Farmers Skills Project
Position: Field Officers and Team Leaders
Deadline to Apply: 21st
June 2015
Start Date: 27th July 2015 (subject to change)
Location: Siaya Town
Eligibility: Position
open to local Kenyan hires only
About Innovations for Poverty Action: is a non-profit organization dedicated to
discovering and promoting effective solutions to global poverty problems.
In close partnership with decision
makers -- the policymakers, practitioners, investors, and donors working with
the poor around the world -- IPA designs and evaluates potential solutions to
poverty problems using randomized evaluations, the most rigorous evaluation
method available.
We also mobilize and support these
decision makers to use these solutions to build better programs and policies at
scale
Project Specifics: Presently, we are conducting a follow-up survey to
analyze the impacts of farmer managed research trials currently being
implemented by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
(IITA).
The research trials were first
implemented during the long rain season of 2014 and this follow up survey
should be conducted just after the harvest. Including training, the survey
round is expected to last approximately six weeks.
Field officers will gain valuable experience in field data collection. Field officers will work directly with survey respondents.
The field officers will work closely
with team leaders and project managers to improve their own skills. Field
officers will be based in Siaya town and will travel throughout Yala, Ugunja,
Ukwala, Wagai and Boro. The field officers will be expected to work Monday
through Friday.
In addition, team leaders will be
selected from the pool of field officers. The team leaders will report directly
to the project manager and will be responsible for coordinating the activities
of a small team of field officers.
Team leaders will organize transport,
ensure that data is collected from field officers and properly transferred to
project supervisors, ensure that payments are being made to respondents
correctly, and coordinate with village partners to conduct data collection
activities.
Tasks, Duties and Responsibilities:
- Arrive to work promptly and reliably, always
setting an example for one’s colleagues.
- Interact with community members with the
highest level of integrity and understanding.
- Collaborate with teammates to improve own
skills and those of teammates.
- Collecting data using Netbooks
Team leader
- Supervise field officers conducting data
collection and provide feedback field coordinator
- Coordinating with field officers for
scheduling of respondents for data collection activities
- Assist in the management of data collection
activities: collecting data from field officers on a daily basis, and
turning over data to project manager
Qualifications:
Required
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- At least basic computer skills
- Fluency in Luo
Desired
- Bachelors’ degree or college
diploma/certificate in Agriculture, Economics, Social Work or related
fields.
- Experience working on data collection
activities, especially computer-assisted interviewing
To Apply:
To apply please send by email a cover
letter and detailed CV, 3 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.
Please name the documents as follow:
- For the CV: IPAFS.CV.NameCandidate. Example:
IPAFS.CV.JonhSmith
- For the Cover letter: IPAFS.CL.NameCandidate.
Example: IPAFS.CL.JonhSmith
Applications can be submitted by ONLY
email to jobs-kenya@poverty-action.org hard copies will not be accepted.
Please ensure that the subject line
reads: “Field Officer / Team Leader” REF NO. Farmers Skills-2015-05-01.
Only short-listed candidates will be
contacted by email for an interview.
Applicants are encouraged to apply
early, as applications will be reviewed on a ROLLING BASIS.
Disclaimer: The above statements are intended to describe the
general nature and level of the work being performed by the (Field Officer/Team
Leader). 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 (cc:
kfriedman@poverty-action.org).