Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA)
Field Officer – Maize Storage Project
Position: Field Officer
Deadline to Apply: 29th January 2016
Start Date: 15th February 2016
Eligibility: Position
open to local Kenyan hires only
About Innovations for Poverty Action: 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: African agricultural markets are thin and weakly
integrated, often resulting in lower revenues for smallholder farmers and
higher food prices for consumers.
However, agricultural trading firms,
which are responsible for intermediation in these markets, and the market
environment in which they work have long been a black box.
We do not know if market isolation is
the result of traders operating as efficiently as possible within the
constraints of high transaction costs — poor roads, high search costs, and
limited contract enforcement; or whatever large price dispersion is instead a
sign of imperfect competition among private sector actors, exerting market
power to drive prices away from competitive equilibria.
The answer to this question has
important implications for which market integration policies should be promoted
in order to have the greatest impact on price convergence and welfare, not to
mention productivity of the intermediation sector.
The Maize Traders study aims to
provide quantifiable evidence to guide such policy decisions.
This two-stage experiment aims (1) to
quantify the competitiveness of rural agricultural markets, and (2) to test
whether the entry of new intermediaries into markets, a common policy response
to perceived competitiveness, can enhance competition and increase consumer
welfare.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Accurate & complete survey administration.
- Monitoring of Grants delivered to Traders.
- Ensure data integrity is maintained at all
times and minimize errors in data collection. - Punctuality: both to determined daily schedule
& appointments with respondents. - Planning for team activities for specific
project assignments. - Maintain team cohesion and respect among team
members. - Accurate daily reporting and tracking for
oneself and within assigned team. - Demonstrate integrity and understanding during
interaction with community members and partner organization staff. - On non-field days, accurately perform office
duties for instance translation and data entry. - Maintaining security and quality of project
assets and materials.
- Excellent oral and written communication
skills in English and Kiswahili. - Experience with data collection through market
surveys, household surveys, focus groups or observations - Ability to recognize when questions are
difficult or unclear to subjects - Excellent note taking ability during
interviews - Comfortable with interviewing individuals
within their homes, markets and over the phone. - Basic computer knowledge and skills
(mandatory) - Ability to comfortably work with groups and
within groups - Ability to monitor sales closely in
markets
- Bachelors’ degree or college diploma in social
sciences, health and /or business administration - Past experience in data collection
- Experience in data collection using Survey CTO
or Open Data Kit (ODK)
Please send 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.
Applications must be submitted ONLY by email to jobs-kenya@poverty-action.org ,
please ensure that the subject line reads: “Field Officer” REF NO. Maize
Storage: 2016-01-02.
Field Officer – WASH Benefits Project
Position: Field Officer
Deadline to Apply: Applications
will be reviewed on a rolling basis
Start Date: 25th
January 2016
Eligibility: Position open to local Kenya hires only
About Innovations for Poverty Action: 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: IPA
seeks qualified applicant for the position of a Field officer for the Water, Sanitation,
and Hygiene (WASH) Benefits Project.
Wash Benefits is a 5 year project
that is evaluating the combined impacts of water, hygiene, sanitation and
nutrition interventions on the health of young children in Western Kenya.
The Project is currently on its final
year focuses on evaluating the health benefits of sanitation, hygiene,
household water treatment and nutrition, using a large-scale, randomized
evaluation that is taking place in Western province.
We are currently seeking Field
Officers to focus on behavior change communication activities of the WASH
benefits project.
Overview: The Field Officer will be based in the Western
region Kakamega County, and will be required to travel in the County.
He/she will work closely with fellow
Field Officers and with WASH Benefits Implementation management team,
including, Field Managers and Research Associates (RA’s).
The Field officer will spend
approximately 90% of his/her time in the Field
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Identifying and confirming eligible study
respondents - Get informed consent from study participants
- Collecting data and taking anthropometry
measurements with strict adherence to the SOP - Ensure proper storage and handling field
equipment such as shorr boards and scales - Calibrating field equipment like scales, shorr
boards using standard blocks of known weights and stadiometres
respectively - Collecting data related to stool, urine and
toy ball samples - Collection and appropriate aliquoting of
stool, urine and toy ball samples - Serve as team leader: Communicating with local
administration (village elders), mobilizing guides, filling data forms and
uploading data on the WASH server - Any other duties assigned by the Field
Manager/Research Associate
- Bachelor’s degree in Health;
- Interest in public health, nutrition, and/or
community development; - Lab experience a plus
Please send 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.
.
Applications must be submitted ONLY by email to jobs-kenya@poverty-action.org ,
please ensure that the subject line reads: “Field Officer” REF NO. Wash
Benefits: 2016-01-01.
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.
Disclaimer: The above statements are intended to describe the
general nature and level of the work being performed by the Field Officer. 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 prior to releasing
any extensive personal information to the organization. Please direct questions
to jobs-kenya@poverty-action.org.
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