Trachoma Recorder (Consultancy) – The Fred Hollows foundation Ethiopia
Health Care, Research and Development
The Fred Hollows foundation Ethiopia
Working in around 22 countries, our vision is for a world where no one is needlessly blind, and Indigenous Australians enjoy the same health and life expectancy as other Australians. The Foundation is determined to be a key global player in ending avoidable blindness by 2020.
The Fred Hollows Foundation – Ethiopia has been registered and licensed by The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Charites and Societies Agency in accordance with Charities and Societies Proclamation No. 621/2009, and certificate number 2985, on 4 March 2013.
- Key role working as part Oromia Regional NTD Team
- Be a significant contributor to ending avoidable blindness
- Minimum of 7 days Contract at a time for training and 60 days for surveys (with multiple rounds in the year) based at selected towns for training and many rural villages for survey in Oromia.
Come and join our international development organization where we are working hard to eliminate avoidable blindness by 2023. With an ambitious strategic plan, we aim to take The Foundation even closer to realizing our vision of ending avoidable blindness.
To help us achieve our vision, we are currently looking for the positions specified in the table below with Essential criteria include.
- Knowledge and implementation of organizational strategies, systems, processes, and standards
- Strong collaborative skills, with the ability to support and influence multiple stakeholders
- Ability to work effectively in cross-cultural and local language.
- Strong communication skills including fluency in written and spoken English and the ability to write effectively for varied purposes and audiences.
- Energy, flexibility and resilience, a team playing approach, and a can-do attitude.
- Ability to work independently with minimum supervision.
Roles
- Play key role in recording the data as informed by grader for study HH members’ eyes for the presence or absence of TF, TI and TT
- Collect data of F&E as per the protocol
- Properly conduct the mobile data collection as per the protocol
- Communicate supervisor, FHFE facilitator for any challenge encountered in the field.
- Send/upload the cluster data on daily bases and ensure data completely sent to tropical data website
Eligibility Criteria
- Tropical Data-certified recorder,
- Willing to commit full time of 60 days at a time with possible extension
- Fluency in Oromifa is a preference
Education and Experience
- Candidate recorder trainers should be experienced in data collection and be thoroughly familiar with the operation of a smartphone.
- Have strong skill set for the tasks at hand and an ability to impart that skill set to others evidenced by one or more years of experience as filed data collector.
