Data Supervisor – Qualitative Survey - Rivers State

If you have strong experience in supervising qualitative research and field data collection, this short-term role as a Data Supervisor with Malaria Consortium offers a meaningful opportunity to contribute to a public health survey across multiple Nigerian states. You will oversee data enumerators, ensure compliance with ethical research standards, and coordinate the smooth flow of interviews and data submissions under the Malaria Market Analysis (MMA) survey project. Note: This same role is available in Abuja (FCT), Anambra, Borno, Kano, and Lagos State.

Job Title: Data Supervisor – Qualitative Survey
Locations: Rivers State
Employment Type: Short-term Consultancy
Application Closing Date: 6th August, 2025 (5:00 PM)

About the Company

Malaria Consortium, founded in 2003, is a globally recognized non-profit organization focused on preventing and treating malaria and other communicable diseases in Africa and Asia. The organization delivers evidence-based programmes, strengthens health systems, and promotes universal health coverage, particularly among vulnerable populations. In Nigeria, Malaria Consortium leads multiple interventions in research, service delivery, and public health surveillance.

Purpose of Assignment

• The selected supervisors will guide, monitor and supervise the data enumerators throughout the Malaria Market Analysis (MMA) data collection process. The data supervisor will ensure compliance of the data enumerators to all guidelines emphasised during the qualitative training exercise by the data enumerators.
• Briefly, the supervisors will ensure data enumerators understand and comply with responsible conduct of research, comply with the MMA research methodology, adhere to Malaria Consortium safeguarding policy, communicate with study participants in socially and culturally acceptable ways, respect participants right and freedom to either give an informed consent (Agree to participate) or provide informed dissent (Decline participation) as appropriate in the study.
• Supervisor will also ensure data enumerators use appropriate tools, submit accurate data and use the DC voice recorders to document the views of the participants throughout the study.

Scope of Work

• Participate in capacity building activity on FGDs, KII, IDI study guides.
• Participate in pretesting (Pilot testing of tools), discussion of data collection tools, role plays, and field simulation exercises).
• Lead in survey participant confirmation and serve as first point of contact to address immediate challenges or provide oversite at the grassroot level and escalate challenges to MC as deemed appropriate.
• Each state supervisor will oversee 4 data enumerators for the qualitative arm of the MMA survey.
• Lead in interview schedule and allocation of qualitative interviews to enumerator pairs in the state using the approved population group stratifications.
• Supervise data enumerators to ensure collection of quality and accurate data through periodic quality checks.
• Review all in-depth interviews, key informant interviews and focus group discussions data for quality and alignment with study objectives before allocation for translation and transcription.
• Provide a weekly and end of data collection report highlighting the community entry, data collection process, key challenges, lessons learn and recommendations to MC.
• Participate in daily review meetings at the end of each field activity.
• Report any field incidence to the project team for immediate action.
• Take leadership assigning audio files for translation and transcription to data enumerators and collate the audio files and transcripts for submission to MC research Specialist after the qualitative survey.
• Coordinate with the research specialist and other project team throughout the data collection process.

Qualifications and Experience

• Candidates must have a Bachelors’ Degree in Statistics, Public Health or any medical related field with at least 3 years’ experience.
• Strong evidence of prior participation in a qualitative survey specifically FGDs, KII and IDIs.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft office package with good report writing skills.
• Residency within the project implementation state and availability for the duration of the MMA survey exercise.
• Candidate must not be a current employee of any government ministry or agency as at the time of recruitment.
• Good understanding of research methodology.
• Deep knowledge of the predominant local language of the state, residency within the state and proficiency in spoken and written English Language.
• Excellent time management, leadership, coordination and organizational skills.

Deliverables:

• Summary report of daily field activities collated from field enumerators.
• Final Consultancy report for the states.
• Collation of timesheets and other necessary documents for submission to national supervisor.
• Total number of enrolled and schedule KIIs, IDIs and FGD sessions with participants ahead of the qualitative arm of the survey.
• Submission of Translated study tools into predominant local language of the engaged resident state of the project.
• Attend relevant state level debriefing with the SMEP on best practices and challenge mitigation as appropriate.
• Collate the timesheets of all assigned data enumerators and submit them to the national supervisor.

Application Closing Date
6th August, 2025; 05:00 PM.

How to Apply: Interested and qualified candidates should: Click here to apply online

Note

• Kindly note that applicants who do not follow this specification will be disqualified.
• Only Shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
• Kindly note that applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and as a result, the process may conclude before the advertised deadline.
• Therefore, early applications are highly encouraged.
• Malaria Consortium does not accept or ask for payment during recruitment.
• We also would not accept hardcopy CVs; all applications should be sent through the above link.

Tip to Successfully Land This Role

To stand out in your application, clearly demonstrate your hands-on experience supervising field researchers, especially in projects involving FGDs, KIIs, and IDIs. Mention past roles where you guided data collectors, ensured adherence to ethical research protocols, and conducted quality reviews of audio or written transcripts.

It’s important to emphasize your leadership and coordination skills, particularly in managing field teams and reporting challenges. If you’ve participated in qualitative surveys in the past and handled responsibilities like tool translation, community entry, or scheduling interviews, include specific examples. Also, highlight your familiarity with local languages and your ability to support data collectors effectively across diverse cultural settings.

Being available for the full duration of the project and residing within the state you’re applying for will also strengthen your application. If you meet these criteria and can manage qualitative survey teams to deliver high-quality data, follow the application instructions provided above.