Job Title: Field Officer
Deadline to Apply: 9th
November 2015
Start Date: 16th
November 2015
Location: Nairobi
Eligibility: Position
open to local Kenyan hires only
Busara Center for Behavioral Economics is a research organization that seeks to
improve the understanding of how people living in poverty make decisions and to
leverage that knowledge to produce better social outcomes.
It enables researchers to conduct
rigorous laboratory-based studies in behavioral economics in a developing
country and applying the outcomes of research to real-world problems.
About the project: You will be working with Busara on behalf of a large financial service provider. The purpose of this study will be to gain consumer insights surrounding several new products throughout Tanzania.
About the project: You will be working with Busara on behalf of a large financial service provider. The purpose of this study will be to gain consumer insights surrounding several new products throughout Tanzania.
The nature of work will be collecting
data via phone surveys on customer attitudes, preferences, and beliefs around
mobile money products.
Description of Tasks, Duties and Responsibilities:
Description of Tasks, Duties and Responsibilities:
General Field Officer Duties
- Prompt arrival at work.
- Administer phone surveys
- Completion of scheduled activities each day in
a timely manner.
- Successfully working in a team.
- On non-field days: conscientious performance
of office work (such as matching IDs, translation of work, photocopying,
etc.)
- Ensure data integrity is maintained at all
times and minimize errors in data collection
- Maintaining high standard of professional
integrity in all activities.
- Providing the Project Lead with daily feedback
regarding surveying activities.
Key Requirements:
Required
Required
- Excellent oral and written communication
skills in Kiswahili (must), English. Swahili will be assessed through a
rigorous oral and written examination to ensure that Swahili skills are up
to part to survey Tanzanian consumers. Applicants originating from
the coastal province or spending significant amounts of time in Tanzania
are strongly encouraged to apply.
- Experience with data collection through
household surveys, phone surveys, academic tests, exit interviews.
- Ability to recognize when questions are
difficult or unclear to subjects
- Excellent note taking ability during
interviews
- Experience in conducting qualitative research
- Comfortable with interviewing respondents via
phone
- Basic computer knowledge and skills
(mandatory)
- Ability to comfortable work with groups and
within groups
Desired
- Bachelors’ degree or college diploma in Social
Sciences, Economic, Development Studies and/or Business
Administration
- Past experience in data collection- show proof
of this in application
- Experience using computer assisted
interviewing or ODK is a plus
How to Apply
To apply, please submit your CV and cover letter to jobs@busaracenter.org and ensure that the subject line reads Field Officer: REF NO: BU-2015-11-04”.
To apply, please submit your CV and cover letter to jobs@busaracenter.org and ensure that the subject line reads Field Officer: REF NO: BU-2015-11-04”.
Only online applications shall be
considered.
Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.