Background
Malaria Consortium (MC) is a British registered charity (www.malariaconsortium.org) specialising in communicable disease control programmes. In the Republic of South Sudan MC provides support to the Ministry of Health (MoH). This includes high level technical support for the development of policies, guidelines, and strategies. It also includes capacity building work to strengthen the quality of care provided by health facilities. In the past year we have also begun implementation of community-based programmes focusing on controlling key childhood illnesses. Our current ICCM programmes are focused on the treatment of diarrhoea, malaria, pneumonia, and severe acute malnutrition.
Malaria Consortium is currently recruiting survey teams to carry out a SMART nutritional and mortality survey in Aweil Centre. The position is based in Northern Bahr el Ghazal and will report to the SMART Survey Nutrition Project Officer.
Duties
The team leader is responsible, in his team, for the successful implementation of the nutrition survey. The successful candidate will be responsible for the following duties:
? Complete a week of survey training
? Identify children eligible for the nutrition survey;
? Take anthropometric measurements of children in collaboration with their mothers (weight, height, mid-upper arm circumference, presence of oedema);
? Maintain all survey related paperwork in good order;
? Ensure all equipment is maintained & checked daily;
? Report any problems to the SMART Survey Team Leaders.
Experience, skills and qualifications
Essential
? Ability to read and write in English & Dinka;
? Good numeracy skills;
? Knowledge in the field of health / nutrition;
? Experience in the field of nutrition surveys;
? Physically fit enough to be comfortable walking for moderate distances carrying measuring equipment;
? Good communicator and ability to work in teams;
? Calm, patient, organized and open-minded;
? Good knowledge of the region and local languages.
Desirable
? A broad range of experience, including logistics;
? Knowledge of humanitarian principles and respect for them.
Because of the limited duration of the survey, their function and responsibilities, survey teams are asked for flexibility in terms of hours and days worked.
Female applicants who meet the above requirements are strongly encouraged to apply.
Package: Casual contract with a fixed daily rate.
Contract duration: 2-3 weeks – Survey dependent
Contact Details: CVs can be handed into the Malaria Consortium Office, Ayuang, Aweil Town, or emailed to b.brown@malariaconsortium.org
Application Deadline: Friday 16th September 2011
Due to the urgency of these positions, screening of applications may begin before the closing deadline. Only successful applicants will be contacted for an interview. If you do not hear from us please consider your application unsuccessful.
SMART nutrition Survey-Surveyor Malaria Consortium (MC)
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