Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA)
Aspirations Project
Vacant Position: Field
Officer
(55 Positions)
Reporting To: Associate Field Manager
Start Date: ASAP
Location: Siaya
Duration: 2 Months
Deadline to Apply: 26th January, 2018
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: 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 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
control 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-orientated behaviors in a developing country and examine if such
interventions can enhance the already-known benefits of cash transfers.
Duties and Responsibilities:
·
Administer surveys and interviews
·
Complete scheduled activities each
day in a timely manner
·
Assist with data entry in the office
·
Work with Senior Field Officer and
Field Manager to achieve daily targets
·
Establish a good relationship with
local administration and respondents in the area study
·
Complete other duties as assigned by
Field Manager, Senior Field Officer
·
Provide feedback daily on activities
in the field
Qualifications and Experience
·
Bachelors’ degree in social sciences,
health, economics, business administration and other relevant fields
·
Excellent oral and written
communication skills in English, Kiswahili and Luo
·
Experience with data collection,
especially with surveyCTO or Open Data Kit (ODK)
·
Basic computer knowledge and skills
·
Ability to comfortably work with
groups
How to Apply
CLICK HERE to apply
online
EMERGE –
Storybooks for Promoting Early
Literacy
Project
Vacant
Positions: Field Officer
(18 Positions)
Reporting To: Senior Field Officer
Deadline to
Apply: 30th January, 2018
Start Date: 22nd February, 2018
Location: Ahero with frequent travel throughout Nyanza region.
Eligibility: Position open to Local Kenyan hires only
Duration: 2.5 months
Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA)
is a non-profit organization dedicated to discovering and promoting effective
solutions to global poverty problems.
In close partnership with decision
makers, the policymakers, practitioners, investors and donors working with the
poor around the world.
IPA designs and evaluates potential
solutions to poverty problems using randomized evaluations, the most rigorous
evaluation method available.
We also mobilize and support these
decision makers to use these solutions to build better programs and policies at
scale.
About the
project: EMERGE is a randomized control
trial which aims to improve early childhood literacy and school readiness. In
Kenya and throughout sub-Saharan Africa, many primary school children read
below grade level.
While there are many causes of low
literacy in primary school, a key contributing factor to the widespread lack of
literacy is low level of child readiness for primary school.
Our research focuses on an
innovative, light touch early childhood intervention to improve school
readiness and classroom-level pedagogy through the provision of children’s
books and dialogic reading training to parents of children between 2 and 6
years of age in rural, Western Kenya.
We will work in partnership with a
local NGO, Maria’s Libraries, to distribute storybooks in official and local
languages.
This impact evaluation measures the
impact of distributing children’s storybooks and supporting family reading on a
range of child, household, and school-level outcomes.
We seek: first, to quantify the
effects of inexpensive literacy interventions on learning outcomes; second, to
quantify parent behavioral responses to the availability of the new educational
materials; and third, measure the change in classroom environment brought about
by improved student preparation before school age.
About the
Position: The Field Officer, under the
supervision of Senior Field Officers and Field Managers, will be primarily
responsible for field data collection activities, including interviews and
observations of children, mothers, and other household members.
In addition, the field officer may be
involved in community entry activities, including meeting with area leaders, or
participating in presenting the project and answering questions about the
project at community barazas.
The Field Officer will also be
expected to assist with office tasks such including translations and data
entry. The Field Officer may also play a role in delivering the intervention
training to caregivers and will be expected to learn and practice the training
script in advance of
delivering the intervention.
delivering the intervention.
Duties and
Responsibilities:
·
Conducting surveys in EMERGE
evaluation sites throughout Nyanza
·
Visiting and tracking of survey
respondents to administer questionnaires
·
Data collection prep work, including
translations, pretesting, and piloting
·
Assisting with community engagement,
including meeting local leaders (e.g. chiefs), and presenting and answering
questions on the EMERGE project at barazas
·
Assisting with intervention training
delivery, including prep and practice
·
Diligent completion of checklists and
other means of monitoring data
·
Data entry tasks as assigned by the
Project Management
·
Helping to have materials organized
in readiness for field work and for data processing and organizing data
collected from the field
·
Ensuring high data quality (low error
rates)
·
Proper use and maintenance of project
equipment (phones, GPS machines, headphones, etc.
