Consultant, Field Enumerator, LOSHAK, Population Health
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Aga Khan University Hospital is hiring a Consultant, Field Enumerator for the LOSHAK Population Health study in Nairobi. The role involves conducting household interviews, deploying actigraphy, recruiting participants, and ensuring data is collected per study protocols and ethical standards. The position is full-time, middle-level, and requires fieldwork, with a deadline of 11 October 2026.
- Full-time middle-level research role on the LOSHAK population health study
- Based in Nairobi with fieldwork in Garissa and Turkana Counties
- Requires Public Health, Social Sciences, Community Health, Statistics, or related qualification
- Involves household interviews, CAPI-based data collection, and community engagement
- Deadline to apply is 11 October 2026
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Original source description
Job Title: Consultant, Field Enumerator, LOSHAK, Population Health J
Date Posted: 24/09/2026
Job Type: Full Time
Job Level: Middle
Employer: Aga Khan University Hospital
Industry: Medical
Salary: Open
Location: Nairobi
Country: Kenya
Deadline: 11/10/2026
Medical Jobs, AKUH Jobs. Responsible for collecting population health data, conducting field interviews and surveys, identifying and recruiting eligible participants, maintaining accurate research records, supporting community engagement, and ensuring data is collected according to study protocols and ethical standards. Requires a relevant qualification in Public Health, Social Sciences, Community Health, Statistics, or a related field. The position is based in Nairobi and requires fieldwork.
Job Summary.
The purpose of this role is to support data collection, i.e. conducting household interviews and deploying actigraphy for the LOSHAK study.
Terms of Reference
The study is seeking to hire 4 Research Assistants; two (2) based in Garissa County and two (2) based in Turkana County
Key Responsibilities
- Participate fully in enumerator training, household mapping and listing, pilot testing, and all preparatory activities, and successfully complete the certification process.
- Identify, locate, and visit assigned households and respondents according to the approved sampling procedures.
- Build rapport with sampled households and participants.
- Introduce the study, explain its objectives, and obtain informed consent from respondents before commencing interviews.
- Administer study questionnaires and other approved data collection tools using the designated Computer-Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI) application.
- Conduct interviews in a professional, respectful, and culturally appropriate manner while maintaining confidentiality.
- Collect complete, accurate, and timely data in accordance with the study protocol and field procedures while ensuring data integrity is maintained.
- Attend daily briefing and debriefing meetings and implement corrective actions as advised.
- Report any operational, technical, ethical, security, or data quality issues encountered during fieldwork and ensure documentation.
- Maintain a log and safeguard all project equipment, materials, and documents issued for fieldwork and frequently updating the Field Supervisor of their status.
- Comply with all study protocols, organizational policies, and fieldwork procedures.
- Perform any other field-related duties assigned by the field supervisor that are relevant to the successful implementation of the study.
- Conduct complex cognitive and neuropsychological assessment batteries (e.g., the 21-item Swahili Mental State Examination, 10-word recall, and animal naming modules) with all participants, maintaining high patience and testing fidelity.
- Identify instances requiring proxy informants when selected respondents experience significant cognitive or physical impairments, following standardized study rules.
- Perform precise clinical, physical, and anthropometric measurements including blood pressure readings, hand-grip strength tests (using dynamometers), height, weight, waist, and hip circumferences.
- Coordinate the deployment and retrieval of wearable physical activity trackers given to select participants as well as reporting any malfunctioning of devices for timely resolution
- Verify that all CAPI data entries are accurate, comprehensive, logical, and structurally consistent before field submission.
- Synchronize data daily with the central institutional secure server to allow real-time data monitoring and quality sweeps by the data management team.
- Maintain accurate tracking logs of all field visits, callbacks (in cases where participants were absent), and refusals and communicate this to supervisors.
- Resolve and/or provide clarity on all data quality issues that have been flagged for review by the DQA teams.
Qualifications
- Possess at least a Diploma in Statistics, Public Health, Community Health, Social Sciences, Demography, Epidemiology, Computer Science or a related field.
- Have previous experience conducting household, community-based, or population-based surveys.
- Previous experience in national surveys led by KNBS
- Have experience using tablets, smartphones, or electronic data collection systems (CAPI) or any web-based data capture platform (CAWI).
- Be familiar with handling basic clinical instruments (digital Blood Pressure machines, anthropometry devices, dynamometers).
- Be able to work independently under minimal supervision and as part of a team.
- Have fluency in English, Kiswahili, and the local language(s) spoken within the assigned study area.