Monitoring/Research Assistants job at World Food Programme (WFP
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Vacancy title:
Monitoring/Research Assistants

[ Type: FULL TIME , Industry: Nonprofit, and NGO , Category: Management ]

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World Food Programme (WFP

Deadline of this Job:
Friday, April 05 2024 

Duty Station:
Within Zambia , Lusaka, South - Central Africa

Summary
Date Posted: Friday, March 22 2024, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:
Job Purpose
To perform monitoring activities within a specific coverage area and provide reports to support the effective delivery of assistance packages.

Key Accountabilities (Not All-Inclusive)
1. Through training, develop sufficient comprehension of the programs, research protocol, ethical requirements, the study population, and the study tools.
2. Work with project teams to mobilize communities for interviews and discussions.
3. Collect data by using structured interviews with the sampled respondents
4. Ensure data quality and sampling protocols by accurately and strictly following the guide/survey tools used for the specific data collection.
5. Ensure to collect accurate and the quality data by reviewing and editing the collected data by checking of all intentional and unintentional errors daily.
6. Maintain effective communication with key staff to provide an update on the progress and challenges in the field and seek guidance on the way forward.
7. Participate in data quality check exercises soon after data collection and have a close look at missing and error reported data.
8. Ensuring that the on-going daily reporting on data collection progress are kept up to date
9. Hand in assignments as instructed by the team leader and any other notes on observations made during the interviews.
10. Support in beneficiary registration and verification while working in liaison with programme teams.

Other Specific Job Requirements
• Objectivity: Ability to collect and gather information in an objective way
• Listening: With the ability to actively listen and capture the exact response from respondents.
• Accuracy: Must have the ability to interpret and record responses appropriately without distorting the respondent’s meaning or confusing the reader.
• Communication: confidently and professionally expresses self, able to ask questions and help the respondent understand what is needed from her/him.
• Honesty: Show a high level of integrity and will not fabricate responses or misrepresent the program.
• Relationship building: Should build trust with people in rural areas and ensure confidentiality.
• Endurance: Must be able to work for full day working hours in the field across a number of days.
• Team player: Have the ability to work with a diverse team

Other Specific Job Requirements
• Objectivity: Ability to collect and gather information in an objective way
• Listening: With the ability to actively listen and capture the exact response from respondents.
• Accuracy: Must have the ability to interpret and record responses appropriately without distorting the respondent’s meaning or confusing the reader.
• Communication: confidently and professionally expresses self, able to ask questions and help the respondent understand what is needed from her/him.
• Honesty: Show a high level of integrity and will not fabricate responses or misrepresent the program.
• Relationship building: Should build trust with people in rural areas and ensure confidentiality.
• Endurance: Must be able to work for full day working hours in the field across a number of days.
• Team player: Have the ability to work with a diverse team

Desired Experiences For Entry Into The Role
• Prior experience in conducting field research work using participatory approaches in different locations in the country is essential.
• He/she must be a Zambia national and willing to travel to various field locations
• Prior experience in interviewing in-depth interviews
• Excellent knowledge of English and other Zambia local languages such as Bemba, Nyanja/Chewa, Lozi, Tonga etc
• Displays exemplary positive behaviours for consistency, predictability and reliability at work to complete assignments and meet deadlines.
• Experience and knowledge on mobile data collection (Kobo Collect, ODK, etc)

Education Requirement: No Requirements

Job Experience: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8


Experience in Months:

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Job application procedure
• TERMS AND CONDITIONS
• Duty Station: Multiple locations in Zambia
• Type of contract: When Actually Employed (WAE)/Part-time
• This position is open to Zambian Nationals only
• DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS
• 31st March 2024
• QUALIFIED FEMALE APPLICANTS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED
• WFP has a zero-tolerance approach to conduct such as fraud, sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to WFP’s standards of conduct and will therefore undergo rigorous background verification internally or through third parties. Selected candidates will also be required to provide additional information as part of the verification exercise. Misrepresentation of information provided during the recruitment process may lead to disqualification or termination of employment
• WFP will not request payment at any stage of the recruitment process including at the offer stage. Any requests for payment should be refused and reported to local law enforcement authorities for appropriate action.
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Job Info
Job Category: Management jobs in Zambia
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job: Friday, April 05 2024
Duty Station: Lusaka
Posted: 22-03-2024
No of Jobs: 1
Start Publishing: 22-03-2024
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 22-03-2066
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