JOB AT Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) : Field Manager : ( 26 April 2019 )
Location: Kigali, Rwanda
Deadline to apply: 5 pm Friday 26th April
Length of Commitment: 3 months (with possible extension)
Desired start date: ASAP
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
The Field Managers will lead project field activities and manage a teams of field enumerators to collect project related data. The successful candidates will be detail-oriented and enthusiastic about managing field research projects. The Field Managers will work closely with academic researchers, partners, and other field staff to perform a variety of tasks which may include but not be limited to:
Hiring, training, and managing the field teams that will conduct the data collection,
Ensuring that all IPA data quality protocols are followed,
Creating detailed field plans describing team schedules and market to visit,
Managing field logistics and adapting Field Plan to changing conditions as necessary,
Assisting in procuring products and getting approvals from local authorities,
Supporting data collection and monitoring data quality, completing high-quality data checks on a daily basis
Assisting in piloting and translation of questionnaires,
Establishing editing and tracking systems
Making daily updates to a field logbook to track activities and data questions,
Providing relevant inputs on local context and assist research staff in coordinating relationships with local officials
Maintaining a database of surveyors and other useful data collection contacts and resources
Supporting project implementation and training for this as needed
Education and/or Work Experience Requirements:
Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Social Sciences, Agriculture, Statistics etc.
At least one year of field management experience in field-based data collection
Experience conducting social science or economic field research. Background in randomized control trials is preferred
Strong Excel skills
Be physically apt for long travel and out of Kigali based field work
Experience with electronic data collection platforms. Knowledge of Survey CTO a plus.
Experience in the conduct of training of enumerators/field staff
Strong written and oral communication skills and complete fluency in English is required
Fluency in Kinyarwanda essential
IF YOU MEET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE JOB DESCRIPTION, PLEASE APPLY BY SENDING YOUR CV AND MOTIVATION STATEMENT TO [email protected]. ALL APPLICATIONS MUST LIST ‘FIELD MANAGER’ IN THE TITLE AND LIST GROSS SALARY EXPECTATIONS.
APPLICATIONS WILL BE CONSIDERED ON A ROLLING BASIS, ALL APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED PRIOR TO 5 PM RWANDA TIME ON FRIDAY APRIL 26 WILL BE CONSIDERED. APPLICATIONS AFTER THIS TIME WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. DUE TO THE VOLUME OF APPLICATIONS ONLY SHORTLISTED CANDIDATES WILL BE NOTIFIED.
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