Employment type: Contract

Duration: 45 days (with possibility of extension)

Required number: 01

Gender: Female /Male 

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

Salary: 25,000 

Job Description:

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 Ministry of Health and World Bank, is planning to conduct research on Minimum acceptable dietary intake among children aged 6–23 months in selected Woredas of Ethiopia.

The Minimum Acceptable Diet (MAD) is one of the eight main indicators that the World Health Organization (WHO) has developed to evaluate infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices for children aged 6 to 23 months.  It was the original indicator included in the Global Nutrition Monitoring Framework, which was defined as indicators for assessing infant and young child feeding practices; proportion of children 6–23 months of age who receive foods from 5 or more food groups.

Proper feeding practice in children aged 6–23 months significantly reduces the morbidity and mortality caused by malnutrition. The age of 6–23 months is a critical window for improving child nutrition because deficits acquired by this age are difficult to reverse.

In order to strengthen the program, inclusive estimates of the extent of minimum acceptable diet are needed for the programmatic intervention of malnutrition within the context of ensuring a minimum acceptable diet. Therefore, this study aims to estimate the current prevalence of minimum acceptable diet among all specific purpose grant (SPG) pilot woredas in Ethiopia through collecting relevant data in the areas. 

Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Identify selected kebeles, EAs and households to be surveyed in the selected woredas.

2. Facilitate household listing in the enumeration areas.

3. Develop a plan for the household visit and interviews and coordinate field workers schedule at the selected kebeles

4. Ensure field workers have all the necessary survey supplies and equipment. 

5. Ensure all the necessary survey supplies and forms are collected before leaving to field and each day before going out to the field for data collection

6. Supervise daily data collection of the field workers

7. Ensure field workers follow instructions 

8. Assist in anthropometry measurements.

9. Assist field workers in obtaining informed consent from the study participants 

10. Track the number of interviews completed each day 

11. Check and approve the data collected by the field workers 

12. Ensure the field worker sends data on daily basis 

13. Provide feedback to field workers and answer their questions 

14. Help resolve any problems that field workers might have in finding the selected respondents, understanding the questionnaire or dealing with difficult respondents. 

15. Report progress and problems to field coordinator, project manager and local authorities

16.  Should be able to take on additional responsibilities assigned by coordinator

Job Requirements

• Master’s degree in Applied Human Nutrition, Public Health Nutrition, Food and Nutrition, Public Health, or other health-related disciplines from a recognized academic institution, along with at least two years of professional experience and previous survey supervisor

Language: 

• Speaking and reading skills in Afaan Oromo, Amharic and English is must.

• Duty station/location: The selected candidate will be assigned to the study location in Oromiya region.

How To Apply

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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.