Officer, Field Monitoring-MLE (Awendo) at Evidence Action

Duties and responsibilities

Data collection and quality

• Accurately and timely collect Safe Water Now evaluation data, through the administration of questionnaire, collection of samples, and making observations, in the areas of operation, using electronic and/or paper instruments.
• Participate in bench-testing of electronic instruments as part of training and instrument improvement process
• Timely and meaningfully support flow of information from the field to the Program Leadership by utilizing “soft feedback” tools.
• Participate in the data collection training of operation/program field staff.
• Support data flow process from the field to the office, by adhering to the data flow protocol that indicates when and how submit data

People management

• Enthusiastically provide mentorship to new staff involved in the Safe Water Now data collection activities, including shadowing their work in the initial days in the field.

Stakeholder relationship

• Maintain cordial public relation with local stakeholders, including government officials and community members, through observing meaningful and respectful engagement in the course of field work.

Financial management

• Contribute towards the cost-efficiency of the organization and programs through accurate management of financial payments and expenditures in the field and at the office

Communication

• On a daily basis share insightful feedback with program leads based on field observations.
• Timely development and dissemination of adoption monitoring reports with program teams at office level.

Other

• Support data collection needs from other programs, and other duties as may be assigned by the MLE leadership.

Requirements

• Minimum Diploma in a social science discipline with a bias on statistics or research applications, community work, project management or equivalent. Candidates with a minimum of a certificate course in Teaching and nursing are also encouraged to apply. Candidates with an M&E background have a definite advantage
• Good language skills in English and Kiswahili/Luo both spoken and written
• 1-2 years’ experience working in a research environment administering surveys, working with communities or social enterprises/NGOs
• Motor cycle riding skills or willingness to learn and ride a motorcycle. Candidates with a valid Class-Category A riding license from a recognized driving school will have an added advantage
• Experience using electronic data collection platforms, specifically survey CTO 
• High level of integrity and stewardship
• Embraces team work and aspires and supports the ideals of working in a team work environment as a team champion
• Passion to work in a rural community setting
• Good communication skills-ability to  communicate well within the organization and with the rural communities and local leaders
• Basic leadership skills in managing people ,working with communities, government officers, schools and  teams
• Good computer skills and comfort to advance the skills in a dynamic IT field