Participatory Budgeting Project (PB)
POSITION: Field Officer (19
positions)
REPORTING TO: Senior
Field Officer
START DATE: TBC
LOCATION: Elgeyo
Marakwet/ Nairobi
DURATION: 1.5 Months
DEADLINE: Applications
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 Field Officer under
the general supervision of the Senior Field Officer and within the limits
of Innovations for Poverty Action-Kenya policies and procedures will be
primarily responsible for collection of high-quality data. Below is a list
of some of the general duties and responsibilities of the Field Officer, to be
carried out as needed according to the determination of the Senior Field
Officer.
Duties and
Responsibilities
- Data collection which includes conducting
in-person and phone data collection on SurveyCTO, and CATI at the
household level within the selected villages and providing feedback on
SurveyCTO programming.
- Assist with translations of surveys into local
languages
- Interacting with respondents and project partners
with the highest level of integrity and understanding.
- Ensure that data integrity is always maintained
and minimize errors in data collection and transmission by
rigorously following the study protocol.
- Creating and sustaining a positive relationship
with the study respondents.
- Completion of scheduled activities each day in a
timely manner including keeping logs of work accomplished and
call-backs as assigned by SFO and the PB management.
- Providing the study management team with regular
feedback on data collection activities. • Other tasks assigned
by the SFO/FM/RM.
Qualifications
- A minimum of one (1) year of experience in a
similar role with a diploma in social sciences or related field; a
university degree is an added advantage.
- Experience conducting in-person and phone calls
(Using CATI) quantitative data collection.
- Prior experience conducting phone surveys is very
desirable.
- Detail-oriented, excellent listening skills, and
comfortable discussing sensitive issues.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a
team.
- Excellent oral and written communication in
English and Swahili.
- Excellent planning and organizational
skills.
- Basic computing knowledge and skills –
Mandatory.
- Marakwet, Keiyo and Tugen speakers are encouraged
to apply.
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 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.