POSITION: Senior Field Officer (12 positions)
REPORTING TO:
Field Manager
START
DATE:
11th April 2022
LOCATION:
Meru, Nyeri, Nyandarua, Laikipia, Narok, Kajiado, Uasin Gishu, Kisii, Siaya and
Kilifi
DURATION: 2.5
Months
DEADLINE: Applications reviewed on a rolling basis
ELIGIBILITY:
Position open to local Kenyan
hires 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:
This project, in
collaboration with researchers from Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health
and Jacaranda Health, is a randomized controlled trial investigating the
factors that influence how care is provided to women during pregnancy, delivery
and post-natal. The project will include facility- and individual-level data
collection nationwide and will include many different activities ranging from
facility assessments, provider survey, in-person and phone surveys with
ante-natal and post- natal patients, register data capture and potentially
delivery observations at endline . The study is seeking to evaluate the impact
of several interventions implemented by Jacaranda Health, a social enterprise
seeking to improve maternal healthcare and health outcomes at public
facilities.
About the Position:
The Senior Field Officer
under the general supervision of the Field Manager and within the limits of
Innovations for Poverty Action-Kenya policies and procedures coordinates the
facilitation of field activities and functions within IPAK. Below is a list of
some of the general duties and responsibilities of the Senior Field Officer, to
be carried out as needed according to the determination of the Field Manager.
Duties and
Responsibilities
General Duties
- Successfully working in a team and avoiding/minimizing
conflicts with the rest of the team members
- Participating in staff training and making efforts
to improve one’s capacity
- On non-field days: conscientious performance of
office work (interview debriefing, financial reporting, organizing, )
- Prompt arrival at work and completion of scheduled
activities each day in a timely manner
- Interact with facility staff and respondents with
the highest level of integrity and understanding
- Assist in the daily organization of documents,
equipment, and their storage while ensuring data integrity is
- Networking with the different components of the
project and reporting appropriately
Project and Data
Collection Duties
- Conducting backcheck surveys on phone using
SurveyCTO
- Conduct sit-ins, spot-checks to ensure highest quality
of data
- Hold team briefings to go over logistics, data
quality issues,
- Coordinate with FM and FOs to schedule survey
appointments
- Assist in management of data collection activities
including financial management, data collection progress tracking, and
backchecking
- Assist in screening and surveying respondents
using SurveyCTO, as necessary
- Oversee a team of 4-5 Field Officers conducting
data collection at health facilities
- Assist FM in developing work plans and ensuring
that they are followed
- Ensure respondents feel comfortable and safe, and
that their confidentiality is protected
- Assist in organizing materials in readiness for
field work
- Other tasks as assigned by management
Working Conditions: 90%
Field Work, 10% Office Work
QUALIFICATIONS AND
EXPERIENCE:
- A minimum of a diploma in any health-related
discipline with two years’ experience or a university degree in a
health-related
- Proven experience in managing a
- Experience in research activities at community or
health facility level
- Excellent oral and written communication in
English and Swahili
- Well organized, detail-oriented, excellent
listening skills, and comfortable discussing sensitive issues
- Ability to work independently and as part of a
team
- Good at taking notes and giving feedback on
happenings during data collection
- Computer literate with proficiency in Microsoft
Office
- Previous experience in managing a team conducting
phone surveys using CATI is desirable
- Honest, reliable, dependable and a person of high
integrity
- Fluency in Kikuyu, Luo, Kalenjin, Meru, Kisii, or
Maasai language is an added advantage
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 Senior
Field Officer– PROMPTS 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.
