Position: Field Officers
Deadline to apply:April 30th 2013
Start Date: May 13th 2013
Location: Western, Nyanza,
Rift-valley, Central, Eastern, Coast and Nairobi
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About the AHME project:
The AHME Impact Evaluation is an external evaluation of the
African Health Markets for Equity (AHME) initiative.
The goal of the impact evaluation is to rigorously evaluate the
extent to which transforming the business model of franchised providers and
expanding access to demand side financing through AHME generates effective and
cost-effective coverage of priority technologies and interventions amongst the
poor.
We are seeking Field Officers (FOs) to help on the different
areas of the project activities including but not limited to: conducting in
person interviews with health facilities’ in-charge, health providers and
households in the catchment areas, help organize, plan and facilitate Focus
Group Discussions, and, translating survey instruments to different
languages.
The Field Officers will be based in any of these regions:
Western, Nyanza, Rift-valley, Central, Eastern, Coast and Nairobi, and will
require travel in the regions.
He/she will work closely with fellow Field Officers, assistant
project managers, Project Manager (PM) and Project Coordinator (PC).
The FO will spend approximately 90% of his/her time in the field
and 10% of his/her time in the office
Tasks, Duties and Responsibilities
General
- Completion
of scheduled activities each day in a timely manner
- Interact
with community members and facility staff with the highest level of
integrity and understanding
- On
non-field days, conscientious performance of office work for instance
translations, training/learning
- Assist
in daily survey organization and storage
- Ensure
data integrity is maintained at all times and minimize errors in data
collection and transport
- Administer
facility surveys, provider surveys and household surveys
- Acquire
administrative and financial data from health care facilities
- Networking
with the different components of the project and reporting appropriately
- Help
organize/invite participants to FGDs
- Help
facilitate at Focus Group Discussions and or help in translations during
such discussions
Qualifications:
Required
- Excellent
oral and written communication skills in both English and Kiswahili
- Prior
experience in data collection (facility/institution surveys, household
surveys, academic tests, exit interviews, focus groups or observations)
- Ability
to recognize when questions are difficult or unclear to respondents
- Excellent
note taking ability during interviews and focus groups
- Willingness
to travel within the regions we are working in
- Comfortable
with interviewing individuals within their homes and outside healthcare
facilities
- Basic
computer knowledge and skills (mandatory)
- Ability
to comfortably work independently with groups and within groups
Desired
- Bachelors’
degree or college diploma in business administration and or finance,
health and /or social sciences (preferred)
- Past
experience working with health facilities in accounts, procurement and or
stock management Is an added advantage
- Previous
experience as a health worker is an added advantage
To apply:
Please clearly indicate which county you reside in and your
preferred location of work as per the provinces indicated above.
In addition send a cover letter and detailed CV, 2 references,
daytime phone number(s), and email address.
Your CV should include your scores or grades and other measures
of academic achievement, and details about any relevant work experience and
languages spoken fluently
Applications can be submitted to any of our branch
offices,
or by email to jobs-kenya@poverty-action.org
or by post office using P.O Box 373, Busia area code 50400
Kenya.
If you submit by email, please ensure that the subject line
reads: “FIELD OFFICER”REF NO: AHME-2013-04-01
Disclaimer:
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature
and level of the work being performed by the Field Officer.
The statements are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all
possible duties, tasks, and responsibilities.
Management reserves the right to amend and change
responsibilities to meet organizational needs as necessary.
Please note that IPA will never request any form of payment from
an applicant.
Applicants are encouraged to confirm the information listed above
with IPA prior to releasing any extensive personal information to the
organization.
Please direct questions to jobs-kenya@poverty-action.org.