Field Officers at Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA)

Reporting To: Associate Field Manager

Start Date: 15th March, 2018

Location: Siaya, Bungoma and Busia

Duration: 1 Month

Eligibility: Position open to local Kenyan hires only

About the Project: Selective Trials project is trying to learn about farming and technology adoption practices among households in rural Kenya, with US-based Researchers Pascaline Dupas from Stanford University, Sylvain Chassang from Princeton University,Catlan Reardon from University of California, Berkeley and Erik Snowberg from the California Institute of Technology.

We are currently preparing for a follow-up survey to be carried out in households across Busia, Bungoma and Siaya counties.

About the Position: The Field Officer, under the supervision of the Associate Field Manager and Senior Field Officer, will be primarily responsible for survey administration as per the set targets. The Field Offices will also be involved in undertaking phone surveys. The Field Officer will also be expected to assist with office tasks including translations and data entry.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Accurate survey administration
• Ability to meet the daily set survey targets
• Assist in office duties when required e.g. translation, data entry
• Actively engage in project discussions
• Work as part of a team
• Report to SFO daily on field updates
• Submit timely notice on leave day bookings
• Respondent tracking
• Proper use of equipment used to facilitate data collection e.g. Tablets, G.P.S
• Honest accounting of field allowances

Qualifications and Experience

• College diploma or bachelor’s degree in social sciences
• At least one-year experience in household data collection
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in both English and Kiswahili.
• Good interpersonal skills; specifically, good at interacting with respondents
• Comfortable with interviewing individuals within their homes;
• Ability to work in rough terrain and harsh weather conditions in the field
• Ability to comfortably work as a team
• Experience in data collection through CAI
• Honest, diligent and self-driven individual