Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA)
Job Title: Research
Associate - PAD Project
Reporting To: Research Coordinator
Reporting To: Research Coordinator
Deadline to Apply: Reviewed on rolling
basis
Start Date: 1st February, 2018
Duration: One (1) year
Eligibility: Position open to
all nationalities; Kenyan nationals and East African citizens strongly
encouraged apply
About Innovations for Poverty Action: Innovations
for Poverty Action (IPA) is an international nonprofit 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 and
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: Precision
Agriculture for Development (PAD) is a US-based non-profit organization with a
mission to support smallholder farmers in developing countries by providing
customized information and services that increase productivity, profitability,
and environmental sustainability.
PAD is working on a new model for
agricultural extension: delivering farmers personalized agricultural advice via
their mobile phones.
PAD implements this model in collaboration
with partner organizations and gathers evidence on its impact. PAD aims to
improve the lives of 100 million farmers in developing countries with its
services.
In Kenya, PAD has partnered with IPA to
implement a research project in Western Kenya aiming at delivering localized
agricultural information (including, but not limited to, fertilizer, lime, pest
management and other recommendations) to farmers.
About the position: The Research
Associate under the general supervision of the Research Coordinator and within
the limits of Innovations for Poverty Action-Kenya (IPAK) policies and
procedures coordinates the facilitation of field activities, data support for
the project, and functions within IPAK.
Below is a list of some of the general
duties and responsibilities of the Research Associate, to be carried out as
needed according to the determination of the Research Coordinator.
Duties and Responsibilities:
·
Assist
with overall project management, monitoring and implementation.
·
Track
progress of project activities and regularly inform Research Coordinator of
progress.
·
Coordinate
field logistics, including the implementation of phone and in-person surveys
with large samples of respondents.
·
Manage,
support and train a team of field staff.
·
Implement
systems to manage, clean, and analyze data related to project activities.
·
Ensure
smooth and timely data flow between various project activities.
·
Assist
with survey programming (e.g. SurveyCTO).
·
Monitor
indicators of staff performance (especially productivity and back-check
verifications).
·
Implement
research protocols to ensure quality of all data collection activities.
·
Prepare
summary statistics and other analyses related to project outcomes.
·
Keep
track of project expenses and prepare financial reports.
·
Work
closely with PAD Kenya country office team and Principal Investigators.
Qualifications and Experience:
Required
·
Bachelor’s
degree in Economics, Psychology, Statistics, Political Science, Computer
Science or a related field.
·
Proficiency
in STATA, Excel, and ODK or SurveyCTO.
·
Strong
proven quantitative skills and enjoy working with data.
·
Excellent
written and oral communication skills in English.
·
Excellent
management, critical thinking and interpersonal skills.
·
Ability
to work under time pressure and solve problems in field.
·
Excellent
organizational skills, detail-oriented with ability to work both independently
and in groups and to be supervised remotely.
·
Flexible,
self-motivating, able to manage multiple tasks efficiently, and team player.
Desired
·
Proficiency
in R, SAS or Python.
·
Experience
with spatial analysis and GIS.
·
Experience
working on agricultural issues in developing countries (particularly
sub-Saharan Africa).
·
Swahili
language skills.
·
Knowledge
of statistics.
·
Familiarity
with randomized controlled trials.
How to Apply
CLICK HERE to
apply online
Job
Title: Senior Field Officer – Medicine Access
(NAP) Project
7
Positions
Reporting
To: Field Manager
Start
Date: 8th January, 2018
Location: Kakamega / West Pokot / Samburu / Narok / Nyeri /
Embu / Kwale / Makueni
Duration: 1 Month
Deadline
to Apply: 5th December, 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: Medicine Access Project that
aims to evaluate the impact of a new non-communicable disease medicine access
program on the availability and price of the new medicine included in the
program portfolio at health facilities and households in 8 counties targeted by
the program in Kenya using a cluster-randomized trial design. Access to
medicine in Kenya is via public, non-for-profit.
In
the private sector patients pay the price of the medicines out-of-pocket; in
the public and not-for-profit sector - Ministry of Health facilities or
facilities affiliated with faith-based organizations - patients may be charged
either the full price or a partial cost-recovery fee. Out-of-pocket spending
can result in catastrophic health expenditure and increased poverty.
A
household survey conducted in 2008 indicates that 82% of patients pay out of
pocket for their Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) medicines.
About
33% of respondents who reported being diagnosed and prescribed an NCD medicine
had that medicine available in their house at the time of the survey.
We
seek to evaluate the impact of the new medicine access program on the
availability and pricing of the new medicine in the program at the facilities
and households in target counties.
Data
for the evaluation will be collected at two levels: health facilities and
households. We are preparing for midline data collection, the third of five
phases of data collection, after the program implementation.
Duties
and Responsibilities:
·
Data collection management which
includes: Assisting in survey translations, overseeing, monitoring conducting
data collection and survey field work, planning field work and field logistics,
organizing data collected from the field, and providing feedback on field
operations and survey instruments that will inform and monitor improvements,
conducting back checks.
