Enumerator (Data Collector) – Ethiopian Public Health Institute
Health Care
Ethiopian Public Health Institute
The Ethiopian Public Health Institute(EPHI) is established by the council of ministers regulation No. 301/2013 which recognize the Institute an autonomous federal government office having its own legal personality. The institute is accountable for the Federal Minister of Health.
The institute shall have the following objectives:
1. Undertake research, based on national public health research agenda, on priority health and nutrition problems, and generate, absorb and disseminate scientific and technological knowledge to improve the health of the general public;
2. In collaboration with the concerned bodies conduct surveillance for the early identification and detection of public health risks and prevent public health emergencies through adequate preparedness; and alert, warn and dispatch timely information during public health emergency, respond effectively and timely and ensure rapid recovery of the affected population from the impact of the public health emergency;
3. Strengthen its laboratories with trained man power and technology to undertake problem solving researches provide effective response to public health emergencies, carry out referral diagnostic and analytical tests; and support the capacity building of health and food science laboratories at the national level to enable them provide quality
laboratory services.
The Institute secures average annual revenue of 25 million Birr and more than 20 million USD (in cash and in kind) from different donors.
The Ethiopian Public Health Institute, EPHI shall have advisory board in respect of policy, strategy and other major institutional matters.
Location: All regions
Duration of contract: 2 months, with possible extension
Required number: Eighty (80)
Report to: field supervisor and concerned directorate
Job Summary: The post-holder will be travel to assigned regions, and will work under the field supervisor and concerned directorate in Ethiopian Public Health Institute.
Major duties and responsibilities:
The enumerator occupies the central position in the NHE survey because he/she collects information from respondents. Therefore, the success of the NHE survey depends on the quality of each interviewer’s work.
In general, once a selected enumeration areas (EAs) and districts have been located, the responsibilities of an interviewer include the following:
1.Attend and participate fully in training (main training)
2.Pre-test the survey instruments.
3.Identifying all eligible respondents (household head, other interviewees in the households, Health administrative structure policy makers, planner and managers/directors/ who have served on the position)
4.Interviewing all eligible respondents in the EAs and selected households using the appropriate questionnaire
5.Interviewing all eligible respondents in the Regional Health Bureau, and Zone Health Departments using the appropriate questionnaire
6.Checking completed questionnaires to be sure that all questions were asked and the responses neatly and legibly recorded
7.Maintain good team spirit with team members (co-enumerator and supervisor)
8. Collect data as per protocol, including following skip patterns, and asking questions as instructed
9.Report all best practices and challenges to the supervisor
10.Forward to the supervisor all completed questionnaires daily
11.Work under the supervision/guidance of the field supervisor
· Must have minimum of B.Sc. degree in health-related fields including Medical doctor, health service management, Health officer, health economics, Nursing, midwifery, laboratory technology, pharmacy, or environmental health.
· Must have at least 3 years’ experience.
· Must have experience in a similar role in other community related surveys Must have experience in a similar role in other community based surveys (preferable: Measles coverage survey, EPI survey, DHS, Covid-19 Risk Perception behavioral response Community survey)
Additional Job Requirements:
· Experience in quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis
· Computer programming experience is preferred
·Excellent communication skills
· Good written and spoken English
· Ability to build rapport and feel comfortable working in a team
· Ability to read text, absorb and pick out the interesting, important and relevant parts
· Willingness to learn and develop skills
· Knowledge of data backup/recovery
· Experience with database management using CSPro
** Female candidates are highly encouraged to apply.
ETB 11,419.00
