Temporary Field Coordinator at African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC)

The APHRC requires a Field Coordinator to provide day-to-day support for the running of evaluation of World Food Programme (WFP) food and nutrition interventions in Dadaab, Kakuma and Kalobeyei refugee camps, Kenya.

The WFP interventions aim to ensure refugees and asylum seekers in camps/settlements and populations affected by natural and man-made disasters have access to adequate food to meet their food and nutrition needs. This position includes general research and specific data management tasks to ensure that the evaluation activities run smoothly and that tasks are completed according to schedule.

The successful candidates will be expected to:

• Assist in the day to day coordination and supervision of project activities
• Supervision of field team – oversee performance of field staff and ensure quality data are collected
• Liaise with project teams to enhance the quality of data by resolving inconsistencies
• Produce fieldwork reports
• Coordinate qualitative and quantitative data collection and management
• Provide a daily report to the research team on the progress.
• Participate in field worker training
• Timely reporting of project related issues for quick and effective troubleshooting.
• Handling any other field logistics
• Any other project related activities as the project team may deem necessary

Minimum requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree from a recognized university in public health or related field
• Be fluent in English and Kiswahili.
• Demonstrable experience in quantitative and/or qualitative data collection, analysis and report writing.
• Previous experience working as a field coordinator/ team leader

The successful candidates will be engaged for a period of 2 months (April to May 2019).