If you have field experience in community health or logistics coordination and are looking to support a life-saving campaign, this Field Assistant position with Malaria Consortium in Kebbi State offers a chance to work directly with local teams and community stakeholders during the SMC implementation. The role involves supervising field activities, tracking treatments, and ensuring timely distribution of malaria prevention commodities across LGAs and communities.
Job Title: Field Assistant
Location: Kebbi
Employment Type: Full-time
Application Closing Date: 15th August, 2025 (11:59 PM)
About the Company
Malaria Consortium is a globally recognised non-profit organisation focused on preventing and treating malaria and other communicable diseases among vulnerable populations. Its health programs combine malaria prevention with child health and neglected tropical disease interventions. The organisation works closely with government health systems to deliver life-saving campaigns and services to hard-to-reach communities across Nigeria and beyond.
Job Summary
- The LGA Field Assistant supports the implementation of SMC activities at LGA, health facilities and household level.
- He/she is responsible for planning, implementation, reporting and coordination with local government representatives and community level stakeholders.
- The role of LGA Field Assistant assist the quality implementation of delivery of SMC services at the community level by HFW/supervisors and CHWs through the timely delivery of SMC commodities and supplies and documentation of program activities. He/she interacts with the LGA management team, keeps them updated on the program progress and ensures high-quality SMC implementation.
- The LGA Field Assistant takes instructions from the State Technical Officer (STO) on the implementation of SMC activities.
- S/he gives feedback to the STO in form of basic documentations and to the M&E Officer in form of data entry for administrative coverage and supply chain management.
- S/he will also support the Finance Officer in getting account details of distribution personnel for payment.
Key Accountabilities
Programme Implementation, treatment tracking and management (70%):
- Support implementation of SMC activities at health LGA level, including timely implementation of route plan, planning meetings, commodity distributions and monitoring to avoid any stock out, Community mobilization activities, supervision, monitoring and reporting.
- Ensure accountability of received commodities and supplies through tracking consumption levels and review of reconciliation reports
- Provide administrative support to training events field partners (Supervisors, HFW, CHWs, and community mobilisers).
- Track program targets and timely implement the planned activities to ensure program meets targets and review reports from LGAs and HFW for accuracy and completeness prior to submission.
- Ensure implementation of activities are in line with the laid down protocols, by continuously monitoring and escalating issues detected to the STO for mitigation
- Maintain a good relationship and work jointly with – Public Health Officers and other partners to undertake home visits, meetings and to ensure health LGA’s ownership.
Reporting & data quality control (10%):
- Review distributors’ tally sheet, making corrections where necessary and entering the data on relevant data capturing platform
- Assist ME Officer on the data quality queries and ensure identified issues are rectified in time.
- Ensure submission of other reports to keep the STOL and State Project Manager abreast with the project implementation at LGA level.
Coordination and representation (10%):
- Ensure planning and coordination meetings are conducted as planned at LGA and community levels.
- Attend data validation meetings at LGA level and as directed by STO
Administrative and other duties (10%):
- Ensure the development of individual and team action plans to ensure role complementarities in achieving the set treatment target.
- Participate in the follow-up of supplies consumption.
- Provide information for overall planning of stock levels, making sure that they are sufficient for the operations at SMC sites
- Ensure that all HF release physical inventory of all SMC commodities supplied at the end of each cycle.
- Any other duties as required by the line manager
Qualifications and Experience
Essential:
- Clinical Officer, nurse, science, social science or Public Health qualification at minimum of diploma level
- At least two years field experience in related field
- Fluency in English, Hausa and/or other local languages is required
- Experience working in drug/commodity supply management, M&E and logistics
- Ability to communicate effectively with a variety of audiences including LGA staff, HFW and community leaders
- Experience of conducting quality supportive supervision and data use
Desirable:
- A broad range of experience including logistics, training and capacity building ability
- Experience of supporting teams
- Experience working at LGA level
Work-based skills:
Essential:
- Good planning and organisational skills
- Basic computer skills particularly Microsoft Office
- Flexible, ability to work both as an individual and as a team member and under stress in what can be a harsh environment
- Nigerian citizen (legal requirement)
Desirable:
- Ability to speak and understand English.
Salary
Competitive.
Application Closing Date: 15th August, 2025 (23:59 pm).
How to Apply: Interested and qualified candidates should: Click here to apply online
Tip to Successfully Land This Role
In your application, highlight any experience you've had with field coordination, especially during community health campaigns or in logistics support roles. If you’ve worked with drug distribution, local government health teams, or supervised community health workers (CHWs), be specific about your contributions.
Strong communication skills are essential in this role, demonstrate your ability to work with both health officials and local community members. Familiarity with Hausa and other local languages is a plus, so include any relevant language skills. Also, be sure to list any experience in using tally sheets, preparing treatment reports, or tracking commodity use.
Employers are looking for someone reliable who can follow protocols and take initiative when issues arise in the field. If you’re comfortable managing tasks independently and working in challenging environments, this role will be a good fit. Submit your application before the deadline by following the instructions above.
