Consultancy for Survey Implementer to Conduct Quantitative Household Survey at International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

• Develop spot- and back-check protocols and share these with IFPRI for feedback prior to the start of data collection. 
• Participate in weekly meetings with IFPRI throughout data collection.  
• Share the data generated from the spot and back-checks and additional data collection concerns with IFPRI in a timely manner so that issues can be promptly resolved. 
• Share the data generated from CAPI (in Stata format) with IFPRI during data collection, as and when the data is uploaded to the servers. These data will not be the cleaned data sets (except for variable and value labels, checking and correcting skip patterns, formatting the data in long format as required) , but the raw data sets as sent to the firm from their survey teams. 
• Conduct data cleaning to ensure consistency and range-checks; share the error check do-files with IFPRI. 
• Provide responses to queries from IFPRI in relation to data cleaning (as needed). 
• Deliver cleaned data sets (in Stata format) from the 1 , 000 household s in long format . The dataset should include translation of any open-ended questions from local languages to English if necessary.  
• Provide a brief report covering quantitative survey fieldwork , as well as any issues related to data management and cleaning. 
• PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: July 31 , 202 2 to January 3 1 , 202 3 . 

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Demonstrated experience conducting quantitative survey fieldwork in Kenya within the past 5 years. 
• Demonstrated experience conducting survey-related trainings . 
• Expert knowledge of local context and languages in the target areas. 
• Experience in building trust and good relations with village leaders, interviewees , and communities. 
• Strong program management skills . 
• Demonstrated experience in successfully coordinating large field teams and managing deliverables. 
• Excellent computer skills and experience using CAPI and statistical software packages . 
• Demonstrated experience with obtaining appropriate local ethics review and permits