Innovations for Poverty Action Kenya Sandalwood Lane, off Riverside Drive
P.O. Box 72427-00200,
Nairobi, Kenya poverty-action.org/Kenya
info-kenya@poverty-action.org 0707
387 429 and 020 271 0237
POSITION: Field Officer (23 positions)
REPORTING TO:
Senior Field Officer
START DATE: 24th January 2022
LOCATION:
Siaya/Meru County
DURATION: 2 Months
DEADLINE: 31st December
2021
ELIGIBILITY: Position
open to Kenyan nationals only
About Innovations for
Poverty Action:
Innovations for Poverty
Action (IPA) 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.
About the Project:
Health Insurance Project
is a randomized evaluation that aims to assess the impact of an innovative
health insurance product on individuals who subscribe for it. The project will
provide an understanding of how exactly formal health insurance in general, and
DDFinance insurance in particular, affect low-income households. This research
project will rigorously measure the impact of the DDFinance insurance product
on low-income households. In particular, we examine whether they benefit from
improved health status, reduction in costly financing strategies, and increased
subjective well-being. To measure causal effects of the insurance product, we
use a randomized controlled trial (RCT), the golden standard in evaluation.
Outcomes evaluated will include a wide range of indicators, for instance health
status or usage of alternative risk coping strategies (selling livestock,
reducing food consumption). The project is a partnership with Principal
Investigators from the University of Zurich, DDFinance and Innovations for Poverty
Action (IPA).
About the Position:
The Field Officer under
the general supervision of the Senior Field Officer and within the limits of
Innovations for Poverty Action-Kenya policies and procedures will be
responsible for collecting high-quality data in the field. Below is a list of
some of the general duties and responsibilities of the Field Officer to be
carried out as needed according to the determination of the Senior Field
Officer.
Duties and
Responsibilities
- Administer surveys to farmers in their households
using survey CTO
- Visiting and tracking of survey respondents to
administer the survey tools
- Diligent completion of checklists and other means
of monitoring data
- Always assist in organizing materials in readiness
for field work and for data processing and organizing data collected from
the field and ensuring safety of these
- Providing feedback during debriefs on data
collection activities and survey instruments that will inform and monitor
improvements in project
- Ensure data integrity is always maintained and
minimize errors in survey administration
- Other duties related to project implementation and
administrative tasks as
QUALIFICATIONS AND
EXPERIENCE:
- Bachelor’s or Diploma degree in Social Sciences or
related fields
- Excellent verbal communication skills with fluency
in the local languages spoken in the study
- 1-2 years’ experience in data collection in the
field
- Well organized, detail-oriented, and excellent
listening
- Experience in collecting data using surveyCTO
- Proven ability to exercise discretion in dealing
with confidential or sensitive
- Willing and able to traverse various study regions
by public
- Ability to work independently under minimum
supervision and as part of a team
- Ability to work comfortably in the specific study
regions
- Ability to recall detail and apply existing
knowledge to new
- Proven capacity to be punctual and
- Capability to exercise honesty, trustworthiness,
and HIGH
- Ability to stay and work comfortably in the
specific study counties during the data collection exercise (Added advantage
to candidates who can work/fit in multiple counties).
How to Apply
Please click here to apply. Only shortlisted 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- Health Insurance Project. 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.
