Innovations for Poverty Action Kenya

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P.O. Box 72427-00200, Nairobi, Kenya
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KLPS Project

POSITION: Field Officer (8 positions)

REPORTING TO: Associate Field Manager
START DATE: 16th June 2021
LOCATION: Busia
DURATION: 3 Months
DEADLINE: Applications reviewed on a rolling basis
ELIGIBILITY: Position open to local Kenyan hires only
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About Innovations for Poverty Action: Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) is a research and policy non-profit
Organization that discovers and promotes effective solutions to global poverty problems. IPA brings together
researchers and decision-makers to design, rigorously evaluate, and refine these solutions and their applications,
ensuring that the evidence created is used to improve the lives of the world’s poor.

About the project: The Kenya Life Panel Survey has been tracking young people since 1998 during the Primary
School Deworming Program. We have already done the first wave of our fourth round for the adults and will be starting
the second wave soon. We will also be starting the Kids component along with an additional adult component soon.
We look at the expenditure, income, health, nutritional, educational, and employment outcomes of those involved in
the Primary School Deworming Program. As for the Kids, we mainly conduct some cognitive tests. Most of the
individuals in the current adult sample have also participated in additional projects: the Girls’ Scholarship Program,
the Vocational Education Voucher Project, and the Start Up Capital for Youth project.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Conduct Phone call surveys and ensuring high data quality.

• Assist in data collection preparation work, including translations, pretesting, and piloting.
• Diligent completion of checklists and other means of monitoring data.
• Data entry tasks as assigned by the Project Management.
• Ensure proper use and maintenance of the assigned project equipment (tablets, GPS machines,
weighing machines, field gear, etc.)
• Actively participate in staff in-office trainings as well as project discussions and making efforts to
improve one’s capacity
• Accounting of field allowances in an honest and accurate manner
• Accurate survey administration with strict adherence to the ethical survey administration
guidelines and project specific procedures
• Respondent tracking
• Any other duties assigned by the supervisor.
Qualifications and Experience:

• University degree or college diploma in social sciences, economics, community development or

its equivalent.
• Minimum 1 year of experience in phone call surveys and household data collection.
• Excellent oral and written communication in both English and Kiswahili or Luhya.
• Experience in both qualitative and quantitative data collection
• Prior experience in phone call data collection and survey administration, preferably using CAI
(SurveyCTO)
• Ability to work and interview individuals from all walks of life including rural villages and informal
settlements (slums) while maintaining professionalism.
• Well organized, flexible, detail-oriented, excellent listening skills.
• Strong ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Basic computing knowledge and skills is an added advantage
• Honest, diligent, and self-driven individual
• Comfortable with interviewing individuals within their homes or even their workplaces
• Ability to work in rough terrain and harsh weather conditions in the field

How to Apply

Please click here to apply. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted 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-KLPS. 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.