Field Officers and Team Leaders Jobs in Kenya

Field Officers and Team Leaders – Farmers Skills

Deadline to Apply: January

11th 2016
 

Start Date: January 25th 2016
 

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. Including training, the survey

round is expected to last approximately six weeks.

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 Netbooks

• Supervise field officers conducting data
  
  collection and provide feedback field coordinator


• Coordinating with field officers for
  
  scheduling of respondents for data collection activities


• Assist in the management of data collection
  
  activities: collecting data from field officers on a daily basis, and
  
  turning over data to project manager

• Strong oral and written communication skills


• At least basic computer skills


• Fluency in Luo

• Bachelors’ degree or college
  
  diploma/certificate in Agriculture, Economics, Social Work or related
  
  fields.


• Experience working on data collection
  
  activities, especially computer-assisted interviewing

Please 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.JonhSmith


• For the Cover letter: IPAFS.CL.NameCandidate.
  
  Example: IPAFS.CL.JonhSmith

Applications must be submitted by

ONLY email to jobs-kenya@poverty-action.org, hard copies will not be

accepted. 

Please ensure that the subject line

reads: “Field Officer / Team Leader” REF NO. Farmers Skills-2015-12-01. 

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/Team

Leader). 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.