IPA Farmers Skills Project Field Officers and Team Leaders Jobs in Siaya Town, Kenya

Position: Field Officers and Team Leaders
Deadline to Apply: December 31st, 2014
Start Date: January 19th, 2015
Eligibility: Position open to local Kenyan hires only
About Innovations for Poverty Action: Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) is a non-profit research organization that creates and evaluates approaches to solving development problems. IPA disseminates the results of its evaluations to policymakers, practitioners, investors and donors around the world.
 Project specifics: Presently, we are conducting a follow-up survey to analyze the impacts of farmer managed research trials currently being implemented by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA). The research trials were first implemented during the long rain season of 2014 and this follow up survey should be conducted just after the harvest.

Field officers will gain valuable experience in field data collection. Field officers will work directly with survey respondents. The field officers will work closely with team leaders and project managers to improve their own skills. Field officers will be based in Siaya town and will travel throughout Yala, Ugunja, Ukwala, Wagai and Boro. The field officers will be expected to work Monday through Friday.
In addition, team leaders will be selected from the pool of field officers. The team leaders will report directly to the project manager and will be responsible for coordinating the activities of a small team of field officers. Team leaders will organize transport, ensure that data is collected from field officers and properly transferred to project supervisors, ensure that payments are being made to respondents correctly, and coordinate with village partners to conduct data collection activities.
 Tasks, Duties, and Responsibilities:Arrive to work promptly and reliably, always setting an example for one’s colleagues.Interact with community members with the highest level of integrity and understanding.Collaborate with teammates to improve own skills and those of teammates.Collecting data using NetbooksSupervise field officers conducting data collection and provide feedback field coordinatorCoordinating with field officers for scheduling of respondents for data collection activitiesAssist in the management of data collection activities: collecting data from field officers on a daily basis, and turning over data to project managerStrong written and oral communication skillsHistory of providing feedback to teammates and examples of this feedback improving teammates’ workHas, at least, basic computer skillsFluent in LuoBachelors’ degree or college diploma/certificate in Social work/AgricultureExperience working on data collection activitiesPlease send by email a cover letter and detailed CV, 3 references, daytime phone number(s), and email address.Your CV should include your scores or grades and other measures of academic achievement, and details about any relevant work experience.
Please name the documents as follow:For the CV: IPAFS.CV.NameCandidate. Example: IPAFS.CV.JonhSmithFor the Cover letter: IPAFS.CL.NameCandidate. Example: IPAFS.CL.JonhSmithApplications can be submitted by ONLY email to jobs-kenya@poverty-action.org (and cc: kfriedman@poverty-action.org), hard copies will not be accepted. Please ensure that the subject line reads: “Field Officer / Team Leader” REF NO. Farmers Skills-2014-12-01. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted by email for an interview. Applicants are encouraged to apply early, as applications will be reviewed on a ROLLING BASIS.
Disclaimer: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by the Field Officer. The statements are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all possible duties, tasks, and responsibilities. Management reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet organizational needs as necessary. Please note that IPA will never request any form of payment from an applicant. Applicants are encouraged to confirm the information listed above with IPA prior to releasing any extensive personal information to the organization. Please direct questions to jobs-kenya@poverty-action.org.