Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA)
Jobs: Field
Officers – Evaluation of Low Cost Schools Project
(Multiple Positions)
Reporting To: Associate Field Manager
Reporting To: Associate Field Manager
Start Date: 2nd November,
2017
Duration: 1 Month
Deadline to Apply: 15th October, 2017
Eligibility: Position Open
to Local Kenyan Hires Only
About Innovations for Poverty Action: Innovations
for Poverty Action (IPA) is an international non-profit research organization
dedicated to discovering and promoting effective solutions to global poverty
problems.
IPA works in partnership with development
partners and academic researchers to create and evaluate approaches potential
solutions to poverty problems using randomized evaluations in the fields of
health, education, microfinance, governance and agriculture.
We also mobilize and support these decision
makers to use these solutions to build better programs and policies at scale.
About the Project: Evaluation of
Low Cost Schools Project will compare learning outcomes in low cost private
schools relative to other available options in the vicinity.
There is tremendous growth and innovation
in the low cost private school market and this project aims to use a randomized
controlled trial to better understand the effectiveness of such schools
relative to public school options.
The Principal Investigators for this
project are Anthony Keats (Wesleyan University), Michael Kremer (Harvard
University) Isaac Mbiti (University of Virginia) and Owen Ozier (World Bank).
About the Position: The Field Officer,
under the supervision of the Associate Field Manager and Senior Field Officer,
will be primarily responsible for data collection on pupil surveys, parent
surveys and pupil assessment at test centers or respondents’ homes.
The Field Offices will also be involved in
undertaking phone surveys.
The Field Officer will also be expected to
assist with office tasks such including translations and data entry.
Duties and Responsibilities
·
Conducting
pupil surveys, parent surveys and pupil assessment to parents/caregivers and
sample pupils ensuring high data quality.
·
Data
collection preparation work, including translations, pretesting, and piloting.
·
Diligent
completion of checklists and other means of monitoring data.
·
Data
entry tasks as assigned by the Project Management.
·
Proper
use and maintenance of project equipment (phones, GPS machines, headphones,
etc.)
·
Prompt
arrival at work and completion of scheduled activities each day
·
Successfully
working in a team and avoiding/minimizing conflicts with the rest of the team
members
·
Participating
in staff trainings and making efforts to improve one’s capacity
·
Positive,
hard-work attitude, with the aim of individually and helping the team complete
the work
Qualifications and Experience
Required:
·
Diploma
in relevant field (social sciences, development studies, early childhood
education, or community development)
·
Excellent
oral and written communication in both English, Kiswahili
·
Excellent
management and organizational skills
·
Computer
literate
Preferred:
·
Bachelor’s
degree in relevant field (social sciences, development studies, early childhood
education, or community development)
·
Experience
working with children and mothers or early childhood development projects
·
Prior
experience in data collection and survey administration, preferably using CAI
(SurveyCTO)
How to Apply
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apply online