Job Ref: RSS/03/18/KENYA/CFC/003
Qualifications
We are seeking qualified and self-motivated individuals who MUST be based in Nairobi with the following key qualifications;
Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Agricultural Economics, Development Studies or any relevant discipline from a recognized institution.
Undergraduates still studying but are in their advanced stages of study shall also be considered;
Experience in conducting interviews on sensitive topics for research purposes preferably in the key sub-sectors of agriculture: agribusiness management, rural finance, rural markets, gender and economic empowerment;
Past experience in conducting agribusiness studies and household surveys especially within poor and rural communities; agribusiness project evaluations and agribusiness value chains; and among youth and women;
Experience in farm household income estimation and assessing working and living conditions in rural areas;
Experience in conducting data quality checks using online/web based platforms especially ODK backbones including SurveyCTO, Formhub, KoBo, Ona, Survey Monkey, Magpi etc;
Excellent written and verbal skills in English a MUST; as well as a respective local language;
Experience in qualitative & quantitative data collection and a demonstration of good interviewing & data entry; Strong ability to translate research documents in English;
Good working knowledge of office computer applications preferably Word and Excel;
Excellent skills in using online/ web based platforms for data collection, data entry and data quality checks. Additional knowledge of any quantitative and qualitative statistical package will be an added advantage (e.g. SPSS and Nvivo);
Experience in use of mobile phones for data collection; familiarity with the use of digital voice recorders and GPS equipment and PDAs/Android Tablets for data collection, photography and recording.
The data collection work shall be conducted within the Republic of Kenya and is expected to be around May/June 2018.
We shall select researchers who emanate from and have knowledge of the local communities in Kenya.
