[Jobs] AED seeks a Health/Nutrition Survey Specialist .

[Leora Lawton]

Hi all,
Below is a position announcement for the FANTA-2 Project at the Academy for
Educational Development.  They are looking for a sampling specialist who also has
international public health/nutrition experience.  Application instructions are at
the bottom.


AED seeks a Health/Nutrition Survey Specialist .

The Health/Nutrition Survey Specialist works with the Research Advisor and the
FANTA-2 Global Leadership Team to provide programmatic and technical support for
USAID-supported nutrition, food security, and monitoring and evaluation (M&E)
activities. In addition, the Health/Nutrition Survey Specialist manages several
FANTA-2 activities related to sampling and data collection, and has technical
responsibility for producing manuals and technical briefs to provide guidance on how
to operationalize FANTA-2 recommended sampling and data collection approaches. Lead
the scientific development and refinement of sampling instruments and protocols used
by FANTA-2 target audiences for their M&E needs, including those for program
monitoring, baseline assessments, and mid-term and final evaluations.

Qualified candidates will possess:

·         Master’s degree required and at least 7 years of relevant work experience
or a PhD degree and at least 1-2 years of relevant work experience.

·         Training in sampling, survey methods and/or statistics required.

·         Experience and expertise inprobability sampling methods, quantitative
program evaluation research and field experience collecting data in a
resource-constrained environment, required.

·         Experience designing health, nutrition and/or food security surveys,
required.

·         Experience with LQAS analysis methods, highly desirable.

·         Experience in the provision of technical assistance to programs at the
national and local levels, highly desirable.

·         Experience with USAID and PVO programs, including USAID’s Title II Food
Security programs, highly desirable.

·         Ability to work in a multi-cultural team consisting of people with
different technical backgrounds and with people with varying levels of technical
training.

·         Ability to undertake problem analyses and organize diverse information in
a systematic way while thinking creatively to propose approaches to improve program
design, implementation and results reporting.

·         Ability to work with others to translate technical materials into
practical tools and approaches and be able to communicate these options using print,
electronic and presentation services.

·         Facility with computing environments, including statistical software
programs such as Epi-Info, Stata and/or SPSS.

·         English fluency is essential and French, Portuguese, or Spanish ability
preferred.

·         Ability to travel up to 30% of the time.

Interested applicants should apply online or send resume with cover letter
referencing position #CB9430 to: AED/HR, 1825 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington,
D.C. 20009; For additional information, visit our website at http://www.aed.org.

We thank all individuals for their interest in AED, however only those selected for
interviews will be contacted.
Individuals responding to job postings are considered applicants if you meet the
following criteria: (1) have expressed interest through the Internet, email or other
related technologies, (2) are considered by the AED for a particular position, (3)
possess the basic qualifications for the position and (4) do not at any point remove
yourself from consideration.


-- 
Dr. Leora Lawton
Executive Director, Berkeley Population Center
 & Lecturer, Sociology Dept.
112A Survey Research Center
Corner Channing & Bowditch
(510) 643-1270 (office)
(510) 928-7572 (cell)