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
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