Workplace: Oromia and Afar region 

Employment type: Contract

Duration: 45 days (with possibility of extension)

Required number: 18 (Eighteen) for Afar region and 20 (twenty) for Oromia Region

Gender: Female /Male  

Report to:  Nutrition, Environmental Health and Non-communicable Disease Research Directorate

Salary: 15,000 

The Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) strives to address nutrition and health-related problems by conducting population-based research and contributing to the effective implementation of the Food and Nutrition Policy and Strategy in Ethiopia. To this end, the Nutrition, Environmental Health and Non-communicable Disease Research Directorate of EPHI in collaboration with the World Food Program, is planning to conduct research on baseline assessment of strengthen the nutrition sensitivity of social protection project in Ethiopia (SNASSP)

School Feeding programs and the Productive Safety Net Program (PSNP) play vital roles in building resilience and addressing malnutrition among vulnerable households and children. School Feeding initiatives provide meals to children during school hours, that support healthy growth and cognitive development. Beyond food plate, it yields significant returns in key areas, including education and gender equality, health and nutrition, social protection, as well as local economies and agriculture.

Similarly, PSNP supports effort to combat food insecurity and malnutrition. The PSNP's focus on building community assets and resilience that further strengthens its impact, ensuring that households can sustainably improve their food security and nutritional status over time. These initiatives complement each other in addressing the multifaceted challenges of malnutrition across the country.

To strengthen these programs Nutrition-Sensitive, gender-transformative packages will be piloted within the SFP and PSNP platform in Afar and Oromia regions. Therefore, EPHI will collect baseline data in the intervention areas before the implementation of a program. 

Job Requirements

• BSc in Human Nutrition, Food science and nutrition, Public health and Nurses with experience in health research data collection (nutrition and health)

• Able to understand the tools developed for data collection

• Good communication and teamwork experience

Language: For Oromia region; Speaking and reading skills in Afaan Oromo and English and 

for Afar region; Speaking and reading skills in either in Afarigna or Amharic and English are mandatory.

Duty station/location: The selected candidate will be assigned to the study location in either Oromia or Afar region. Applicants are required to indicate their preferred region in their application letter based on the language requirement

Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Each data collector will visit the randomly selected Housholds from the list of eligible households.

2. Identify and obtain informed consent from the selected target groups for a follow-up visit.

3. The data collector would interview all selected target groups in the household and accurately record their responses.

4. Review each questionnaire on the tablet prior to leaving the survey respondents house and make sure all questions are answered correctly.

5. Data collector should be willing to stay at the study site until the end of the study period

6. Each data collector is required to ensure the quality and integrity of the data collected are of high standard.

7. Each data collector is required to maintain good team spirit with team members

8. Each data collector should be willing to take additional responsibilities.

How to Apply

Note  Interested applicants can register in Online through THIS LINK send their CVs and relevant documents at the address given below within 07 days from the first appearance of the announcement

Remarks: Please attach copies of transcripts, academic degree, work experience  letters together with the application. If not attached the copies you may be not short listed.