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Zen Jem Ltd was incorporated in Nigeria in 2025. We state that at the front of this profile rather than leave a client to discover it later, because the more important fact sits immediately behind it: the firm is new; the practice inside it is not.
Zen Jem was formed to give institutional shape to a body of experience its principals had already spent decades accumulating — thirty-five years inside Nigeria’s National Population Commission directing national household surveys, sixteen years of donor-funded finance, grants and compliance management across Northern Nigeria, career banking at branch-management level, and professional human resource practice certified in both Nigeria and the United Kingdom.
Maternal Mortality Research (MMR) Project, Kano
Job Title: Verbal Autopsy Specialist
Location: Kano state.
About the Job
The Verbal Autopsy Specialist will conduct standardized verbal autopsy interviews with families following maternal and neonatal deaths to obtain high-quality mortality data while providing compassionate and culturally appropriate engagement with bereaved families.
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct verbal autopsy interviews.
- Engage bereaved families with empathy, professionalism, and cultural sensitivity.
- Ensure accuracy, completeness, and quality of verbal autopsy data.
- Maintain confidentiality and adhere to research ethics throughout the interview process.
- Complete all required documentation accurately and within stipulated timelines.
- Coordinate with field teams and project supervisors to ensure efficient implementation.
- Identify and report operational or ethical concerns encountered during field activities.
- Participate in project trainings, quality assurance exercises, and review meetings.
- Provide appropriate emotional support during interviews while maintaining professional boundaries.
Educational Qualifications and Experience
- Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Public Health, Nursing, Medicine, Community Health, Psychology, or another relevant discipline.
- Certification or formal training in WHO Verbal Autopsy methodology is required.
- Minimum of three (3) years’ experience conducting verbal autopsy interviews, mortality surveillance, or similar public health research activities.
Desired Competencies
- Excellent interviewing and active listening skills.
- Fluency in Hausa and good command of English.
- Demonstrated empathy, professionalism, and cultural sensitivity.
- Strong understanding of research ethics and confidentiality.
- Knowledge of maternal, newborn, and child health programmes.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Ability to work effectively in emotionally sensitive situations.
- Willingness to travel across Kano State.
Application Deadline not specified
METHOD OF APPLICATION
Interested and Qualified candidates should use link below to Apply
CLICK HERE TO APPLY
NOTE
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
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