JOB TITLE: Technical Support Officer
JOB LOCATION: Adamawa, Enugu, Kebbi, Lagos, Niger, Ondo, Plateau, Rivers,
JOB DETAILS:
- The Technical Officers will work directly with the Public Health officers under the supervision of the Project manager and HR Lead to coordinate and manage each state’s assessments across 160 health facilities within eight (8) states. They will be responsible for supervising and managing the field assessors to ensure proper data collection & assessment within the stipulated time frame.
- The program is operated in cooperation with the State Primary Healthcare Development Board in each State. The primary duty in the role will be to ensure quality, accurate and timely data collection in all assigned facilities across each state, provide optimal daily reports and summary of activities as well as facilitate and execute all liaison duties at state levels required for timely execution of the program.
- Technical Officers are hired full-time for the period of four (4) weeks and will work directly with the field assessors in grass-root health facilities throughout the listed States.
Key Duties
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- Coordinate health facility assessment & data collection in each state
- Liaise with state government health parastatals & local government to ensure cooperation in the execution of assessment
- Interact with clinic staff and beneficiaries
- Training of field assessors and enumerators
- Conduct high-quality rapid assessment
- Supervise & regulate data uploads to mobile data collection platform
- Assist with other duties related to the program
Required Qualifications
- Minimum of Bachelor degree, preferably in the field of health or other natural sciences
- Fluency in local languages / dialects spoken in each state. Please state the names of the languages/dialects you can speak and your fluency level for each language in your cover letter.
- Nigerian nationals already based in any of the listed states.
- Must possess an Android phone.
- Willingness to work at remote communities daily for three (3) weeks and take public transport to reach them
- Experience with the Nigerian health system, particularly related to assessment & interviews.
- Experience in collecting, synthesizing, and drawing conclusions from (health) data is desirable
- Previous experience working on similar data collection projects in the health sector is a strong advantage
- Detail-oriented, diligent professional
- Passionate about helping others
- Very good communication and writing skills in English and dialects (verbal and written)
- Excellent responsiveness to email and phone requests
- Proficiency in Microsoft Word / Excel, internet browsers, smartphones, and new communications technology in general
- Hard-working, result-oriented and loyal
- Motivation to work in a young organization that is constantly changing based on stakeholder feedback and operates with a lean structure
- Eligible candidates must already be based / reside in any of the following states:
- Adamawa
- Enugu
- Kebbi
- Lagos
- Niger
- Ondo
- Plateau
- Rivers
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