Busara Center for Behavioral
Economics
Job Title: Field Officers
Job Title: Field Officers
Application Deadline: 3rd
May 2015
Start Date: 17th
May 2015
Busara is recruiting for the above positions for research on a mobile peer to peer lending platform that seeks to enable financing at the base of the Kenyan pyramid by the Kenyan base of the pyramid, the platform will act as a market place for Kenyans (or groups of Kenyans) to lend and borrow from each other.
Busara seeks to recruit field officers to help in the online recruitment of borrowers and lenders in the following areas; Leading Nairobi malls, Kawangware, Kibera and Mathare.
Responsibilities
- Field Officers will work individually and in a
team to administer surveys to Lenders and Borrowers in some of the leading
malls.
- They will organize data in the field, compile
survey information, translate between English and Swahili, and complete
other tasks required for the project or assigned by the Project lead.
- Be computer Literate
- Field Officers will be based in Nairobi,
Working outside of standard business hours in either morning, evening or
on weekends will sometimes be necessary.
Key Requirements:
Required
Required
- Degree or diploma graduate in social sciences,
developmental studies, economics or any other related course
- Should be computer literate
- Previous experience in data collection and
entry desired
- Excellent verbal and written communication
skills
- Previous experience in recruitment/enrollment
activities is an added advantage.
Work Duration: Successful
applicants will be hired for 3-4 weeks on a casual basis.
How to Apply:
To apply, please submit your CV and cover letter to jobs@busaracenter.org and ensure that the subject line reads: “Field Officer: REF NO: BU-2015-04-27”.
How to Apply:
To apply, please submit your CV and cover letter to jobs@busaracenter.org and ensure that the subject line reads: “Field Officer: REF NO: BU-2015-04-27”.
Only online applications shall be
considered.