Nutrition Survey Coordinator Malaria Consortium
Sudan (the) - Juba, Aweil (state capital, Northern Bahr el Ghazal) and Bentiu (state capital, Unity state).
Malaria Consortium (MC) is a British registered charity (www.malariaconsortium.org) specialising in communicable disease control programmes. In Southern Sudan MC provides support to the Ministry of Health (MoH) of the Government of South Sudan (GoSS). This includes high level technical support for the development of policies, guidelines, and strategies. In the past year we have also begun implementation of community based programmes focussing on controlling key childhood illnesses and malnutrition at community level. Our current programmes are focussed on control of malaria, Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), pneumonia, diarrhoea and malnutrition. All our programmes have elements of health systems strengthening (HSS).
Malaria Consortium is implementing a nutrition programme in two states (five counties) in Southern Sudan. As part of this programme, a SMART survey is to be completed pre- and post- hunger gap in order to inform nutrition programming in the country. Malaria Consortium is therefore seeking a Survey Coordinator to plan and execute its pre- hunger gap SMART survey. The position will be responsible for the preparation, organisation and implementation of the survey.
The successful candidate would be responsible for the following duties:
Technical
• Support in finalisation of survey protocol, ensuring it is in line with SMART methodology, submit and follow up ethical approval
• Liaise and collaborate with partners to ensure collaboration on surveys where possible
• Finalise and pre-test questionnaires
• Participate in the review of the training manual
• Conduct trainings of field teams
• Organise with field teams the mobilisation of the targeted communities one week preceding the survey
• Supervise field teams in collecting data
• Ensure the sampling methodology is respected
• Organise and supervise data entry (double entry) and perform data cleaning
• Review data quality and conduct analysis of data
• Provide the results one week after the end of data collection
Logistics/ administration
• Responsible for overall timeframe and planning of survey
• Responsible for recruitment of field teams (interviewers and supervisors)
• Source appropriate field materials, equipment and questionnaires and supply to field sites
• Together with Malaria Consortium Area Coordinators, plan daily movements of field teams, communications and accommodation.
• Ensure the security of the field staff, respecting Malaria Consortium security rules, the material and the data
Qualifications and previous experience
• Nutritionist, sociologist, public health degree, nurse, or other related field.
• Experience implementing surveys, ideally using SMART methodology
• Experience in accurately weighing and measuring children
• Experience of working in Southern Sudan is essential
• Strong logistics and IT capacity
• Able to work in challenging context, independently
• Experience in staff training
• Able to collaborate with the range of stakeholders including Ministry of Health, other NGO partners and Malaria Consortium staff
• Fluent in English
Reporting
The consultant will report to the Programme Coordinator, based in Juba. Technical support will also be provided by Malaria Consortium’s international M&E team.
Location
The consultant’s time will be split between Juba, Aweil (state capital, Northern Bahr el Ghazal) and Bentiu (state capital, Unity state). Accommodation and flights to/from Juba and the field sites will be covered by Malaria Consortium.
Security situation in country: Please note that Southern Sudan is a post-conflict setting with recurring localized insecurity. This does not generally target expatriate or NGO staff but does have potential to disrupt programming and occasionally leads to the need to relocate staff. While Malaria Consortium takes all reasonable measures to ensure the safety of its staff, interested candidates must be aware and willing to work in such a context. Given the context, all Malaria Consortium positions in Southern Sudan are unaccompanied postings.
Timeframe
The work will last for a period of 7-8 weeks, starting immediately. Candidates should therefore only apply if they are available to start straight away.
Malaria Consortium (MC) is a British registered charity (www.malariaconsortium.org) specialising in communicable disease control programmes. In Southern Sudan MC provides support to the Ministry of Health (MoH) of the Government of South Sudan (GoSS). This includes high level technical support for the development of policies, guidelines, and strategies. In the past year we have also begun implementation of community based programmes focussing on controlling key childhood illnesses and malnutrition at community level. Our current programmes are focussed on control of malaria, Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), pneumonia, diarrhoea and malnutrition. All our programmes have elements of health systems strengthening (HSS).
Malaria Consortium is implementing a nutrition programme in two states (five counties) in Southern Sudan. As part of this programme, a SMART survey is to be completed pre- and post- hunger gap in order to inform nutrition programming in the country. Malaria Consortium is therefore seeking a Survey Coordinator to plan and execute its pre- hunger gap SMART survey. The position will be responsible for the preparation, organisation and implementation of the survey.
The successful candidate would be responsible for the following duties:
Technical
• Support in finalisation of survey protocol, ensuring it is in line with SMART methodology, submit and follow up ethical approval
• Liaise and collaborate with partners to ensure collaboration on surveys where possible
• Finalise and pre-test questionnaires
• Participate in the review of the training manual
• Conduct trainings of field teams
• Organise with field teams the mobilisation of the targeted communities one week preceding the survey
• Supervise field teams in collecting data
• Ensure the sampling methodology is respected
• Organise and supervise data entry (double entry) and perform data cleaning
• Review data quality and conduct analysis of data
• Provide the results one week after the end of data collection
Logistics/ administration
• Responsible for overall timeframe and planning of survey
• Responsible for recruitment of field teams (interviewers and supervisors)
• Source appropriate field materials, equipment and questionnaires and supply to field sites
• Together with Malaria Consortium Area Coordinators, plan daily movements of field teams, communications and accommodation.
• Ensure the security of the field staff, respecting Malaria Consortium security rules, the material and the data
Qualifications and previous experience
• Nutritionist, sociologist, public health degree, nurse, or other related field.
• Experience implementing surveys, ideally using SMART methodology
• Experience in accurately weighing and measuring children
• Experience of working in Southern Sudan is essential
• Strong logistics and IT capacity
• Able to work in challenging context, independently
• Experience in staff training
• Able to collaborate with the range of stakeholders including Ministry of Health, other NGO partners and Malaria Consortium staff
• Fluent in English
Reporting
The consultant will report to the Programme Coordinator, based in Juba. Technical support will also be provided by Malaria Consortium’s international M&E team.
Location
The consultant’s time will be split between Juba, Aweil (state capital, Northern Bahr el Ghazal) and Bentiu (state capital, Unity state). Accommodation and flights to/from Juba and the field sites will be covered by Malaria Consortium.
Security situation in country: Please note that Southern Sudan is a post-conflict setting with recurring localized insecurity. This does not generally target expatriate or NGO staff but does have potential to disrupt programming and occasionally leads to the need to relocate staff. While Malaria Consortium takes all reasonable measures to ensure the safety of its staff, interested candidates must be aware and willing to work in such a context. Given the context, all Malaria Consortium positions in Southern Sudan are unaccompanied postings.
Timeframe
The work will last for a period of 7-8 weeks, starting immediately. Candidates should therefore only apply if they are available to start straight away.
How to apply
Candidates who fully meet the above requirements should submit a detailed CV together with a covering letter explaining how you are suited to the position, including a daytime telephone contact to HR.Recruitment@malariaconsortium.org
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