State Campaign Technical Advisor at Malaria Consortium
Malaria Consortium is recruiting for a Campaign State Technical Advisor to join our team in Borno State, Nigeria
- Malaria Consortium Nigeria is committed to tackling the large number of malaria cases and deaths in the country.
- Working in partnership with the Ministry of Health and other partners, we lead and support three major malaria control initiatives in the country:
- Support to the National Malaria Control Programme (SuNMaP); NetWorks and MAPS.
- The Campaign State Technical Advisor (ITN Campaign) will be responsible for planning, coordinating, and implementing ITN distribution activities and financial management in the implementation state.
Scope of work
The role involves ensuring the proper planning and coordination of all activities related to the delivery of ITNs to households in the implementation state, including macro and microplanning, advocacy, procurement, supply chain management, household mobilization, demand creation, as well as monitoring, evaluation, and reporting of the process.
- This role will back-stop the State Support Team of NMEP in the technical, demand creation, logistics and security work streams to ensure the delivery of a high-quality campaign.
Key working relationships
This role will involve working under the supervision of the Campaign Senior Technical Specialist and collaborate closely with:
- Campaign digital health officers, M&E officers in all implementation states, National Malaria Elimination Program, State Ministries of Health and State Support teams, Malaria Consortium country and head office technical teams.
- The post holder will engage with NMEP, SMEPs academic partners and other stakeholders to ensure relevance, coordination and uptake of research findings from the ITN campaign.
Key accountabilities
Research design and implementation (70%)
Coordinate day-to-day technical preparation and implementation of research activities related to ITN mass distribution campaigns
- Lead or support the development of research protocols, tools and methodologies for operational and implementation research.
- Lead submission of research protocols for ethical approval and ensure compliance with regulatory and ethical requirements.
- Support recruitment, training, deployment and supervision of research field teams, including enumerators and supervisors.
- Oversee field data collection to ensure strict adherence to study protocols, timelines and quality standards.
- Support quantitative and qualitative data analysis, interpretation and synthesis of research findings.
- Support quantitative and qualitative data analysis, interpretation and synthesis of research findings.
Person specification
Qualifications and experience:
Essential
Master’s degree in public Health, Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Statistics or a related research discipline.
- Strong experience in a research-focused role with an excellent understanding of quantitative research methods.
- Demonstrated experience in research management and coordination
- Experience in operational and/or implementation research in public health programmes.
- Proven experience in survey design, field implementation, data analysis and report writing.
- Knowledge of malaria prevention and control, particularly ITN campaigns
Desirable
Experience working effectively with government and non-government partners
- Demonstrated experience publishing scientific work in peer-reviewed journals
- Experience conducting research related to malaria commodities or mass public health campaigns.
Work-based skills and competencies:
Essential
Ability to work independently and collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams, including Ministries of Health and national malaria programmes.
- Excellent understanding of good research practice and research ethics.
- Strong analytical, writing and communication skills
- Result-oriented approach with strong attention to detail.
- Willingness and ability to travel to field locations for research supervision.
- Proficiency in MS Office and statistical software packages.
- Strong understanding of research integrity and data protection standards
Location: Borno
Deadline: Not Specified
How to Apply
Interested Applicant can apply via this link
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