sampled households per ward per day.
• Back-check interview data from assigned households in randomly selected wards for data quality verification, uploaded to the SurveyCTO server.
• Short field report covering team achievements, challenges encountered and recommendations, submitted within two days of completing fieldwork.

Qualifications and Experience
Team Leader:

• A minimum of a BSc or HND in a health-related discipline and social sciences.
• At least 2-3 years’ experience in coordinating or conducting household surveys.
• Experience in electronic data collection tools such as SurveyCTO or ODK.
• Demonstrated report-writing skills in English.
• Excellent knowledge of the Yoruba and/or Ijaw language

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The Vacancy

• Malaria Consortium is recruiting for a Programme Officer to join our team in Kaduna State, Nigeria

Job Purpose

• The job purpose is to work with State Programme Manager (SPM) to effectively manage project activities and resources, provide leadership and stewardship to the project team and maintain collaborative links with the project’s key stakeholders at the LGA level.

Scope of Work

• The Programme Officer (PO) while reporting to the State Programme Officer (SPM) and based at the state office, will line mange the LGA Field Assistants within his area of coverage

Key Accountabilities
Programme Management (70%):
Support the SPM and the state management team to lead activities for smooth programme management in the assigned LGAs in the following areas:

• Line management – build and performance manage an effective and technically fit SMC project team in the assigned LGAs;
• Be conversant with and guided by Malaria Consortium, policies, guidelines and the SMC Handbook towards the delivery of SMC in assigned LGAs;
• Planning (microplanning, selection of implementers at the local levels, training, database finalization, last mile distribution, SPAQ admin and reverse logistics);
• Engagement of stakeholders including government, communities and beneficiaries;
• Implementation (SPAQ admin) including QA and innovations, including the use of technology;
• General management including security, HR including line management, risk management, work planning and budgeting, VFM, optimization of grant, etc.;
• Risk Free operations including ensuring that all staff comply with MC values and start-to-finish (SFG) policies; and
• Coordination with other levels of government and internally, all MC functions.

Technical  (20%):

• Support M&E activities, including reporting of SPAQ admin and lot quality assurance sampling (LQAS); and
• Support programme review including end of cycle (EoC) reviews, end of round (EoR) reviews and EoR coverage survey.

Representations & Knowledge Management (10%):

• Lesson identification and use including adaptive management;
• Harmonisation with other partners; and
• Representation especially at the LGA levels.

Person Specification
Qualifications and experience:
Essential:        

• Training in Nursing or Public Health;
• Five years’ experience of working in the Public Health sector;
• Experience in programme management at the LGA / state level;
• Excellent project planning, management and monitoring & evaluation skills.
• Experience managing project budgets;
• Experience in using digital data collection tools in SMC campaigns and other health programmes; 
• Some practical experience in Health Information and Disease Surveillance Systems, interoperability, and international standards; open Global Health Information System software and open data sources, such as, but not limited to, DHIS2, ODK, KoboCollect;
• Experience working at the LGA and community levels;
• Experience working on campaign style interventions (delivery of interventions or social mobilization and SMC would be an added advantage).

Work-based skills and competencies:
Essential:

• Good understanding of the Nigeria health system;
• Understanding of communication for behaviour change and social mobilisation;
• Team player and demonstrated ability to work within a team as well as individually;
• Ability to travel to LGAs outside of state capital at least 80% of the time;
• Ability to perform under pressure;
• Excellent communication skills in English and the dominant local language in assigned state;
• Evidence of being resident in state of assignment.

Key working relationships:

• The PO would be line managed by the SPM and would line manage the LGA Field Assistants in-charge of the assigned LGAs (presumably within a specific senatorial zone of a state).
• S/he would also maintain relationships with the country office departments, including Finance and Logistics.
• Key external relationships would be with staff at the LGA and State Malaria Elimination Programme (SMEP), LGA health staff and leading community members and gatekeepers.
• S/he would lead micro-planning, training and coordination, through drug administration and supportive supervision, to reporting of activities at the LGA level.
• S/he would maintain close communication with stakeholders and influential persons in the assigned LGAs through the agreed frameworks.