·
Prompt arrival at work and completion
of scheduled activities each day
·
Successfully working in a team and
avoiding/minimizing conflicts with the rest of the team members
·
Participating in staff trainings and
making efforts to improve one’s capacity
·
On non-field days, conscientious
performance of office work (respondent phone calls, translations, data entry,
photocopying, organizing data, etc.)
·
Other tasks as assigned by Project
Management
·
Positive, hard-work attitude, with
the aim of individually and helping the team complete the work
Qualifications
and Experience:
Required:
·
Diploma in relevant field (social
sciences, development studies, early childhood education, or community
development)
·
Excellent oral and written
communication in both English, Kiswahili, and Dholuo;
·
Excellent management and
organizational skills;
·
Computer literate.
·
Should be willing to work on Saturday
and Sunday
·
Must be able to carry weight of up to
10 kilograms.
Preferred:
·
Bachelor’s degree in relevant field
(social sciences, development studies, early childhood education, or community
development)
·
Experience working with children and
mothers;
·
Experience with child education
research, or conducting child observational measures
·
Experience working on health,
education, or early childhood development projects;
·
Experience in data collection and
survey administration, preferably using CAI (SurveyCTO)
How to Apply
CLICK HERE to
apply online
ALFASAFE
Project
Position: Field Officer
(21 Positions)
Reporting To: Field Officer
Start Date: 19th February, 2018
Location: Meru and Embu
Duration: 1 Month
Deadline to
Apply: 30th January, 2018
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: AFLASAFE(Integration of small
holder farmers into modern value chains with food safety standards in Kenya) is
a project that is being implemented through IPA.
The project is led by researchers
from International Food Policy Institute (IFPRI based in the US) and Wagengen
University in the Netherlands.
The main aim of the study is to evaluate
the adoption of aflatoxin reducing technologies and their impact on the
livelihoods of small-scale farmers in Meru, Tharaka Nithi and Embu Counties in
Kenya.
About the
Position: The Field Officer will work
under the general supervision of the Senior Field Officer (and within the
limits of Innovations for Poverty Action-Kenya policies and procedures) to
provide data collection services for the Aflasafe project.
Duties and
Responsibilities:
·
Conduct interviews with respondents
using SurveyCTO during the farmer group meetings
·
Make sure the respondents understand
the informed consent and get their consent before starting off with the
interviews.
·
Comply with survey ethics and code of
conduct including confidentiality of the information received.
·
Debrief with teammates after
interviews
·
Ensure that all survey materials
especially the tablets are looked after properly
·
Assist in organizing materials in
readiness for field work
·
Other tasks as assigned by management
·
Prompt arrival at work
·
Successfully working in a team and
avoiding / minimizing conflicts with the rest of the team members
·
Cooperation with other project
partners from other organizations
·
Participating in staff trainings and
making efforts to improve one’s capacity
·
Ensure data integrity is maintained at
all times
Qualifications
and Experience:
·
University degree in social sciences
or diploma with 3 years consistent experience
·
Excellent communication skills in
English.
·
Knowledge of the local language used
in the study area will be an added advantage (Meru or Embu speakers).
·
Experience conducting quantitative
data collection, including experience in conducting surveys using SurveyCTO.
·
Skills to interact with partners and
farmers and to engage farmers in data collection
·
Ability to work independently in a
multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional, and multi-cultural environment.
How to Apply
CLICK HERE to
apply online
AFLASAFE
Project
Position: Senior Field Officer
(10 Positions)
Reporting To: Associate Field Manager
Start Date: 19th February, 2018
Location: Meru and Embu
Duration: 1 Month
Deadline to
Apply: 30th January, 2018
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: AFLASAFE (Integration of small
holder farmers into modern value chains with food safety standards in Kenya) is
a project that is being implemented through IPA.
