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Sagino Paul

@saginopaul

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Field researcher specializing in public health, nutrition, and data quality.

Tanzania

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What I'm looking for

I seek field-based roles focused on nutrition/health research, DQA, and M&E where I can ensure data quality, support teams, and drive evidence-based program improvements in community-focused organizations.

I am a public-health focused field researcher with extensive experience in quantitative and qualitative data collection, data quality assurance, and community engagement across multiple regions in Tanzania.

I have worked on nutrition, health service assessments, and program implementation monitoring for organizations including World Vision Tanzania, Management for Development of Health, Africa Academy for Public Health, Save the Children, and Project Concern International.

My strengths include conducting household surveys, anthropometric measurements for children under five, DQA using ODK, transcription and translation (Swahili-English), and facilitating research trainings and field team supervision.

I am committed to rigorous data quality, collaborative fieldwork, and using evidence to improve nutrition and health programs in communities.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Research Assistant

World Vision Tanzania

Jan 2025 - Feb 2025 (1 month)

Conducted household data collection and anthropometric measurements for nutrition assessment of under-five children across Manyara region, ensuring data synchronization and reporting field observations to supervisors.

Anthropometric Data Nutrition Assessments Questionnaire Administration Field Reporting Data Quality Assurance

School Service Officer

Pamoja Tuwalishe Program

Jun 2023 - Dec 2023 (6 months)

Served as primary liaison between program-supported schools, communities, and local government to implement school feeding, health clubs and nutrition activities and manage stores and kitchens.

Implementation Training Monitoring & Evaluation Nutrition Activities

Research Assistant

Management for Development of Health

Sep 2022 - Oct 2022 (1 month)

Conducted baseline/midline/endline surveys and DQA at health facilities using ODK, performed COVID-19 data verification and synchronized verified data for Afya Kwanza and Afya Jumuishi projects.

Health Facility DQA Field Training

Research Assistant

African Academy for Public Health

Apr 2021 - May 2021 (1 month)

Organized and supervised qualitative and quantitative data collection and training for operational research on sustainable nutrition, managed data synchronization, analysis and reporting in Rukwa region.

Qualitative Research Quantitative Research Data Analysis Field Supervision Report Writing

Quantitative Research Assistant

African Academy for Public Health

Nov 2020 - Dec 2020 (1 month)

Collected endline study data, ensured adherence to study protocols, maintained daily reporting and confidentiality, and supported scheduling and field data quality for the EFFECTS study.

Data Quality Scheduling Confidentiality Field Reporting Interview Coordination Survey Tools

Quantitative Research Assistant

African Academy for Public Health

Nov 2019 - Dec 2019 (1 month)

Performed midline data collection for the EFFECTS study, maintaining data quality, daily reporting, and coordination with supervisors and the research team.

Data Quality Assurance

Quantitative Research Assistant

African Academy for Public Health

Oct 2018 - Feb 2019 (4 months)

Conducted baseline survey data collection for the EFFECTS study in Mara region, ensuring protocol compliance, data quality and regular reporting to project supervision.

Baseline Surveys Data Collection & Compliance Field Reporting Team Meetings

Data Quality Assurance Assistant

Project Concern International

Jul 2018 - Sep 2018 (2 months)

Implemented qualitative and quantitative formative research protocols, managed transcription and translation quality checks, and uploaded study materials for international review for the EFFECTS formative study.

Qualitative Methods Transcription Translation Data Quality Assurance Interview Facilitation

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Project Concern International / collaborators (EFFECTS training)

Training Certificate, Qualitative Research

2018 - 2018

Activities and societies: Training included interviews, FGDs, KIIs, transcription, translation, and use of digital data collection tools.

Undertook qualitative data collection training for the EFFECTS formative research (July 5–16, 2018) covering early nutrition, WASH, IYCF, ECD, qualitative methods and ethics.

Pact Tanzania (training)

Training Certificate, Monitoring and Evaluation

2013 - 2013

Completed training on Data Quality Assessment, routine data quality management and monitoring and evaluation in September 2013.

St. Augustine University of Tanzania, Mwanza Campus

Bachelor of Arts, Sociology

Activities and societies: Studied topics including project management, gender, human resources, social ethics, human rights, labor law, criminology, rural and urban sociology, medical sociology, conflict management, industrial organization, social psychology and public health.

Completed a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology, graduating in October 2012 with coursework in social research, gender, human rights, criminology, and public health.