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Field Officers and Team Leaders – Farmers Skills

Deadline to Apply: January 11th 2016
 
Start Date: January 25th 2016
 
Location: Siaya Town
 
Eligibility: Position open to local Kenyan hires only
 
About Innovations for Poverty Action: Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) is a non-profit research organization that creates and evaluates approaches to solving development problems. 

IPA disseminates the results of its evaluations to policymakers, practitioners, investors and donors around the world.
Project Specifics: Presently, we are conducting a follow-up survey to analyze the impacts of farmer managed research trials currently being implemented by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA). 

The research trials were first implemented during the long rain season of 2014 and this follow up survey should be conducted just after the harvest. Including training, the survey round is expected to last approximately six weeks.

Field officers will gain valuable experience in field data collection. Field officers will work directly with survey respondents. 

The field officers will work closely with team leaders and project managers to improve their own skills. Field officers will be based in Siaya town and will travel throughout Yala, Ugunja, Ukwala, Wagai and Boro. 

The field officers will be expected to work Monday through Friday.
 
In addition, team leaders will be selected from the pool of field officers. 

The team leaders will report directly to the project manager and will be responsible for coordinating the activities of a small team of field officers. 

Team leaders will organize transport, ensure that data is collected from field officers and properly transferred to project supervisors, ensure that payments are being made to respondents correctly, and coordinate with village partners to conduct data collection activities.

Tasks, Duties and Responsibilities:
  • Arrive to work promptly and reliably, always setting an example for one’s colleagues.
  • Interact with community members with the highest level of integrity and understanding.
  • Collaborate with teammates to improve own skills and those of teammates.
  • Collecting data using Netbooks
    • Team leader
    • Supervise field officers conducting data collection and provide feedback field coordinator
    • Coordinating with field officers for scheduling of respondents for data collection activities
    • Assist in the management of data collection activities: collecting data from field officers on a daily basis, and turning over data to project manager
    Qualifications:
     
    Required
    • Strong oral and written communication skills
    • At least basic computer skills
    • Fluency in Luo
    Desired
    • Bachelors’ degree or college diploma/certificate in Agriculture, Economics, Social Work or related fields.
    • Experience working on data collection activities, especially computer-assisted interviewing
    How to Apply:
     
    Please send by email a cover letter and detailed CV, 3 references, daytime phone number(s), and email address.

    Your CV should include your scores or grades and other measures of academic achievement, and details about any relevant work experience.
     
    Please name the documents as follow:
    • For the CV: IPAFS.CV.NameCandidate. Example: IPAFS.CV.JonhSmith
    • For the Cover letter: IPAFS.CL.NameCandidate. Example: IPAFS.CL.JonhSmith
    Applications must be submitted by ONLY email to jobs-kenya@poverty-action.org, hard copies will not be accepted. 

    Please ensure that the subject line reads: “Field Officer / Team Leader” REF NO. Farmers Skills-2015-12-01. 

    Only short-listed candidates will be contacted by email for an interview. 

    Applicants are encouraged to apply early, as applications will be reviewed on a ROLLING BASIS

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