Field Assistant Job in Busia Kenya

Household Savings Project

Position: Field Assistant
 Deadline to Apply:9th August 2012
 Start Date: 15th August 2012
 Location: Busia

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 and disseminates information about what works and what does not to policymakers, practitioners, investors and donors around the world.
 

Description of Work:  

The Field Assistants will assist the Household Savings team. Activities include administering surveys to individuals and households, meeting with teachers, village officials, and relatives to locate respondents, and traveling to those areas in order to interview individuals. Android tablets will be used to administer the survey
 All of the work in this project will be Busia-based, with limited travel to the surrounding areas. Visiting these respondents can include taking public transport, bodaboda, and walking long distances. Working outside of standard business hours either in the morning or evening or on weekends is sometimes necessary as well.
Other tasks include liaising with affiliate banks and partner organizations, running economic games, organizing data in the field, office based matching of ID lists, compilation of survey information, photocopying, translation between Kiswahili and English and any other tasks needed to make the project run effectively or assigned by a supervisor.
 Work duration: Successful applicants will initially be hired for month on a casual basis. Those who demonstrate consistent exceptional abilities and work performance may be considered for a more long term placement, with the same project.
 Qualifications:
 Academic Qualifications: It is preferred that candidates have obtained a college diploma or university degree, preferably in sociology, statistics, economics, education, development studies, social sciences, health, or related fields. Candidates must have completed secondary schooling
 Professional/Technical Skills:  Skills in data collection and survey administration; ability to work with local administrators. Computer knowledge and familiarity with Android OS helpful
 

Other Qualities and Attributes: 

Most importantly a positive attitude towards the position; able to work in rural settings; comfortable interviewing people in their homes; comfortable traveling in the surrounding areas of Busia; well-organized; ability to work independently and in a team in the field; promptness; attention to detail; initiative.
Candidates must be fluent in Kiswahili and English. Luo, Teso and Luhya speakers preferred.
 

To apply: 

Please send 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.
 

Applications can be submitted to any of our branch offices, 

 

or by email to jobs-kenya@poverty-action.org ,

 

or by post office using P.O Box 373, Busia area code 50400 Kenya. 

If you submit by email, please ensure that the subject line reads: “FIELD ASSISTANT.”REF NO: HH SAVE-2012-07-01.
 

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 Assistant.
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.