Job Title: Field Enumerator (20 Fresher Data Collection Job Vacancies)
Organisation: International Advisory, Products and System (i-APS)
Duty Station: Kiryandongo, Nakapiripirit, Moroto, Kotido, Kaabong, Yumbe, Terego, Koboko, Obongi, Adjumani, Madi-Okollo, Lamwo, Isingiro, Kamwenge, Kikuube, and Kyegegwa, Uganda
Reports to: Field Coordinator
About US:
i-APS offers expert technical advisory services, innovative products, and field-tested systems that allow clients and communities to quickly adapt and achieve sustainable outcomes. We regularly work with USAID, UN Agencies (UNOCHA, UNICEF, WFP/FAO, WHO), DEXIS, Global Communities, Blu mont, American Red Cross, Iraqi Red Crescent Society, and International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
Background:
International Advisory, Products and System (i-APS) has been contracted by the United Nations World Food Programme, WFP Uganda Country office to conduct the Decentralized Evaluation of Promoting Self-Reliance with Livelihood, Asset Creation and Resilience Interventions in Uganda. The evaluation will inform the self-reliance and livelihood strategy by providing robust evidence on what has worked well, what may need adjustment to ensure quality programming including suggestions on how to create self-reliance of the beneficiaries through resilience and livelihood interventions that will be implemented in the forthcoming Country Strategic Plan (2026-2030). The Evaluation will suggest interventions that best serve beneficiaries aimed at strengthening their capacity to build resilience to the shocks.
This evaluation will use both Quantitative and Qualitative methodology and will be conducted in the Karamoja region, and refugee settlements in the Northern, West Nile and South Western regions of Uganda.
Job Summary: We therefore seek to recruit a team of dedicated Field Enumerators with experience in conducting both Quantitative and Qualitative methodology to collect data.
Duration: This is a short term contract, approximately from mid august to mid September. The exact number of days will be defined.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Participate in training and pretesting of data collection tools prior to the field data collection (quantitative surveys)
- Administer and obtain Informed Consent from participants
- Conduct quantitative data collection (surveys) under direction of Field Coordinator
- Enter responses accurately (without alterations or omissions) during the interviews onto the tablet using KOBO Collect (enter data with diligence).
- Syncing the data collected daily to the server
- Conduct qualitative data collection, if it is requested by the Field Coordinator
- Verbatim Data Transcription for each qualitative data collected
- Daily update on the data collection to the Field Coordinator
- Participate in data quality control and assurance, and respond to all data queries that may arise
- Answer questions that the respondents may ask before and or during the course of data collection
- Protect the tablets being used for the data collection
- Participate in de-briefing meetings at the close of data collection
- Take care of all field data collection tools and equipment such as tablets
- Execute any other duties assigned by the field coordinator
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The applicant must hold a Bachelor’s degree in Nutrition, Agribusiness, Economics, Social Sciences, Development Studies, Social works or any other related course.
- A minimum of two to three years of experience in conducting face to face survey, Key Informant Interviews and Focus group discussions
- Possession of a Certificate in Good Clinical Practice and/or Human Subjects Protection
- Ability to work well in a team
- Prior experience in conducting evaluations in Refugee settlements
- Good knowledge of ethical principles in conducting evaluations
- Experience in using KOBO Collect (or any similar programme) for electronic data collection
- Experience in transcribing KIIs and FGDs
- Knowledge/working experience in one of the evaluation target locations of Kiryandongo, Nakapiripirit, Moroto, Kotido, Kaabong, Yumbe, Terego, Koboko, Obongi, Adjumani, Madi Okollo, Lamwo, Isingiro, Kamwenge, Kikuube, and Kyegegwa.
- Fluent in English language (reading, writing and speaking)
- MUST be able to fluently speak and write one of the following local languages; Lugara, Madi, Acholi, Juba Arabic, Bari, Dinka, French,Nga Karimojong, Runyankore-Rukiga, Runyoro, and Rutoro
- MUST be available for the entire duration of the data collection.
How to Apply:
All qualified and interested persons should send their cover letter clearly stating the local language(s) and an updated curriculum vitae (CV) as a single PDF to aokello@i-aps.com and copy in ccarli@i-aps.com Please indicate in the subject of your email, position and preferred location. Eg, “FIELD ENUMERATOR-WEST NILE OR KARAMOJA OR SOUTHWESTERN.”
Note: Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Deadline: 20th July 2023 by 5pm