Position: Field Officer
Deadline to Apply: 10th November 2015
Start Date: 16th
November 2015
Location: Homabay County
Eligibility: Position
open to local Kenyan hires only
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. IPA disseminates the
results of its evaluations to policymakers, practitioners, investors and donors
around the world.
About the project: Development
assistance tends to focus on the ‘external’ constraints that poor people face,
while largely ignoring ‘internal’ ones. However, social psychology suggests
that poor people’s sense of self-efficacy and control may be beaten down by the
nature of living in poverty, limiting the options they consider.
The project aims to do a randomized
controlled trial to examine the combined effect of lifting external and
internal constraints simultaneously, providing a cash transfer and an
intervention to boost poor people’s sense of self-efficacy and alter their
understanding of their opportunities, encouraging poor people to set and pursue
their own goals without directing their choices.
The research will test if a brief, standardized psychological intervention can alter psychological outcomes and future-oriented behaviors in a developing country and examine if such interventions can enhance the already-known benefits of cash transfers.
Work duration: Successful applicants will initially be hired for one month on a casual basis. Those who demonstrate consistent exceptional abilities and performance may be considered for a longer term placement with the same project.
Tasks, Duties, and Responsibilities:
General
- Conduct phone surveys on a variety of
enterprises
- Assist with data entry in the office
- Arrive at work on time
- Complete scheduled activities each day in a
timely manner
- Demonstrate integrity and understanding during
interaction with community members and partner organization staff
- On non-field days, perform office duties with
care (for instance translation work, which will be taught as needed)
- Assist in daily survey organization and
storage
- Ensure data integrity is maintained at all
times and minimize errors in data collection
- Administer household surveys
- Provide the FM with daily feedback regarding
surveying activities
Qualifications:
Required
- Excellent oral and written communication
skills in English, Kiswahili and Luo.
- Experience with data collection through market
surveys, 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
- Comfortable with interviewing individuals
within their homes and over the phone.
- Basic computer knowledge and skills
(mandatory)
- Ability to comfortably work with groups and
within groups
Desired
- Bachelors’ degree or college diploma in social
sciences, health and /or business administration
- Past experience in data collection
- Experience in data collection using SurveyCTO
or Open Data Kit (ODK)
How 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 must be submitted by email to jobs-kenya@poverty-action.org , please ensure that the subject line reads: “Field Officer” REF NO. Aspirations: 2015-11-01.
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.