Field Team Leader Medical at Ministry of Health

Overall Job Function

Reporting to their respective Regional Coordinator, the Field Team Leader will be responsible for coordinating a 7-person team (interviewers, HBTC counsellors & laboratory technologists and  driver) to conduct the KENPHIA door-to-door survey across Kenya.

Job Responsibilities

• Ensure that Field Team members adhere to KENPHIA protocol and standard operating procedures
• Manage work schedules for field team members and align with supply chain to ensure all necessary materials are available when needed for ground level survey implementation activities
• Ensure that daily data collection activities run smoothly and all selected households and eligible members within an Enumeration Area have been properly interviewed and all required biomedical samples are collected, tested and appropriate referrals given
• Oversee ground level supply chain including submitting timely requests, recording receipt and ensuring correct storage of all necessary survey implementation materials
• Ensure timely submission of required reports as is requested

Requirements

• Diploma or degree in nursing, Psychology, clinical medicine or other social sciences
• Must have survey experience with a supervision or leadership role. Experience working with the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics in surveys and/or research surveys will be an added advantage. Competence in logistics and deployment planning experience obtained through participation in similar household-based surveys, which should include the coordination of teams, vehicle route planning and tracking of sample shipments
• Proficiency in the use of mobile-based data collection tools such as tablets
• Availability for full time field work anywhere in Kenya
• Availability to work non-standard working hours (evening, weekends and holidays)