POSITION: Field Officer (35 positions)
REPORTING TO: Field Manager
START DATE: 1st November 2022
LOCATION: Busia and Nairobi
DURATION: 1 Month
DEADLINE: 11th October 2022
ELIGIBILITY: Position open to local Kenyan
hires only
About Innovations for Poverty Action: Innovations for Poverty
Action (IPA) is a research and policy non-profit Organization that
discovers and promotes effective solutions to global poverty problems. IPA
brings together researchers and decision-makers to design, rigorously
evaluate, and refine these solutions and their applications, ensuring
that the evidence created is used to improve the lives of the world’s
poor.
About the project: The Kenya Life Panel
Survey is a longitudinal study that seeks to rigorously examine the medium
to-long term impacts of several programs that invested in rural Kenyan youth
then (now young adults). These programs include the Primary School
Deworming Project (PSDP), which provided deworming treatment to primary
school students in rural Kenya between 1998 and 2002, the Girls’
Scholarship Program (GSP), which provided merit based scholarships to
young women in a separate set of primary schools in rural Kenya in 2001 and
2002, and the Vocational Training Voucher Program (VTVP), which provided
vouchers to a subset of PSDP and GSP participants allowing them to obtain
vocational training between 2009 and 2010 and lastly Start-up Capital for Youth
(SCY) program which subsequently randomly allocated unconditional cash
grants to support the start-up or expansion of small businesses, among
the same sample of individuals who were part of the TVVP. The KLPS panel data
collection effort seeks to follow recipients of these programs into
adulthood and collect information on a range of life outcomes, with
particular focus on expenditure, income, health, education, labor market
participation, migration, fertility and marriage among others. We are
prepping to start the round-5 of data collection that is focused on the aging
of the participants and will have both Dried Blood Spots (DBS), cognitive
module and Kids modules components. Currently we are in the piloting
phase of the round-5 f data collection.
About the Position: The Field Officer, under
the general supervision of the Field Manager and within the limits of
Innovations for Poverty Action-Kenya policies and procedures, is responsible
for collection of high-quality data. Below are of some of the general
duties and responsibilities of the Field Officer, to be carried out as needed
according to the determination of the Field Manager.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Assist in data collection preparation work,
including translations, pretesting, and piloting.
- Diligent completion of checklists and other means of
monitoring data.
- Ensure proper use and maintenance of the assigned
project equipment (tablets, weighing machines, field gear, DBS
equipment etc.)
- Actively participate in staff in-office trainings as
well as project discussions and making efforts to improve one’s
capacity
- Accounting of field allowances in an honest and
accurate manner
- Accurate survey administration with strict adherence
to the ethical survey administration guidelines and project-specific
procedures
- Respondent tracking
- Any other duties assigned by the supervisor.
Dried blood Spot specific Duties
- Collect, dry and store dried blood spots
samples.
- Barcoding, and package samples in preparation for
shipment to KEMRI Nairobi
- Assist with set-up / maintenance of lab space and
respect the shared lab space in KEMRI Alupe and KEMRI Nairobi
- Keep track of supplies and prompting the supervisors
on those that need to be replenished
- Keep daily logs of samples received, processed and
results from assays
- Regularly assist with preparations of supplies for
field teams (e.g., packing and cleaning field coolers and field
supplies)
- Ensure proper storage and handling of laboratory
equipment
- Clearly and regularly communicate issues to the
Research Associate and Associate Research Manager
- Observe laboratory biosafety procedures during waste
disposal
Qualifications and Experience:
- University degree or college diploma in Social
Sciences or related fields from a recognized institution of higher
learning.
- Minimum 1 year of experience in household data
collection.
- Excellent oral and written communication in both
English and Kiswahili or Luhya.
- Experience in both qualitative and quantitative data
collection
- Prior experience in phone call data collection and
survey administration, preferably using CAI (SurveyCTO)
- Ability to work and interview individuals from all
walks of life including rural villages and informal settlements
(slums) while maintaining professionalism.
- Well organized, flexible, detail-oriented, excellent
listening skills.
- Strong ability to work independently and as part of
a team.
- Basic computing knowledge and skills is an added
advantage
- Honest, diligent, and self-driven individual
- Comfortable with interviewing individuals within
their homes or even their workplaces
- Ability to work in rough terrain and harsh weather
conditions in the field
How to Apply
Please click here 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–KLPS. 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.
