Job Title: Senior Research Consultant
Department: Malaria & WASH
Based in: Cameroon
Supervisor: Senior Research Advisor, Malaria and WASH
Who are we ?
Population Services International (PSI) is a leading global non-profit social marketing organization. We are a diverse group of more than 4,500 entrepreneurial development professionals, spanning more than 35 countries, committed to empowering all people to lead healthier lives and build the families they want. PSI leverages its global presence and more than 50 years of experience to help reimagine healthcare. We work to shape market systems, shift policies and financing, and build global capabilities to better support consumer-driven health care.
What we are looking for
From 2008 to 2017, the ACTwatch research project , led by PSI, provided the most reliable source of nationally representative market data on antimalarial and diagnostic products in 12 countries in sub-Saharan Africa and the sub-region. Great Mekong. National surveys on antimalarial product markets made it possible to collect information on the availability, price and market share of antimalarial products and RDTs. See www.actwatch.org for more information.
Supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, PSI is updating its ACTwatch model to collect new private sector market data. ACTwatch Lite, which began in late 2022, leverages a digital ecosystem to reduce fieldwork lead times and minimize the gap between the completion of fieldwork and the availability of study results. The updated results will inform national and subnational decision-making and serve as a basis for defining and monitoring private sector interventions in malaria.
We are looking for an experienced researcher to provide ongoing support to the ACTwatch Lite project in Cameroon. This role will involve supporting the preparation, implementation and dissemination of a malaria market research project, with duration of employment varying from part-time to full-time depending on the phase of the project. The consultant must be based in Cameroon and the consultation will take place mainly in Yaoundé. See contributions for more details on expectations.
Your contributions
You will work closely with PSI’s ACTwatch Lite core team, under the supervision of the Malaria & WASH Senior Research Advisor, as well as our colleagues at ACMS (Cameroon Association for Social Marketing).
The consultant will provide ongoing support to the project in Cameroon, in particular:
- Become familiar with the details of the study and the tool
- Support the development and finalization of training materials, manuals and standard field operations procedures
- Support interviewer training, including classroom activities and field testing
- Oversee fieldwork in 1 region of Cameroon, including providing daily updates to ACMS and the ACTwatch Lite team
- Provide quality assurance and ensure that the highest standards of data quality and research ethics are met
- Support the ACMS/ACTwatch Lite team in interpreting results
- Support the project dissemination workshop with presentations and help lead discussions as needed
- Other tasks required on the project (testing digital questionnaires, managing cases of reluctance, etc.)
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Your profile
We are looking for the following profile:
- 6 years or more of experience in health research, ideally in the field of malaria and/or NGOs
- Experience in conducting large-scale quantitative surveys
- Experience working with key stakeholders, including government stakeholders
- Experience designing and organizing training for field workers
- Experience in digital data collection (SurveyCTO, KoboCollect, ODK, etc.)
- Experience supervising field workers
- Professional mastery of French and English (intermediate level)
- Able to communicate complex ideas simply and effectively;Â can adapt their communication style to different audiences
- Computer experience (Microsoft Word, Excel, etc.)
Key information about the position
The successful candidate will benefit from an indefinite quantity contract (IQC) for a period of up to 65 days. Individual task orders will be issued under the CQI with specific details for that assignment, including detailed scope of work, expected deliverables, exact dates and number of days allocated for task completion. #LI-DNI
