Senior Supervisor – Outlet and Household Surveys at Malaria Consortium

Purpose of Assignment

• The senior supervisors will guide, monitor and supervise other supervisors during data collection activities.
• The senor supervisor will ensure compliance of the state level supervisors to all malaria consortium guidelines.
• The senior supervisor will ensure the state supervisors comply with responsible conduct of research, comply with the PSMA research methodology and submit accurate state level reports in a timely manner.

Scope of Work

• Participate in capacity building activity of supervisors.
• Participate in pretesting (Pilot testing of tools), discussion of data collection tools, role plays, and field simulation exercises).
• Provide timely support, mentorship and act as first line of contact for state level supervisors on the PSMA project.
• Provide support in addressing any challenge relating to data supervision at the state levels and escalate challenges to MC research specialist as deemed appropriate.
• The senior supervisor will oversee 6 state supervisors during the outlet survey and 4 state supervisors during the household survey on the PSMA survey.
• Collate the reports of the 6 states level supervisors for submission to the research specialist after ensuring their quality and accuracy.
• Provide weekly and end of data collection report highlighting the state specific community entry uniqueness or outliers, data collection process, key challenges, lessons learn and recommendations to MC research Specialist.

Qualifications and Experience

• Candidates must have a Master’s Degree in Statistics, Public Health or any Medical related field with at least 5 years experience.
• Strong evidence of prior participation in similar public health research, field activities and data collection activities.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft office package with good report writing skills.
• Residency within the project implementation state and availability for the duration of the PSMA survey exercise.
• Ability to clearly synthesize and present findings, draw practical conclusions, make recommendations and to prepare well-written reports in a timely manner
• Experience in leading evaluations, surveys, and analysis is highly desirable.
• Demonstrated report writing skills for quantitative survey
• Candidate must not be a current employee of any government ministry or agency as at the time of recruitment.
• Familiarity with the use of android devices for data collection.
• Working knowledge of the local language of the state, residency within the state and proficiency in spoken and written English Language.
• Excellent time management, organizational and report writing skills.