Survey Consultant – Sightsavers

Title of Consultancy: Analysis of MDA coverage evaluation surveys 

Location: The Consultant can be based across any of our Programme Countries, including Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, or Zimbabwe. Sightsavers will accept applications from other regions. 

Type of Contract: Consultancy 

Reports to: Director of Epidemiology Unit 

Project Background 

Sightsavers support a number of mass drug administration (MDA) coverage evaluation surveys (CES) to validate reported coverage and understand where, amongst who and why there may be low coverage. There are a number of upcoming schistosomiasis/soil-transmitted helminths CES in 2023, that require support for the statistical analysis (using STATA), these are in Chad (13 Evaluation Units (EUs) in phase 1 and 18 EUs in phase 2), Nigeria (approx. 14 EUs) and DRC (10 EUs). 

Sightsavers already have standardised STATA do-files, although they will need to be adapted for each country. There is also a standard analysis plan that will need to be followed, although with possibility to do further analysis as suggested by the data. 

Deliverables 

• Completed do-files for each of the three countries  
• Cleaned datasets for each of the three countries  

• Analysis report, one for each of the three countries (EU-level data) – as per analysis plan and standardised report template  

Timeframe of Project 

The CES analysis is for completion this year, as per the following timeframe. 

In total this Consultancy will be for 17 days work over the course of Q3 and Q4, with a view for repeat work after completion. 

Budget and payment schedule 

As agreed between Sightsavers and the consultant.

• Ability to conduct analysis of survey data, ideally related to MDA but this is not essential. 
• Previous experience of survey analysis. 
• Good knowledge of using STATA is essential. 
• Can produce clear and well-formatted graphs and tables, using STATA or excel. 
• Good statistical analysis skills 
• Fluent English 
• Consultant must have access to STATA already, as this will not be supplied. 

Selection Criteria: Sightsavers is committed to running a fair and transparent tender process and ensuring that all bidders are treated and assessed equally during this process. Bidder quotation responses will be evaluated against Essential Criteria, Capability Criteria, Sustainability Criteria and Commercial Criteria.  These criteria have been especially created to help us determine which bidder is able to offer the best quality and most commercially competitive solution to meet our needs and deliver the most effective programming to our beneficiaries. 

Please read the Terms of Reference and upload your CV and examples of previous similar work during the application process, at which point you will also be asked to complete our Expression of Interest form (EOI). Please ensure your application is in English.

We anticipate that remote interviews will take place during the last week of July/first week of August.The evaluation process will include a written task and oral interview.

Closing date: 23 July 2023

Please beadvised that we will be reviewing application during the course of the advert, so we may invite you to an interview during this period, and therefore could close the advert early.

As a global equal opportunities employer, Sightsavers is committed to embracing diversity throughout our workforce by creating an inclusive environment that reflects the many cultures and locations where we work. Our workforce will be truly representative of all sections of society and we will actively promote the inclusion of individuals with a disability. Sightsavers is a Disability Confident Leader and qualified people with a disability are particularly encouraged to apply.

Sightsavers is an employer that does not tolerate any form of harassment and has zero tolerance for sexual exploitation and abuse. All potential candidates will be subjected to rigorous background checks and controls.