Quantitative Data Collector

Job Description

Position Title

Quantitative Data Collector

Project

Integrated Primary Health Care Service Delivery (IPHCSD) & Strengthening Service Delivery (SSD) Evaluation

Reports To

Mixed-Methods Field Supervisor / Evaluation Coordinator

Duty Station

Selected Study Woredas across Project Regions (Agrarian & Pastoralist)

Duration

20–25 Days (including training, pilot testing, and field deployment)

Project Background

JSI plans to evaluate the implementation progress, fidelity, and impact of primary healthcare reforms (including Health Post restructuring into BHPs/CHPs, Networks of Care, Village Health Leaders, and RMNCH service delivery platforms) under the Gates Foundation-funded IPHCSD and SSD projects across Ethiopia. The evaluation utilizes tablet-based tools for quantitative health facility audits, household surveys, and observations. This comprehensive assessment will be conducted across project implementation woredas in 8 regions of Ethiopia (Afar, Amhara, Central Ethiopia, Oromia, Sidama, Somali, Southwest Ethiopia and South Ethiopia), covering both agrarian and pastoralist contexts.

Core Responsibilities

• Training & Pre-Testing: Attend and successfully complete a comprehensive data collector training workshop and field pre-testing.

• Health Facility Audits: Conduct tablet-based quantitative field surveys at Health Posts, Health Centers, and Primary Hospitals.

• Household Surveys: Administer structured household survey modules with eligible mothers and caregivers regarding RMNCH service uptake, child immunization, and self-care packages.

• Infrastructure & Supply Audits: Perform physical observation audits of facility infrastructure, solar/water sources, vaccine refrigerators, and essential tracer drug stockouts.

• Data Quality & Sync: Ensure daily synchronization and submission of completed, error-free electronic survey forms to the central server.

• Ethical Compliance: Maintain strict compliance with human subject protection, informed consent protocols, and respondent confidentiality.

Job Requirements

• Educational Background: BSc Degree in Public Health, Nursing, Midwifery, Health Informatics, Demography, or related health science fields.

• Field Experience: Minimum 3 years of proven field experience in conducting quantitative health facility and household surveys in Ethiopia.

• Technical Skills: High proficiency in operating mobile electronic data collection platforms (SurveyCTO, or KoboToolbox).

• Language Skills: Fluency in written and spoken English and Amharic. Working proficiency in regional languages (Afan Oromo, Afar, or Somali) is highly required depending on deployment region.

• Domain Knowledge: Demonstrated understanding of Ethiopia's Primary Health Care (PHC) structure and Health Extension Program (HEP) optimization.

How To Apply

Interested applicants who met the above minimum requirements should send and apply at WWW.Ethiojobs.net. Please submit Only your application letter With a subject indicating your prefered location and CV in English detailing your expriance , exposure and skills that are relevant to the post. Please do not attach copies of your transcripts, academic degrees or recommendation letters with the application. You will provide them upon request.