Research Team Leader at Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) – Holland (6 Openings) Contract

Job Title: Research Team Leader

Location: Sokoto
Employment Type: Contract
Duration: 27th September – 30th November 2021 – short term contract
Duty Station: MSF OCA, NOMA Project (Based in Sokoto town)
Slot: 6

Main Objective and Responsibilities
Conduct research activities in Sokoto and Kebbi States:
The following tasks will need to be completed by research assistants on a day to day basis during the data collection period:

• Step 1: Informed consent requested, explained and signed from respondent
• Step 2: Survey questions asked to respondents and recorded in the survey
• Step 3: Once at the hospital at the end of a data collection day, turn the tablets on and ensure the data collected for that day is automatically transferred to the database and then automatically deleted from the tablets.

Requirements (Qualifications)
Required :

• Ordinary National Diploma, Higher National Diploma in Public Health, Statistics, IT, Research, Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Nursing
• Fluent in English and Hausa, both spoken and written
• Computer literacy, interviewing techniques, data collection.

Desirable:

• Work with noma patients
• Operational research
• Data entry on tablets
• Experience with MSF or other NGOs
• Good interpersonal skills, attention to detail, multitasking skills.

Application Closing Date
17th September, 2021.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should submit their Application Letter, the latest Curriculum Vitae (CV) and photocopies of all necessary credentials with telephone contact details (daytime) in an envelope (specify on the envelope – Application for the post of Research Team Leader – Noma Project) to the address below:
NERU Project:
Medecins Sans Frontieres,
N0 26 Agaie Road,
Behind State CID,
Sokoto State.
Or
NOMA Project:
Medecins Sans Frontieres,
Garba Duba road, PMB 2346,
Opposite Runjin Sambo Jumaat – Mosque,
Sokoto State.
Or
Send by email to: [email protected]