Survey Coordinator – Abuja/FCT

ORGANIZATION AND PROJECT BACKGROUND

Malaria Consortium is implementing household surveys to evaluate Nigeria’s 2026 insecticide-treated net campaign. The surveys include baseline, immediate post-campaign verification and one-month post-campaign assessments.

ROLE PURPOSE

The Survey Coordinator will lead and coordinate household survey teams in the Federal Capital Territory, ensuring that sampling, community entry, data collection and reporting follow the approved protocol.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead approximately four household-interview teams and coordinate their daily deployment.
• Support survey training, field practice and interpretation of the protocol and standard operating procedures.
• Sensitize community leaders and relevant local stakeholders before fieldwork.
• Support the identification and orientation of community mobilisers.
• Ensure wards, settlements and households are selected in accordance with approved sampling procedures.
• Coordinate household enumeration and preparation of sample lists.
• Monitor field progress, data quality, uploads and team performance.
• Resolve operational, community-entry and technical problems promptly.
• Arrange approved mobiliser payments and maintain supporting documentation.
• Submit timely field updates, incident reports and final survey documentation.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Postgraduate qualification in health sciences or another relevant discipline.
• Approximately five to seven years of experience coordinating household surveys, public-health research or comparable field studies.
• Demonstrated experience supervising multiple field teams and maintaining data quality.
• Ability to communicate effectively in English.
• Hausa and Gbagyi language ability is an advantage for the Federal Capital Territory assignment.

SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

• Survey planning and field-team leadership.
• Sampling-procedure compliance and household enumeration.
• Community entry and stakeholder engagement.
• Data-quality monitoring and problem resolution.
• Mobile data-collection oversight.
• Clear reporting, documentation and accountability.

CONTRACT DETAILS

• Assignment type: Temporary survey consultancy.
• Duty location: Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria.
• Expected survey period: August to October 2026.
• Salary or fee: Not specified.
• Exact contract duration: Not specified.
• Number of positions: Not specified.

SAFEGUARDING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

The coordinator must ensure that field teams respect informed consent, confidentiality, data protection and do-no-harm requirements. Malaria Consortium participates in the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. Role-specific safeguarding classification: Not specified.

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS

Apply through the official Malaria Consortium Kobo application form before 21 August 2026. Complete all required sections and upload the documents requested by the form.