Huduma Project
Field Officer
Deadline to Apply: May 29, 2012
Start Date: Mid-June 2012
Location: Nairobi and Central Province
Eligibility: Position open to local Kenyan hires only
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About the Huduma project: IPA’s Huduma project is a pilot evaluation of the Huduma platform - a new mobile and web-based system for soliciting and aggregating citizens’ reports on public service delivery.
IPA’s evaluation of this platform will focus on its application among the education and healthcare service sectors.
We are currently seeking Field Officers (FO) to work on the pilot stage of this evaluation.
FO activities during this stage will include but are not limited to: distributing flyers, posters and invitations to community meetings; leading community meetings; conducting focus groups; collecting and organizing data; and working with the Project Associate to improve and refine data collection tools.
Field Officers will be based in Nairobi or Central Province and will be required to travel within and between these regions.
Overnight trips are possible.
Field Officers will work closely with one another and will be accompanied by the Project Associate for the purpose of data collection and focus groups.
FOs will spend approximately 90% of their time in the field and 10% of their time in the Nairobi office.
Tasks, Duties, and Responsibilities:
General
- Arrive
to work promptly and reliably
- Interact
with community members with the highest level of integrity and
understanding
- Distribute
flyers and posters with information on the Huduma platform in study areas
- Invite
local residents to community meetings about the Huduma platform
- Lead
community meetings about the Huduma platform and its use
- Collect
data through household surveys, academic tests, exit interviews, focus
groups and observations
- Collaborate
with colleagues to improve one another’s data collection skills and the
project’s data collection tools
- Take
careful notes in order to improve data collection tools and methods
- Work
with the Project Associate to implement improvements to data collection
tools and methods
Data Collection
- Acquire
lists of staff members from head teachers and hospital administrators
- Compare
staff who are present at the local facilities with those who are expected
to be present
- Visit
households and conduct academic tests on English, Kiswahili and math with
primary students
- Collect
economic data through questionnaires and observations
- Conduct
questionnaires outside healthcare facilities
- Acquire
administrative records from healthcare facilities regarding drug and
immunization availability
Qualifications:
Required
- Excellent
oral and written communication skills in both English and Kiswahili
- Experience
with data collection through household surveys, academic tests, exit
interviews, focus groups or observations
- Ability
to recognize when questions are difficult or unclear to subjects
- Excellent
note taking ability during interviews and focus groups
- Willingness
to travel within Nairobi and Central Provence
- Comfortable
with interviewing individuals within their homes and outside healthcare
facilities
Desired
- Bachelors’
degree or college diploma/certificate
- Experience
analyzing hospital records on drug and immunization availability
- Experience
with all data collection methods mentioned above
- Experience
with pilot studies, especially related to improving data collection tools
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: HP-2012-05-01.
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.