Field Officer Job in Nairobi, Kenya

Innovations for Poverty Action

Position:

 Field Officer – Financial Bonds Project

Deadline:

 Applications reviewed on a rolling basis
 

Duration: 1 Month (Casual Contract)
 

Eligibility: Kenyan

Nationals 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.
 

Position Overview: The Financial Bonds project is a new project, aimed

at evaluating the new government ‘M-Akiba’ product. 

To this end, the project requires

large scale data collection activities within Nairobi, and coordination with

various partners on ground.

We are seeking Field Officers to assist in data collection and in recruitment

of eligible households. Baseline and follow up survey data will be collected

through various instruments including listing data and electronic surveys. 

The Field Officer will work closely

with fellow Field Officers, and with the management team. He/She will spend

approximately 90% of his/her time in the field and 10% in the office.

The Field Officers are expected to be team players, and coordinate with their

supervisors (the Senior Field Officers, Associate Field Managers and Field

Managers), to ensure that the data collected is of the highest quality.
 

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Arrive at work on time;


• Complete scheduled activities each day in a
  
  timely manner;


• Demonstrate integrity and understanding during
  
  interaction with community members and partner organization staff;


• On non-field days, perform office duties with
  
  care (for instance translation work, which will be taught as needed);



• Assist in daily survey organization and
  
  storage;


• Ensure data integrity is maintained at all
  
  times and minimize errors in data collection;


• Administer household and pupil surveys;


• Administer pupil assessment tests;


• Distribute vouchers and find eligible schools;


• Provide the FM/AFMs with daily feedback
  
  regarding surveying activities

• Excellent oral and written communication
  
  skills in both English and Kiswahili.


• Experience with data collection through
  
  household surveys, academic tests, exit interviews, focus groups or
  
  observations;


• Ability to recognize when questions are
  
  difficult or unclear to subjects;


• Good interpersonal skills; specifically good
  
  at interacting with children;


• Excellent note taking ability during
  
  interviews;


• Comfortable with interviewing individuals
  
  within their homes;


• Basic computer knowledge and skills
  
  (mandatory);


• Ability to comfortably work with groups and
  
  within groups.

• Bachelors’ degree or college diploma in social
  
  sciences and education;


• Past experience in data collection – show
  
  proof of this in application;


• Experience in data collection using Open Data
  
  Kit (ODK) / SurveyCTO;


• Experience working with an education-field
  
  project is an added advantage.

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: Financial

Bonds 2016-01-03” 

Only short-listed 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. 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.