The Paradigm Project: Regional Enumerators
The Paradigm Project is seeking to hire 4 part-time enumerators / surveyors who are based in each of the following provinces of Kenya: Central (including Nairobi and parts of Eastern), Rift Valley, Nyanza, and Coast.
The Paradigm Project is seeking to hire 4 part-time enumerators / surveyors who are based in each of the following provinces of Kenya: Central (including Nairobi and parts of Eastern), Rift Valley, Nyanza, and Coast.
The position will
require field work in rural areas to execute surveys with customers who have
purchased Paradigm’s improved cookstoves.
Roles and Responsibilities
Roles and Responsibilities
- Execute
quarterly monitoring surveys and any additional survey-based exercises in
the project area as needed
- Send
data from surveys to Paradigm in an efficient manner, either in paper
format or through mobile application (to be determined)
- Available
to travel to Nairobi for the initial training during the first week of
October and any follow up training on survey execution
- Paradigm
will provide surveys and contacts for the households to be surveyed
Qualifications and Skills
- Previous
experience conducting surveys (required)
- Own a
smart phone with a working camera (required)
- Fluent
in English and Swahili; capacity in at least one of the local language(s)
of the region (required)
- Reside
within their region of choice (required)
- Careful
attention to detail
- Strong
observation and communication capabilities
- Ability
to work well both independently and in a team and respectful and friendly
in all interactions, especially when dealing with Paradigm customers
- Willing
and physically able to travel to rural locations using public means
- Familiarity
with smart phone and SMS-based technologies
- Familiarity
with Open Data Kit or another mobile-based survey tool preferred
- Bachelor's
degree in environmental science, psychology, sociology, statistics,
education, health, or other relevant discipline.
Enumerators will be engaged for short-term data collection
assignments during the month of October 2012, and thereafter, if performance is
satisfactory, during the months of January, April, July, and October of each
year.
Enumerators will be under the supervision of and have frequent communications with the Nairobi-based Impact Assessment Coordinator and occasional contact with the US-based specialist.
Enumerators will be paid per correctly completed survey, figures from a daily rate that is inclusive of travel and accommodation allowance (where needed) and that is proportional to the number of days hired and the amount of surveys to be completed.
To apply:
Please send a detailed CV with relevant experience, names and contacts of 3 references, and your mobile number to Nele Groosman at nele@theparadigmproject.org
Important:
Enumerators will be under the supervision of and have frequent communications with the Nairobi-based Impact Assessment Coordinator and occasional contact with the US-based specialist.
Enumerators will be paid per correctly completed survey, figures from a daily rate that is inclusive of travel and accommodation allowance (where needed) and that is proportional to the number of days hired and the amount of surveys to be completed.
To apply:
Please send a detailed CV with relevant experience, names and contacts of 3 references, and your mobile number to Nele Groosman at nele@theparadigmproject.org
Important:
- The
subject of the email should read: "Regional Enumerator (REGION YOU
WISH TO COVER)" Choose from: CENTRAL, NYANZA/WESTERN, RIFT VALLEY, or
COAST.
- With
the exception of the position in Central Province, the applicant
MUST reside within their region of choice and not be based in Nairobi.
Transport from Nairobi to the field will not be provided, with the
exception of Central.
- The
applicant MUST own a smart phone with a working camera
- The
applicant MUST speak the primary language of his/her preferred region (i.e.
Kikuyu in Central, Dholuo in Nyanza, etc.)
Deadline for receiving applications: 14 September 2012.
