The Taimaka Project is currently seeking to engage qualified and motivated individuals to work as Enumerators for a short-term nutrition survey in Jigawa State, Nigeria. This opportunity is ideal for candidates who are passionate about public health, community engagement, and data collection within humanitarian and development-focused environments.
Job Title: M&E Data Quality Program Assistant
Location: Gombe and Jigawa
Employment Type: Full-time, permanent position.
Role overview:
The Data Quality and Fraud Prevention Program Assistant provides administrative and technical support for routine data collection, documentation, and field operations. The role helps keep paper and electronic records organized, ensures that field teams have functioning phones and current forms, supports photo and document verification, and coordinates the flow of materials between field sites and the office.
Key responsibilities:
- Configure ODK phone settings and metadata, prepare new phones for field use, and resolve routine device or ODK issues. Escalate technical problems that cannot be resolved locally to the appropriate technical lead.
- Collaborate with OTP Program Officers to identify and promptly resolve patient-level issues, maintaining a clear correction history. Report recurring issues to your supervisor and recommend upstream solutions.
- Review child identification photos, investigate mismatches, and correct or escalate identified errors.
- Train and retrain Triage Officers, Triage Assistants, Community Mobilizers, OTP Program Officers, and other field staff on ODK, paper ledgers, forms, and reporting procedures.
- Ensure that ODK forms, attachments, settings, and field tools are functioning properly to prevent data-quality problems.
- Maintain organized, synchronized paper and digital records, including collecting and filing completed forms.
- Collect coordinates for new and existing OTP sites.
- Generate, print, photocopy, and distribute program documents, reports, forms, ledgers, and measurement slips.
- Track stocks of paper forms and other M&E materials, and coordinate their delivery to field sites.
- Collect completed paper forms from OTPs and maintain organized office storage.
- Organize, file, and maintain physical and electronic records and retrieve documents when requested.
- Cross-reference paper forms with ODK submissions to identify discrepancies and missing documentation.
- Provide general office and administrative support as needed.
Qualifications and experience:
- Bachelor’s degree preferred; relevant post-secondary training in administration, business, information management, or a related field is an advantage.
- Basic computer literacy, including Google Workspace, file management, and use of printing equipment.
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Ability to work independently and manage time effectively.
- Fluency in English and Hausa, both spoken and written.
- Prior experience as an office assistant, clerk, records assistant, or administrative staff member is preferred.
- Familiarity with NGO or health-program documentation is preferred.
- Experience using ODK or another mobile data-collection platform is an advantage.
Salary: ₦163,750 per month
Application Deadline: 16, November 2026
Method of Application
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