Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Benefits Project
Vacancy : Office Administrator
Vacancy: Field Officer
Position: Field Officer Deadline
To Apply: May
18th 2012
Start Date: June
2012
Location: Bungoma,
or Kakamega with flexibility to travel to other locations especially in Western
Region
IPA’s WASH Benefits Project is a five year study to evaluate the health benefits of sanitation, hygiene, household water treatment and nutrition, using a large-scale, randomized evaluation that is taking place in Western province.
We are currently seeking Field Officers(FO)to focus on the
different areas of WASH project activities including but not limited to:
Collecting and organizing data , supporting the Intervention Assistant Program,
a, intervention delivery ,and biological specimen collection .
The Field Officer will be based in the Western region, and will
require travel in theregion.
He/she will work closely fellow Field Officers and with WASH
Benefits management team, including Project Coordinators (PCs), Project
Associates (PAs), and Project Managers.
The FO will spend approximately 90% of his/her time in the field
and 10% of his/her time in the office.
Tasks, Duties and Responsibilities:
General
- Prompt
arrival to work
- 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, peer training/learning
- Assist
in daily net book maintenance and storage
- Maintaining
high standard of professional integrity in all activities
- Help
in mentoring fellow staff and community members who are directly linked to
an activity
- Successfully
complete all tasks assigned by the WASH Benefits management team
Specific, depending on specialization
- Ensure
data integrity is maintained at all times and minimize errors in data
collection and transport
- Survey
and monitor communities’ water treatment, sanitation, hygiene and nutrition
practices
- Administer
household questionnaires and collect anthropometric measures
- Biomarker
specimen collection, transportation and safe delivery to processing
centers
- Further
development and training of Intervention Assistant messaging content and
mentoring
- Install,
monitor and retrieve where necessary project items including data
monitoring devices, hard wares and instructional materials
Qualifications:
Required
- Excellent
oral and written communication skills in both English and Kiswahili
- Ability
to work independently and as part of a team
- Well
organized, detail-oriented, able to prioritize and manage multiple tasks
simultaneously with minimal supervision
- Experience
with position responsibilities listed above
Desired
- Bachelors’
degree or college diploma/certificate
- Computer
literacy
- Fluent
in Luhya
To apply:
Please send a cover letter and detailed CV, 3 references,
daytime phone number(s), and email address. Your CV should include your scores
or grades and other measures of academic achievement, and details about any
relevant work experience.
Applications can be submitted to any of our branch offices, or by email to jobs-kenya@poverty-action.org ,or by post office using P.O Box 373, Busia area code 50400 Kenya.
If you submit by email, please ensure that the subject line
reads: “FIELD OFFICER.”REF NO: WB-2012-04-01.
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted by email 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.
- 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 prior to
releasing any extensive personal information to the organization.
- Please
direct questions to jobs-kenya@poverty-action.org.