Epidemiologist / Surveillance (Regional STTA) at Malaria Consortium

Overview

• We require qualified personnel with expertise in Malaria programming who will facilitate a landscape and context analysis of the malaria control situation in Borno, Lagos and the FCT.
• The landscape and context analysis will involve collaboration with key stakeholders at the national (NMEP, FMOH -Child Health Dept) and sub-national levels (Borno, Lagos and FCT) especially the SMOH, SPHCBs, SMEPs, LGAs and MFPs including community-based service providers.

The key domains of the analyses will include :

• Community accountability structures
• Malaria control and child health situation analysis
• SMEP and LGA institutional capacity assessment
• Partners and private sector stakeholders landscaping
• Health systems assessment (especially PSM and HMIS relevant to malaria programming) in both public and private sectors.

Objectives of the analysis are to:

• Assess the state’s community level structure for malaria accountability and expansion of access to quality services
• Describe the current malaria situation and programme implementation status in the states (malaria epidemiology, intervention coverage, barriers and facilitators of intervention coverage, and treatment seeking behaviour).
• Conduct a rapid assessment of the capacity of key personnel at the state and LGA (programme officers) to plan and implement malaria control activities effectively and selected health facility workers on integrated case management of fever.
• Conduct a landscape analysis of partners and private sector organizations working on malaria in the state.
• Assess the key health systems components especially procurement supply chain management and health management information systems relevant to malaria programming both in the public and private sector.

Specific Tasks / Deliverables

• Draft protocol and tool for landscape and context analysis
• Organize stakeholder engagement meetings and interviews
• Conduct desk reviews - published and unpublished literature review, review of reports, policies, plans etc
• Mapping of stakeholders and potential malaria partners in the states
• Conduct field work – including key informant interviews and health worker interviews
• Map commodity procurement and distribution channels and document gaps
• Conduct S.W.O.T analysis of LMIS and HMIS
• Assess SMEP/LGA institutional capacity
• Synthesize findings from desk review and empirical data collection
• Write report.

Qualifications and Experience

• PhD or equivalent experience in Public / Global Health, Epidemiology, Statistics or a related research discipline.
• At least 15 years post-qualification experience
• Extensive experience in a research role with an excellent understanding of quantitative and qualitative research approaches
• Experience in primary and secondary analysis of household survey data and matrix of data from various sources
• Experience in research management and understanding of good research practice
• Experience in study protocol and tools design and evaluation research
• Demonstrable experience in situation analysis, landscaping and context analysis
• Demonstrable first-hand experience publishing scientific work in peer-reviewed journals
• Demonstrated experience in survey design, survey implementation, analysis, and report-writing
• Knowledge of malaria prevention and control in endemic settings
• Excellent statistical analysis skills including familiarity with software such as STATA, R or Statgraphics
• Experience with qualitative data analysis and synthesis
• Experience in qualitative study design, data collection methods and data analysis using relevant data analysis software like AtlasTi, Nvivo etc.
• Excellent command of English with exceptional writing and communication skills and the ability to present information in clear, concise, and compelling ways
• Results-oriented attitude to work;
• Experience in working effectively with government and non-government partners.