Job description
Essential Job Duties/Scope Of Work- To determine prevalence of acute malnutrition, chronic malnutrition, underweight and overweight among children 6-59 months
- To assess retrospective morbidity among children under 5
- To assess retrospective mortality (Crude Mortality and U5 Mortality rates) over 3 months’ recall period among populations.
- Assess community IYCF practices particularly among the households with children under two years of age
- To establish recommendations on actions to address identified gaps to support planning, advocacy, decision making and monitoring.
- Develop and design SMART survey protocol, including sample size estimation, population size, clustering of the villages etc., and validate contextual tools using the SMART methodology
- Train the SMART data collection teams and data clerks (including field testing)
- Assume overall responsibility for design and implementation of the SMART, including daily supervision of SMART teams and daily data collection quality assurance
- Be responsible for data cleaning and analysis using appropriate software i.e. Epi Info, SPSS, ENA for SMART
- Prepare a draft SMART survey report for review by IMC, ensuring that the assessment is comprehensive and includes all relevant indicators
- Prepare a final report including background, methodology, results, limitations, conclusions and recommendations incorporating feedback from IMC staff on the draft report
- Prepare and lead a validation workshop for MOH and stakeholders in Maiduguri, Borno State Nigeria. The presentation outcomes will be shared at national level via the Nutrition Cluster/ Nutrition working group
- Present the design, implementation and supervision strategy of the SMART survey. Validate with IMC country team and the TU Nutrition advisor
- Implement the SMART survey in Jere, Konduga and MMC LGAs in Maiduguri, Borno State Nigeria.
- Present a draft SMART survey report including background, methodology, results, limitations, conclusions and recommendations (short term and medium-term recommendation)
- Present a SMART final report incorporating the feedback from the IMC country team and the TU nutrition advisor
- Submit all the data and analysis outputs (both raw and final) electronically to IMC country team
- A health professional or nutritionist with MPH, MSc or advanced professional degree or field-related experience.
- Significant and proven experience, at least three years, in community based studies including SMART surveys.
- Knowledge in designing and implementing CMAM and IYCF programs
- Excellent analytical and statistical skills.
- Strong communication skills, able to effectively present information clearly and respond appropriately to questions from IMC staff and other relevant stakeholders
- Strong supervisory and organizational skills
- Ability to work on own initiative and to meet deadlines.
- Ability to cope with stress; hardship; patience and flexibility and willingness to work additional hours in order to meet tight deadlines;
- Ability and willingness to travel to field sites and nutrition facilities
- Advanced proficiency in the use of MS Office, EPI INFO, SPSS and for ENA SMART Software.
- Fluent in written and spoken English.
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