Innovations
for Poverty Action (IPA)
Kenya
Water Services Trust Fund (KWSTF)
Position: Associate Field Manager
(2
Positions)
Deadline
to Apply: 14th
September 2016
Start
Date: 3rd
October 2016
Reporting
to: Research
Associate
Length
of Commitment: 2
months
Eligibility: Position open to local Kenyan hires only
About
Innovations for Poverty Action: Innovations
for Poverty Action (IPA) is an international non-profit research organization
dedicated to discovering and promoting effective solutions to global poverty
problems.
IPA
works in partnership with development partners and academic researchers to
create and evaluate approaches potential solutions to poverty problems using
randomized evaluations in the fields of health, education, microfinance,
governance and agriculture.
We
also mobilize and support these decision makers to use these solutions to build
better programs and policies at scale.
About
the project: As
part of the Kenya Water Services Trust Fund’s mission to provide water and
sanitation services to the poor, the WSTF partnered with the Bill & Melinda
Gates Foundation to scale-up their services for the urban informal settlement
populations across Kenya.
Under
this partnership, the WSTF with funding from the Gates Foundation, provided
subsidies to landlords living in urban areas across the country to construct
toilets.
IPA
has since been contracted by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to
independently verify specific indicators related to the WSTF project.
A
representative sample of all households that have received a toilet will be
visited to verify these indicators.
Duties
and Responsibilities
General:
- Prompt
arrival to work.
- Completion
of scheduled activities each day in timely manner.
- Interact
with community members in the highest level of respect and understanding.
- Maintaining
high standard of professional integrity in all activities.
- Successfully
complete all tasks assigned by the supervisor.
- Knowledge
of assigned task and delivery as according to SOP.
- Ability
to work with minimal supervision.
- Team
player- Interacts well with colleagues and offers support in the field and
in the office.
- Responsible-
takes up responsibility, shows initiative in solving issues and report s
challenges to supervisor.
Data
Collection:
- Supervise
field staff in conducting surveys to ensure the SOP is adhered to and
reporting to the Research Associate.
- Support
the Research Associate in providing feedback to field officers regarding
their performance and looking for ways to improve their morale.
- Support
the Research Associate in logistics, imprest, debriefs and ensure proper
storage and handling of field equipment such as tablets etc.
- Support
the Research Associate in uploading new forms to electronic devices as
well as ensure all completed surveys are uploaded to the server at the end
of the day.
- Responsible
for ensuring that all field staff carry updated documents to the field
along with everything on the Survey Checklist.
- Ensure
all data forms have been filled correctly every day at the end of the day
by the field officers before submitting to the research associate.
- Do
spot-checks, accompanied interviews and back-checks as required by the RA.
- Act
as focal person for their respective locations, ensuring regular staff
attendance in those locations.
Qualifications:
- A
Bachelor’s degree or college diploma with 3 years’ experience.
- Excellent
organizational skills, able to work independently with minimum supervision
and a team player.
- Should
be a person of high integrity.
- Supervisory
and management experience related to field work, data collection especially
through survey CTO and data management.
To
Apply: Click
here: https://poverty-action.formstack.com/forms/afm_kwstf
Disclaimer: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature
and level of the work being performed by the Associate Field Manager – Kenya
Water Services Trust Fund - KWSTF. 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.
