GiveDirectly
Job Title: Field Officer
Reports to: Associate
Field Manager
Start date: 13th
October, 2015
Positions: 9
Duration: 3
months, with possibility of extension based on performance, availability of
funds and continuity of the organisation.
About GiveDirectly: GiveDirectly
is an NGO that provides direct, unconditional cash transfers to the extreme
poor.
Role Overview: The Enrollment Field Officer is the front-line of
interaction with recipients in enrolling them into GiveDirectly’s
program.
They visit recipient households,
administer surveys, and explain aspects of GiveDirectly’s program to
them.
Responsibilities and exact activities
vary by team.
A Field Officer must have a strong
interest in advancing the distinctive values and mission of GiveDirectly.
Responsibilities:
Census team
- Meet with village elders and guides to
understand village boundaries
- Working with a partner, visit every household
in the villages assigned
- Complete census surveys using ODK with
accurate data
Registration team
- Explain GiveDirectly’s program to eligible
households
- Provide cell phones and SIM cards as
appropriate
- Identify and eliminate ineligible households
- Complete surveys using ODK with accurate data
Back check team
- Explain safety and readiness information to
recipients
- Ensure someone in the household is ready to
operate the phone to access transfers
- Identify and eliminate ineligible households
- Complete surveys using ODK with accurate data
Special Enrollment team
- Barazas: explain GiveDirectly program to
recipients and non-recipients in a village meeting. Answer any questions.
- Audits: In suspicious cases, visit recipient
households and administer surveys to make a final determination of the
household’s eligibility status.
- A given Field Officer will be a member of one
of these teams.
Requirements
- Diploma or Degree in a relevant field.
- At least 1 year working experience with
vulnerable communities
- Fluency in English and Luo; excellent written
and oral communication skills.
- Basic computer knowledge and skills and good
typing skills.
- Comfortable interviewing individuals within
their homes in the field.
- Ability to comfortably work with and within
different teams.
How to Apply
Applications should include a Cover Letter (Indicate the vacancy number) and Current Curriculum Vitae with 3 references, daytime phone number(s), email address, your scores or grades and other measures of academic achievement, and details about any relevant work experience.
Interested candidates are invited to submit their applications via email to gd.kenya.jobs@gmail.com.
Please ensure that the subject line
reads: Field Officer – FO/09/2015.
Attach CV with filename YOURNAME_CV
and Cover Letter with YOURNAME_Cover.
Deadline to apply: 24th September, 2015.
Only short-listed candidates will be
contacted 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. The
statements are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all possible duties,
tasks, and responsibilities. The Management reserves the right to amend and
change responsibilities to meet organizational needs as necessary. Please note
that GiveDirectly will never request for any form of payment from an applicant.
More information about us is
available at: http://www.givedirectly.org.