·
Human resource management which
includes: Assisting in training, monitoring staff attendance and updating
attendance records including leave forms and to enforce all human resource
policies and procedures in coordination with IPAK’s Human Resource Manager and
the Field Manager (FM)/Research Associate (RA)
·
Operations management which includes:
taking and updating inventory of all project items, participating in general
procurement and logistics for the project and liaising with the operations
department for necessary action
·
Financial management which includes:
working with IPAK financial staff to keep detailed accounts of all project
activities and to monitor project field expenses
·
Public relations which includes:
building and maintaining relationships with civil administrators and community
officials and representing IPAK at stakeholder meetings. The SFO will identify
and network with representatives from all relevant projects operating in the
same areas as the NAP Project, to avoid/inform decisions where contamination of
results is concerned.
·
Communication and reporting: The
Senior Field Officer will be expected to report to the FM on activities and
plans. The SFO will also be communicating directly with the RA and will be
required to participate in weekly calls with the RA and/or RM.
·
Organization of Field Activities: The
SFO will help organize field activities and implement field plans among his/her
team. We expect the SFO to work on the following specific areas with regard to
field activities together with the FM.
·
Work closely with field staff to
develop work schedules before any field activities begin. Discuss and seek the
approval of the FM/RA on the work schedules make changes/adapt if necessary
following the outcomes of these discussions.
·
Develop and discuss a supervision
plan with the team leaders and other field staff.
·
Ensure that all the field teams have
all necessary materials/tools required for the data collection. This must be
made available on time.
·
Other tasks as assigned by the
FM/RA/RM.
Qualifications
and Experience:
Required
·
Bachelor’s degree in Public/Community
Health Science, Pharmaceutical Technology, Social Science and any other related
disciplines
·
Excellent oral and written
communication skills in both English and Swahili
·
Excellent management and
organizational skills
·
Flexible, self-motivated and able to
manage multiple tasks efficiently, a team player
·
Computer literate
·
Previous experience in data
collection (qualitative & quantitative) and survey administration
·
Experience with position
responsibilities listed above
·
Experience managing a team
·
Previous electronic data collection
experience
Desired
·
Over 2 years of experience in supervising
field officers during data collection
·
Experience using Process Maker and
Replicon systems
·
Experience in conducting data quality
checks for qualitative & quantitative data
·
Experience in developing work plan,
survey tracking and reporting.
·
Fluent in local language(s) of the
areas of operation
·
Candidates with public health or
community health background
How
to Apply
CLICK HERE to apply
online
Job
Title: Field Officer – Medicine Access (NAP)
Project
17
Positions
Reporting
To: Field Manager
Start
Date: 9th January, 2018
Location:
Kakamega / West Pokot / Samburu / Narok / Nyeri / Embu / Kwale / Makueni
Duration: 1 Month
Deadline
to Apply: 5th December, 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: Medicine Access Project that aims to
evaluate the impact of a new non-communicable disease medicine access program
on the availability and price of the new medicine included in the program
portfolio at health facilities and households in 8 counties targeted by the
program in Kenya using a cluster-randomized trial design.
Access
to medicine in Kenya is via public, non-for-profit. In the private sector
patients pay the price of the medicines out-of-pocket; in the public and
not-for-profit sector - Ministry of Health facilities or facilities affiliated
with faith-based organizations - patients may be charged either the full price
or a partial cost-recovery fee.
Out-of-pocket
spending can result in catastrophic health expenditure and increased
poverty.
A
household survey conducted in 2008 indicates that 82% of patients pay out of
pocket for their Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) medicines.
About
33% of respondents who reported being diagnosed and prescribed an NCD medicine
had that medicine available in their house at the time of the survey.
We
seek to evaluate the impact of the new medicine access program on the
availability and pricing of the new medicine in the program at the facilities
and households in target counties.
Data
for the evaluation will be collected at two levels: health facilities and
households.
We
are preparing for midline data collection, the third of five phases of data
collection, after the program implementation.
Duties
and Responsibilities:
·
Electronic data collection on Survey
CTO: Assist with translations, pretesting and piloting surveys, conducting data
collection, providing feedback during debriefs on field operations and survey
instruments that will inform and monitor improvements in project operations
·
Supports qualitative data collection
through in-depth interviews and recording
·
Ensure data integrity is maintained
at all times and minimize errors in survey administration
·
Completion of scheduled activities
each day in a timely manner
·
Interact with community members with
the highest level of integrity and understanding
·
On non-field days, conscientious performance
of office work, for instance translations, and peer training/learning
·
Assist in daily electronic devices
maintenance and storage
·
Maintaining high standards of
professional integrity in all activities
·
Successfully complete all tasks
assigned by the NAP management team
·
Other tasks as assigned by the Field
Manager/Research Associate/Research Manager
Qualifications
and Experience:
Required:
·
Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health
Science, Pharmaceutical technology, Social Sciences or other related disciplines.
·
Diploma in Public Health Science,
Pharmaceutical technology, Social Sciences or other related disciplines with
over 2 years of experience in respondent tracking and data collection
·
Excellent oral and written
communication skills in both English and Swahili
·
Excellent management and
organizational skills
·
Flexible, self-motivated and able to
manage multiple tasks efficiently, a team player.
·
Computer literate
·
Previous experience in data
collection and survey administration
·
Experience with position responsibilities
listed above
·
Previous electronic data collection
experience.
·
Fluency in local language(s) of the
areas of operations
·
Candidates with public health or
community health or pharmaceutical technology background.
Preferred:
·
Demonstrated experience in conducting
qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection.
How
to Apply
CLICK HERE to apply
online