AIDHealth Recruitment for Multiple Positions

JOB ALERT: AIDHEALTH INC. RECRUITMENT 2026

Advancing Health for Humanitarian Support Initiative (AIDHealth Inc.) is recruiting qualified candidates for multiple safeguarding, research, translation, and field data collection positions in Nigeria.

AIDHealth Inc. is a non-religious, not-for-profit organisation registered with Nigeria’s Corporate Affairs Commission in 2024. The organisation works to improve healthcare access for marginalised and displaced populations through health equity, humanitarian assistance, and community-driven interventions.

1. SAFEGUARDING FOCAL POINT PERSONNEL

Job IDs: KBL-01, KBL-02, KBL-03
Location: Hybrid
Employment Type: Part-time
Engagement: Approximately 15 days between January and June 2027 during the baseline phase
Eligibility: Women only

Key Responsibilities

Verify and publish a referral directory covering gender-based violence (GBV), psychosocial, legal, and protection services in Kano.
Deliver safeguarding, Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA), GBV-sensitive interviewing, and psychological first aid training.
Ensure field staff are vetted and have signed the Code of Conduct.
Manage the complaints and feedback line during baseline fieldwork.
Respond to concerns within 48 hours and report safeguarding incidents to the project partner within 24 hours.
Manage disclosures and referrals using a survivor-centred approach and informed consent.
Prepare the baseline safeguarding summary.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Social Work, Psychology, Public Health, Law, or a related field; an MSc is preferred.
At least five years of experience in GBV, child protection, or PSEA.
Training in survivor-centred approaches and psychological first aid.
Knowledge of referral services in Kano.
Fluency in Hausa and English.
Experience supporting research teams or training community-based field staff is an advantage.

Application Deadline: 15 October 2026

2. HAUSA TRANSCRIBER-TRANSLATOR

Job IDs Listed: KBL-01, KBL-02, KBL-03
Location: Nigeria
Employment Type: Full-time, hybrid
Engagement: Approximately 12 audio hours in February 2027, with potential for larger assignments during subsequent research rounds.

Key Responsibilities

Transcribe cognitive interview recordings verbatim in Hausa.
Use standard Hausa orthography, preserving special characters such as ɓ, ɗ, ƙ, and ʼy.
Translate transcripts into English in a timestamp-aligned, two-column format.
Retain Hausa idioms with brief explanatory notes.
Identify words and questions misunderstood by respondents.
Deliver transcripts within five working days and maintain confidentiality.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or HND in Hausa, Linguistics, Translation, English, or a related field.
At least three years of Hausa–English transcription or translation experience in research or media.
Native Hausa speaker with knowledge of the Kano dialect (Kananci).
Excellent written English.
Experience transcribing sensitive health, gender, or family-related content is an advantage.

Application Deadline: 16 October 2026

3. FIELD SUPERVISORS — 10 OPENINGS

Job IDs Listed: KBL-01, KBL-02, KBL-03
Location: Kano, hybrid
Contract Type: Daily contract
Engagement: February–March 2027
Available Positions: 10 — five female and five male

Key Responsibilities

Supervise a team of four enumerators during household listing and respondent selection.
Ensure women interview women and men interview men.
Accompany 5% of interviews and review completed tablet forms daily.
Manage household revisits and record contact details for follow-up.
Ensure field team safety and report incidents or safeguarding concerns on the same day.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or HND.
At least three years of experience supervising tablet-based household surveys in Northern Nigeria.
Experience using KoboToolbox or SurveyCTO.
Experience with sensitive research topics, including health, gender, or protection.
Must reside in Kano.
Fluency in Hausa and English.
Previous experience with panel surveys or international research organisations is an advantage.

Application Deadline: 16 October 2026

Important: Shortlisted field applicants will be invited to a Hausa reading and interview test on Friday, 15 January 2027.

4. ENUMERATORS — 60 OPENINGS

Job ID: KBL-06
Location: Kano, hybrid
Available Positions: 60 — 30 female and 30 male
Contract Type: Daily contract
Engagement: Approximately 30 days during February–March 2027, including eight days of paid training.

Key Responsibilities

List households and select respondents using the Kish grid.
Obtain informed consent, including permission for future follow-up.
Conduct approximately 45-minute tablet-based interviews in Hausa in a private setting.
Complete approximately four interviews per day.
Follow safeguarding and distress-response protocols.
Provide participants with appreciation tokens and discreet referral cards.
Record follow-up contact details and synchronise data daily.

Requirements

HND or higher qualification.
At least one year of household survey experience using tablets or smartphones.
Must reside in Kano and understand the city and peri-urban local government areas.
Native Hausa speaker with good English.
Patient, respectful, non-judgemental, accurate, and comfortable with long field days.

Gender Requirement: Female enumerators will interview women, while male enumerators will interview men.

Application Deadline: 15 January 2027

Important: Applicants must score at least 80% in the post-training test to be deployed. Strong performers may be re-engaged for the midline and endline research rounds.

5. HAUSA CODERS / ANALYSTS — 4 OPENINGS

Job ID: SL-04
Location: Nigeria
Work Arrangement: Fully remote
Available Positions: Four — two women and two men
Engagement: Contracted research assistants

Key Responsibilities

Code Hausa social media posts for tone, stance, themes, and narratives using a secure annotation platform.
Double-code a reference dataset and participate in weekly reliability checks.
Translate selected Hausa quotations into English.
Flag posts that may indicate risks to identifiable individuals.
Submit community feedback reports through the project reporting line.

Requirements

First degree in Social Sciences, Language, Media, or a related field.
At least two years of experience in research assistance, qualitative coding, transcription, or translation.
Native Hausa speaker who can read Boko (Roman-script Hausa).
Knowledge of Ajami (Arabic-script Hausa) is an advantage.
Good written English.
Active familiarity with Hausa social media, slang, proverbs, and code-switching.
Ability to work remotely with minimal supervision.

Application Deadline: 15 October 2026

Important: Engagement depends on the research contract being awarded.

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HOW TO APPLY

For Positions 1–4:
Send your application to aidhealthinc@gmail.com.

Applicants should include:

A CV of no more than four pages.
A short cover note confirming availability.
Expected daily rate.
Two professional referees.

Use the relevant job ID and position title as the email subject.

Examples:

KBL-01 Field Supervisor
KBL-06 Enumerator

For Hausa Coders / Analysts (Position 5):

Send one PDF document containing:

CV of no more than four pages.
One-page cover note.
One work sample.
Details of two professional referees.

Email: info@aid-health.org
Email Subject: SL Application – SL-04 – [Full Name]

IMPORTANT NOTES

Applicants should carefully check the relevant job ID and position before submitting.
The safeguarding role is open to women only.
Women and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
AIDHealth Inc. states that it never charges a recruitment fee.
The organisation may re-engage strong performers for later research rounds, depending on project needs and contract arrangements.

Apply before the deadline for your preferred position.