Senior Field Officer at Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA)

Senior Field Officer Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Supervise field officers conducting interviews and provide feedback to the field officers and the Field Manager.
• Coordinating with the field officers for the scheduling of the respondents for data collection activities.
• Assist in data collection as and when required.
• Assist in the management of data collection activities; collection of data from field officers on a daily basis and turning over data to the data officer.
• Providing the Field Manager /Research Associate with daily feedback regarding surveying activities and any occurrences in the field.
• Recruitment of farmers into the Mumias Sugar Outgrower Scheme
• Assist to manage the following Mumias Sugar Activities in the Gem area;

1. Land acquisition
2. Land preparation
3. Input supply

• Cane planting and husbandry to ensure adequate cane availability to meet factory requirements at all times and farmer satisfactory returns.
• Assist to liaise with internal and external service providers to ensure farmers get timely , adequate and quality services in order to achieve sustainable returns from cane business at all times
• Ensure 80 % farmer satisfaction

Qualifications for the Senior Field Officer Job

• Bachelor’s degree or college Diploma in any Agricultural related course
• Diploma with 3 years’ experience in data collection
• Experience in data collection using SurveyCTO or ODK
• Strong oral and written communication skills in English