The project is led by researchers
from International Food Policy Institute (IFPRI based in the US) and Wagengen
University in the Netherlands.
The main aim of the study is to
evaluate the adoption of aflatoxin reducing
technologies and their impact on the livelihoods of small-scale farmers in Meru, Tharaka Nithi and Embu Counties in Kenya.
technologies and their impact on the livelihoods of small-scale farmers in Meru, Tharaka Nithi and Embu Counties in Kenya.
About the
Position: The Senior Field Officer will
work under the general supervision of the Associate Field Manager and within
the limits of Innovations for Poverty Action-Kenya policies and procedures to
manage and supervise the data collection process.
Duties and
Responsibilities
·
Data collection management: This
include supervising field officers, overseeing and monitoring data collection,
planning field logistics, organizing data collected from the field, providing
feedback on field operations and survey instruments and conducting back checks.
·
Human resource management which
includes: Assisting in training, monitoring staff attendance and updating
attendance records including leave forms; enforcing all human resource policies
and procedures in coordination with IPAK’s Human Resource Manager and the
AFM/RA
·
Operations management which includes:
taking and updating inventory of all project items, participating in general
procurement and logistics for the project and liaising with the operations
department for necessary action
·
Financial management which includes:
working with IPAK financial staff to keep detailed accounts of all project
activities and to monitor project field expenses.
·
Communication and reporting: The
Senior Field Officer will be expected to report to the AFM on field activities
and work plans.
·
Organization of Field Activities:
this include working with the AFM to develop work schedules, supervision plans,
staff trainings and debriefing with the teams after interviews.
·
Ensure that all survey materials are
looked after properly and returned to the AFM after the survey exercise is
over. This includes the tablets.
·
Other duties related to project
implementation and administrative tasks as needed
·
Prompt arrival at work
·
Successfully working in a team and
avoiding/minimizing conflicts with the rest of the team members
·
Cooperation with other project
partners from other organizations
·
Participating in staff trainings and
making efforts to improve one’s capacity
·
Ensure data integrity is maintained
at all times
Qualifications
and Experience
·
University degree in social sciences
with 2 years consistent experience
·
Excellent communication skills in
English.
·
Knowledge of the local language used
in the study area will be an added advantage (Meru or Embu speakers)
·
Experience in a supervising or
managing teams
·
Experience in conducting quantitative
data collection, including experience in conducting surveys using SurveyCTO.
·
Skills to interact with partners and
farmers and to engage farmers in data collection
·
Ability to work independently in a
multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional, and multi-cultural environment.
How to Apply
CLICK HERE to
apply online
Aspirations
Project
Vacant
Position: Senior Field Officer
(10 Positions)
Reporting To: Associate Field Manager
Start Date: ASAP
Location: Siaya
Duration: 2 Months
Deadline to
Apply: 26th January, 2018
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: 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 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
control 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-orientated behaviors in a developing country and examine if such
interventions can enhance the already-known benefits of cash transfers.
Duties and
Responsibilities:
·
Administer surveys and interviews
·
Assist with planning and management
of field activities and schedules
·
Complete scheduled activities each
day in a timely manner
·
Assist Field Manager with management
and supervision of the team of Field Officers
·
Assist with data entry in the office
·
Provide Field Manager with feedback
from field activities
·
Establish a good relationship with
local administration and respondents in the area study
·
Complete other duties as assigned by
Field Manager
Qualifications
and Experience
·
Bachelors’ degree in social sciences,
health, economics, business administration and other relevant fields
·
Excellent oral and written
communication skills in English, Kiswahili and Luo
·
Experience with data collection,
especially with surveyCTO or Open Data Kit (ODK)
·
Basic computer knowledge and skills
·
Ability to comfortably work with
groups
·
Experience managing a team
How to Apply
CLICK HERE to
apply online
DISCLAIMER: The above statements are
intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed
by the Senior Field Officer- Aspirations Project. 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.