Quantitative Field Interviewer
Project Summary
Kenya Nawiri is a USAID Development Food Security Activity. The prime awardee is Mercy Corps, with RTI and APHRC as research partners on the longitudinal study. The USAID Nawiri program is working to sustainably reduce persistent acute malnutrition in Kenya’s arid and semi-arid lands by transforming systems and building capacities to absorb, anticipate, and adapt to shocks and stresses. APHRC and RTI are currently conducting a 24-month longitudinal mixed-methods cohort study of children less than 5 years and their mothers/caregivers.
Findings and learning from the study are providing evidence-based insights for the design of overarching and micro-solutions towards sustainable reduction of persistent acute malnutrition in Turkana and Samburu counties. Information gathering will be primarily through repeated household surveys in both counties. Quantitative Field Interviewers will be required to collect data at the household level using a structured questionnaire.Duties and Responsibilities
Specifically, the Quantitative Field Interviewer will:
- Be required to fully understand research
objectives of the study.
- Participate in training for data collection
activities.
- Conduct household surveys on allocated study
participants while adhering to guidelines as spelled out in the research
protocols.
- Conduct household surveys by:
- Collecting quantitative data
in assigned households
- Encouraging respondents to
respond to all questions asked
- Ensuring accurate recording of
data provided by respondents
- Taking anthropometric
measurements of the primary caregiver and child/children below 5 years
old in assigned households.
- Complete and submit all assigned interviews for
cross-checking and verification by the team leader on a daily basis.
- Review the collected data to ensure all questions
are completed prior to online submission.
- Follow up with participants for missing responses
or to correct any inaccurate responses.
- Report any challenges encountered in the field to
the team leader/supervisor.
- Fill in daily progress reports/timesheets and
maintain updated records and databases of assigned work.
- Follow ethical research practices and
professionalism in executing assigned duties including obtaining informed
consent before conducting interviews.
- Maintain confidentiality of the information
collected from program beneficiaries.
- Ensure adherence to all MoH & COVID-19
protocols.
Minimum Requirements
- A minimum of KCSE “C” plain.
- Have proven experience in quantitative data
collection and electronic data capture (using tablets).
- Knowledge in Microsoft Office suite (Word,
PowerPoint, and Excel).
- Resident of Samburu sub-counties (Samburu Central,
Samburu East and Samburu North).
- Fluent in English, Kiswahili and Samburu (verbal
and written)
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Be prepared to work full-time on the project for
the duration of data collection.
The successful candidates will be engaged for a period of 1 month
with the possibility of being contracted for subsequent data collection periods
in the project, subject to good performance.
How to Apply
- Cover letter
- CV with contact details for three referees
- Copy of National ID
- Copies of your academic certificates and relevant
testimonials.
Interested candidates are encouraged to submit the above documents
via email to cvs@flexi-personnel.com . Please
indicate on the subject line of the email, ‘Quantitative Field Interviewer
SAMBURU USAID NAWIRI PROJECT’. Deadline: 6th September
2022. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
PLEASE NOTE: APPLICANTS ARE NOT REQUIRED TO
MAKE ANY PAYMENTS TO ANYONE DURING ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS
APHRC and Flexi Personnel are equal
opportunity employers and are committed to the protection of persons at risk.