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About The West African Centre for Public Health and Development (WACPHD)
The West African Centre for Public Health and Development (WACPHD) is a non-governmental organization working on Improving health equity through sustained research, program delivery, technical assistance, and education and is providing technical support for the ACE project. To effectively reduce HIV, including HIV/TB co-infection, as well as institutionalize health system reforms, the United States Government (USG), through the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), supports the Government of Nigeria (GON) to implement interventions, across the HIV/AIDS care continuum and strengthen the health system to deliver high-quality services. As part of the effort in this regard, the USAID/Nigeria office recently engaged a consortium to implement the Achieving HIV Epidemic Control in the several State of Nigeria. WACPHD, as part of the Consortium, will be implementing the Operations/ Implementation Research component of the ACE grant in lot 6-comprising Lagos, Edo and Bayelsa.
Location: Kano and Kaduna state.
About Program
- The West African Centre for Public Health and Development (WACPHD) is conducting a supply-side baseline assessment of Family Planning (FP) and Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health (MNCH) services in Kano and Kaduna States.
- The assessment will provide critical insights into service availability, quality, and readiness across public, private, and community-based health facilities.
- It will include a community-level component, targeting community health workers (CHWs), community pharmacies, and patent and proprietary medicine vendors (PPMVs) to understand service delivery capacity, referral linkages, and integration of FP/MNCH services.
- To support field implementation, WACPHD seeks qualified and experienced individuals to serve as Enumerators.
Scope of Work
- Enumerators will be responsible for data collection, ensuring adherence to field protocols, and maintaining data quality and ethical standards.
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct interviews and community assessments in line with the approved survey instruments.
- Facilitate engagement with CHWs, community pharmacies, and PPMVs.
- Obtain informed consent and ensure respondent confidentiality.
- Accurately record responses using electronic data collection devices (SurveyCTO).
- Ensure compliance with survey protocols, ethical procedures, and data security standards.
- Adhere to field schedules and assigned targets.
- Report daily progress and challenges to the state coordinator.
Requirements
- Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health, Nursing, Pharmacy, Demography, or related fields (Master’s Degree or MPH is an advantage) with 1 – 2 years of experience of field data collection in health research OR other Bachelor ‘s Degree courses with 3 – 4 years of experience of field data collection in health research.
- Familiarity with FP/MNCH services, especially at the primary healthcare and community levels.
- Ability to communicate effectively in English and local languages (Hausa preferred).
- Experience using Android-based data collection tools.
- Willingness to travel extensively within assigned LGAs.
Application Dealine 17 October 2025
METHOD OF APPLICATION
Interested and Qualified candidates should kindly click link below to Apply.
CLICK HERE
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