Summary
Date Posted: Friday, October 15, 2021 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Background:
USAID/Zambia has a diverse portfolio with programs in the following areas: Health (HIV/AIDS, Maternal and Child Health, Family Planning and Reproductive Health, Water Supply and Sanitation, Nutrition, Malaria, Tuberculosis); Education (basic education and early child development); Economic growth (Agriculture policy support, private sector, economic opportunity, energy, environment, global climate change, wildlife conservation, energy); and Democracy and Governance (rule of law and human rights, good governance, political environment and consensus building, civil society).

The Zambia Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Platform (Z-MELP) is an implementing mechanism which gives the Mission access to technical and advisory services to design and carry out specialized multiple, third-party, MEL tasks including practices, processes, and requirements that support Program Cycle implementation.

Scope of Work:
To participate as data collectors for field-based exercises, such as surveys, Key Informant Interviews and Focus Group Discussions. Enumerators are responsible for ensuring that quality data (qualitative and/or quantitative) are collected ethically and in a timely manner from participants and are transmitted to a central repository for further review and analysis.

Responsibilities:
• Respectfully communicate the objective(s) of field-based research to participants using easy-to-understand language;
• Obtain verbal or (when possible) written informed consent from participants in all data collection exercises;
• Administer structured and/or semi-structured questionnaires and record data on provided forms, using tablets;
• In collaboration with the team leads, ensure the timely transmission of data to a central repository for further review and analysis;
• Report, in a timely manner, any complications that arise during data collection to a site coordinator or research coordinator;
• Attend and actively participate in enumerator training and all data debriefing meetings at the request of Z-MELP;
• Keep all data collecting instruments secure and in good working condition;
• Participate in the recruitment and screening of study participants;
• Moderate Focus Group Discussions and carry-out in-depth interviews, and
• Transcribe all recorded interviews and take detailed notes that can be used to aid data analysis.

Qualifications:
• Degree in social sciences related field or their equivalent. Recent graduates are encouraged to apply;
• Previous experience in carrying out similar assignments;
• Maturity and computer literacy;
• Strong oral and written communication skills in English and fluency in Bemba/Nyanja or other local languages as relevant;
• Experience in conducting qualitative research (FGDs and or IDIs), including interviews and transcribing (desirable but not a must);
• Experience in collecting quantitative data using electronic tablets for data collection, and
• Willingness to travel within Zambia, including to remote rural areas.

Place of performance:
Lusaka, Zambia with occasional travel within Zambia.
Reporting:
Reports to Survey Manager.

Job Experience: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

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Suitably qualified and experienced candidates should lodge an application and their CV (in English) via the form below.
Applications close on 21st October 2021.
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