Participatory Budget Project (PB)
POSITION: Senior Field Officer (10
positions)
REPORTING TO: Field
Manager
START DATE: TBC
LOCATION: Elgeyo
Marakwet/ Nairobi
DURATION: 1.5
Months
DEADLINE: Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis
ELIGIBILITY: Position
open to local Kenyan hires only
About Innovations for
Poverty Action: 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: The purpose of this
study is to understand how citizens’ participation in selecting
development projects influences citizen perceptions, attitudes, and behaviors
about the process. Our research project will evaluate the influence
of participatory mechanisms on behavioral outcomes through a randomized
controlled trial (RCT). Our trial will causally isolate the effect of the most
common participatory process on individual willingness to invest in a
local public good in Kenyan villages. Kenya ratified a new constitution in
2010, which requires citizen participation in government decision-making.
The method of selecting a good for each community will be randomly
assigned to involve either: preference aggregation through consultation (a relatively
low-cost form of participation), preference aggregation through voting at
a public meeting (a higher cost form), or consensus-building through
deliberative discussion (the most costly version). The study will help the
county understand which types of processes produce the best development
outcomes. The county will then use this information to design its new programs
to select development projects for all villages in the county.
About the
Position: The Senior Field Officer under the general supervision of the
Field Manager and within the limits of Innovations for Poverty
Action-Kenya policies and procedures coordinates the facilitation of field
activities and functions within IPAK. Below is a list of some of the
general duties and responsibilities of the Senior Field Officer, to be
carried out as needed according to the determination of the Field
Manager.
Duties and
Responsibilities
General
Duties
- Assist in field staff training.
- Ensure that field officers have all the necessary
material/tools required for data entry/data collection.
- On non-field days: conscientious performance of
office work (interview debriefing, financial reporting, organizing,
etc.)
- Assist in the daily organization of documents,
equipment, and their storage
- Ensure data integrity is always
maintained
Project and Data
Collection Duties
- Moderating community public meetings
- Conduct sit-ins, and spot-checks to ensure the
highest quality of data
- Hold team briefings to go over logistics, data
quality issues, etc.
- Coordinate with FM and FOs to schedule survey
appointments
- Assist in the management of data collection
activities including financial management, and data collection
progress tracking.
- Oversee a team of Field Officers conducting data
collection in households
- Assist the FM in developing work plans and
carrying these out
- Assist in organizing materials in readiness for
fieldwork
- Other tasks as assigned by the project
management
Qualifications
- A minimum of a diploma in social science from a
recognized institution; a university degree is an added
advantage.
- 2-3 years of field-based data collection
experience
- Experience supervising a team of Field
Officers.
- Prior work experience in data collection using
SurveyCTO and CATI, and managing electronic data collection
systems.
- Excellent supervision and organizational
skills
- Demonstrated ability to manage data collection at
various levels (planning, piloting, collecting, backchecking,
reporting and team building)
- Flexible, self-motivated, able to manage multiple
tasks efficiently, and a team player
- Proficient user of Microsoft Office suite
- Strong communication skills with fluency in
English and Swahili
- Experience in research activities at the community
level.
- Good at taking notes and giving feedback on happenings
during data collection
- Honest, reliable, dependable, and whose integrity
is not questionable
- Tugen, Keiyo and Marakwet speakers are encouraged
to apply
Desired:
- Experience in qualitative data collection
(moderation of meetings)
- Experience in conducting data quality checks for
quantitative data.
- Experience in developing a work plan, survey
tracking, and reporting.
- Flexible and able to work in a demanding
environment.
- Experience managing phone call surveys on CATI
.
How to Apply
Only shortlisted
candidates will be contacted 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 Senior Field Officer– PB 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.
Applicants are encouraged to confirm the information listed above with IPA.
