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Job title : Research Specialist
Job Location : Abuja
Deadline : October 12, 2024
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Job Description
- WACPHD is seeking a qualified Research Specialist to support a project assessing health systems and family planning supplies in Nigeria (Kano, Kaduna, and Lagos).
- This project is funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) and focuses on enhancing family planning initiatives in these regions.
Job Purpose / Job Objective
- The primary responsibility of this position will be to lead conducting of strategic and deep dive data analysis using various primary and secondary data including facility mapping, routine facility-based data, program monitoring and survey data to identify programmatic gaps to help evidence-informed strategic insights to strengthen facility interventions.
Roles and Responsibilities
Key Deliverables Expected from the Job Role:
- Lead the data analysis by triangulating facility assessment and other available data sources (facility based routine data, periodic assessments, survey data, etc.) to identify key programmatic gaps.
- Monitor and ensure high quality data through field visits to facility, community and health system assessments
- Contribute to the designing of primary study designs and tools.
- Ensure successful implementation of primary research to align the priorities of the organization and the government.
- Develop and well-defined analytical plans for the studies implemented.
- Conducted statistical analysis to generate factsheets and tables as per the analysis plan.
- Preparation of presentations of key findings to disseminate in different platforms.
- Develop evidence into knowledge products including flyers, briefs and reports for publication and dissemination.
- Prepare repository of all routine and periodic data related to health, particularly focusing on facility-level service monitoring data.
- Any other task assigned.
Qualifications and Experience
Essential Qualifications:
- PhD in Statistics / Demography / Public Health / Health Management or equivalent
- Candidates with additional training in data management/analysis will be given preference.
Essential experience:
- At least 7-10 years of experience in analysing large survey data and Programmatic M&E, preferably in public health or development sector
- Demonstrated management of program/facility based/government data system and liaison with government
- Proficiency in advanced statistical methods
- Expertise in data analysis using STATA and able to conduct GIS based analysis using Q-GIS and MS Excel advanced analysis
- Ability to conceptualize analyses framework using both survey and program data.
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