JOB OFFERS – MASANTE – Better Access to Health Care – Cameroon: Data Collection Monitors

MA SANTÉ [Better Access to Health Care] is a Cameroonian NGO based in Yaoundé. It was created in 2006 with the aim of contributing to improving access to health care in Cameroon through research, training and the implementation of health interventions. Its activities are organized from its head office in Yaoundé and its decentralized sites based at the regional annex hospital of Kousseri (Far North, Cameroon), at the CMA of Congo I (Douala, Cameroon), at the health district of Mogodé (Far North, Cameroon) and the Foumban health district (West, Cameroon).

Data Collection Monitor

The Data Collection Monitor will be responsible for supervising the collection activities of the team he is responsible for and his main tasks will be to:

Participate in training on quantitative data collection tools/methods
Ensure compliance of the data collection process within your team
Regularly check the quality of the data that will be produced by your team
Collect data from targets using tablets
Attend debriefing meetings
Report to the manager monitoring and evaluation of the project as well as its hierarchy
Ensure the availability and proper functioning of your team’s equipment
Prepare a final data collection report
Transmit the collected data to the data server

The eligibility conditions for the position of Data Collection Monitor are as follows:

Hold a degree in Biomedical Sciences, demography, statistics
Have a proven experience in monitoring hospital and community-based data collection
Be able to express oneself in French and English, expression in Arabic and Fulfulde would be an asset
Have proven experience in monitoring data quality
Have a good mastery of community activities,
Have knowledge of one of the target regions of the study
Be available for a survey for the period from October 15 to December 15
Mastery of data collection tools will be an asset (KOBO collect, ODK collect)

Composition of the application file:

The application file written in French or English will include

A curriculum vitae of no more than two pages;
A cover letter specifying the subject of the application, the chosen region;
Copy of the National Identity Card;
Copies of the highest diploma;
All documents attesting to experience in the field.

NB: In the candidate selection process, a language test and use of a tablet to administer a questionnaire could be organized. Only pre-selected candidates will be contacted

How to submit your application:

Applications must either be submitted no later than October 11, 2023 at 5 p.m. at the Association’s headquarters: Yaoundé, Biyem-Assi District, opposite Wisdom Academic Complex; be sent to the following address:

secretariat@masante-cam.org with a copy to cmmassante@gmail.com .

NB: Specify in the subject of your email the title of the chosen position