Key Accountabilities/Responsibilities
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- Supervising IMOs by reviewing the work conducted by IPOs and supporting them in planning their tasks to ensure efficient data collection. Ensuring data quality assurance for both quantitative surveys and qualitative interviews, and FGDs is a key aspect of the role.
- Conducting key informant and in-depth interviews, as well as facilitating focus group discussions (FGDs) with key populations according to the established protocol.
- Timely review of FGDs transcripts and interviews for accuracy, managing data files, and ensuring proper transcription and cleaning of interviews.
- Assisting in the preparation of periodic field reports and data collection activities.
Minimum Qualifications
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- BBachelor’s degree in Social Sciences, Development Studies, Public Health, Statistics, or related field.
- At least 5 years of progressive experience in supervising field data collection teams including M&E activities in development programs, in both rural and urban settings.
- Demonstrated experience conducting and overseeing qualitative research activities, including KIIs, IDIs, and FGDs.
- Fluent in English and local dialect for respective regions.
Key Skills and Competencies
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- Strong organizational and management skills to supervise and support field teams.
- Analytical & Detail-Oriented: Strong critical thinking and accuracy in data collection.
- Communication: Clear verbal and written communication skills.
- Cultural Awareness: Ability to engage effectively across diverse populations.
- Interpersonal Skills: Strong rapport-building with participants and stakeholders.
- Ethics & Integrity: Commitment to informed consent and data confidentiality.
- Adaptability: Willingness to live in the respective locations and travel extensively, including remote areas, to conduct fieldwork.
- Ability to support capacity-building sessions and support in pre-test sessions for data collection tools.
- Strong Microsoft Office skills and experience using laptops, tablets, and GPS recording.
- Proficiency in digital data collection tools (e.g., ODK, SurveyCTO, CommCare) is an added advantage.
