Field Assistant
Position: Field Assistant, Girls Empowered by Micro-franchising - Gem Project
Position: Field Assistant, Girls Empowered by Micro-franchising - Gem Project
Deadline
to Apply:
19th June 2013
Start Date: 1st July 2013
About Innovations for Poverty Action: Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) is a non-profit research organization that creates and evaluates approaches to solving development problems and disseminates information about what works and what does not to policymakers, practitioners, investors and donors around the world.
Description of Work:
- The Field
Assistants will assist the Girls Empowered by Micro-franchising (GEM)
team.
- Activities
include administering surveys to individuals and business owners, meeting
with ligurus and relatives to locate respondents, and traveling to those
areas in order to interview individuals.
- Most of the work
in this project will be Nairobi-based, specifically in Baba Dogo, Lunga
Lunga, and Dandora, but some interviews will take place in other locations
in Nairobi and potentially throughout Kenya.
- Visiting these
respondents can include taking public transport, motorcycles and walking
long distances. Carrying out these interviews can involve staying away
from Nairobi at hotels in distant locations for several weeks at a time.
- Working outside
of standard business hours either in the morning or evening or on weekends
is sometimes necessary as well.
- Other tasks
include organizing data in the field, office based matching of ID lists,
compilation of survey information, photocopying, translation between
Kiswahili and English and any other tasks needed to make the project run
effectively or assigned by a supervisor.
Work
duration:
Successful
applicants will initially be hired for month on a casual basis.
Those
who demonstrate consistent exceptional abilities and work performance may be
considered for a more long term placement, with the same project.
Qualifications:
Qualifications:
Academic Qualifications: It is preferred that candidates have obtained a college diploma or university degree, preferably in sociology, statistics, economics, education, development studies, social sciences, health, or related fields. Candidates must have completed secondary schooling.
Professional/Technical Skills: Skills in data collection and survey administration; ability to work with local administrators; Computer knowledge and typing skills required.
Other Qualities and Attributes:
- Most importantly
a positive attitude towards the position; able to work in informal/slum
settings; comfortable interviewing people in their homes or places of
work; comfortable traveling for extended periods of time;
- well-organized;
- ability to work
independently and in a team in the field;
- promptness;
- attention to
detail;
- initiative.
- Candidates must
be fluent in Kiswahili and English.
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 Assistant.” REF NO: GEM-2013-06-03.
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 Girls Empowered by Micro-franchising Field Assistant.
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.
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.