The integrated Family Health Program (IFHP) is a USAID-funded health program implemented by Pathfinder international (PI) and John Snow Incorporated (JSI) in partnership with Ministry of Health and other local partners.
The overall goal of IFHP is improving the health of families within the Ethiopian Health Sector Development Program (HSDP) and in accordance with USAID-Ethiopia’s strategic objective of investing in People’. The program focuses on increasing the use of high impact FP and MNCH practices, products and services.
For its Integrated Family Health program (IFHP) jointly implemented with Pathfinder International, JSI has the following openings to conduct maternal and newborn health research:
Objectives of the Research:
• Evaluate the uptake of skilled delivery service in defined intervention woredas
• Identify factors that affect skilled delivery service uptake,
• Identify the scalability and feasibility of specific activities in the comprehensive set of intervention
1. Research Assistant (Data collector)
Place of data collection: Amhara (Dejen,Machakel,Enemay,Debaytilatgin and Awabal woredas), SNNP (Offa,Damotgalae,Damotpulsa,Damotwoide,Boditi and Bolossoore woredas and Tigray ( Mereblekhe, Woreilekhe, Adwa town, Adwa Geter and Ahferom woredas) Oromia (Dodota,D/tijo,Llbilbilo,Sire and Munesa woredas) Regions.
Duration of assignment Minimum of 10 days
Roles and responsibilities of the Research Assistants:
• Read over all data collection instruments prior to training.
• Actively participate in the training to be organized prior to deployment for data collection.
• Contribute to the refinement of tools as part of the training.
• Participate on pre-test of tools in selected sites and generate relevant input for refinement of tools.
• Identify study participants (health facilities, community members) as per the guidance provided.
• Collect data from defined study participants using data collection tools.
• Following comments from supervisor make corrections to data generated from the field.
• Transcribe and expand field notes from qualitative data following formats to be provided, if assigned on qualitative data collection.
• Ensure vigilant adherence to research ethics as per provisions during training.
• Submit all raw data including survey materials, scribbles, expanded notes, records and transcribed information to JSI/IFHP.
• Contact individuals to be interviewed at home or field location.
• Explain survey objectives and procedures to interviewees and interpret survey questions to help interviewees’ comprehension.
• Ask questions in accordance with instructions to obtain various specified information
• Identify and report problems in obtaining valid data.
• Meet with supervisor daily to submit completed questionnaire and discuss progress.
• Review data obtained from interview for completeness and accuracy.
Qualifications:
• Qualifications: BSc Degree in health related fields or social sciences.
• Previous data collection experience is a plus.
• Willingness to work in remote areas.
• Local language is mandatory for Oromia and Tigray Regions.
• Please identify the region you are applying for.
2. Research Assistances (Data Collector) Supervisor
The Data Collector Supervisor leads the Data Collectors and is in charge of implementing the research of the Project in his/her assigned zones, woredas, health facilities and communities. He/she provides support to the Data Collectors in facilitating the implementation of maternal, newborn health research in the selected sites.
Roles and responsibilities of Data Collector Supervisor;
• Understand study protocol and data collection techniques from Lead Consultant.
• Guide team members on completion of tasks, activities, reports and documents.
• Develop activity plans under guidance of Supervisor and communicate the plans with the data collectors, Work with Supervisor for developing and updating Standard Operating Procedures.
• Provide support and guidance to data collectors during data collection process,
• Review questionnaire, Carry out validation interview,
• Check data for accuracy.
• Editing, coding and cleaning data, Piloting of questionnaire.
• Compile and prepare progress report to the Lead Consultant.
• Arrange to provide administrative and logistic support to the Research Assistant (Data collectors).
• Maintain effective liaison with Community, partner (Government or NGO) and other stakeholders in order to collect, test and analysis data related to the research project.
• Provide feedback to the Lead Consultant/JSI/IFHP on team members’ performance in order to spread knowledge and develop team members.
Qualifications:
• Qualifications: BSc Degree in health related fields or social sciences.
• Experience in data collection and Data Collector Supervisor for research preferably in the field of maternal and newborn health.
• Willingness to work in remote areas.
• Local language is mandatory for Oromia and Tigray Regions
To apply for the two positions: Send detailed curriculum vitae, copies of credentials (non-returnable) and names and addresses of three references to:
JSI/IFHP
P.O. Box 1392 Code 1110
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
or by e- mail JSl.IFHP.HR@gmail.com
Closing Date: February 27, 2014, 5:00 p.m
Only short listed candidates will be contacted.
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