REACH Initiative Vacancy for a Short-term Enumerator
REACH was born in 2010 as a joint initiative of two
INGOs (IMPACT Initiatives and ACTED) and the United Nations Institute
for Training and Research (UNITAR) Operational Satellite Applications
Programme (UNOSAT). REACH’s purpose is to promote and facilitate the
development of
information products that enhance the humanitarian
community’s decision making and planning capacity for emergency,
reconstruction and development contexts, supporting and working within
the framework of the humanitarian reform process.
We are recruiting to fill the vacant position below:
Job Title: Short-term Enumerator
Location: Borno
Context / Country
- REACH is initializing operations in Nigeria to respond to the ongoing IDP crisis in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa.
- Activities will contribute to an improved humanitarian emergency
response and enhance evidence-based decision making by providing
support to operational actors with localized and operational response
planning.
- REACH will provide a complementary support to existing
information management (IM) efforts by IOM, OCHA and sectors, focusing
on supporting operational actors in given locations.
- A team of 30 enumerators will be hired in Maiduguri to support
the assessment by traveling to as many as 12 LGA capitals for as many as
7 days at a time.
- Enumerators will be provided transport to and lodging in these locations but will be responsible for providing their own meals.
- The Enumerators will also be responsible for quantitative data
collection using Open Data Kit (ODK) on a smartphone, and potentially
translation during Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) and Key Informant
Interviews (KIIs).
- REACH, in combination with DRC and NRC, is launching an
assessment of IDP intentions to return, relocate or settle in their
current places of displacement.
- This assessment will take place over approximately 30 working days between mid-June and early August.
- Potential candidates must be available to work for 8 hours every
day (including Saturday and/ or Sunday) during the assessment period.
Chain of Command
Under the authority of:
- In country: ACTED Country Director
- In country: REACH Country Focal Point
- In country: REACH Assessment/ GIS Officer
- In country: REACH Senior Field Officer
- In country: REACH Field Officer
- In county: REACH Field Assistant
Responsible for:
- Their own activities Working Relations
Internal Relations:
- REACH Senior Field Officer
- REACH Field Officer
- REACH Field Assistant
- Other enumerators
Functions Summary
The Enumerator shall be responsible for:
- Collection of quantitative data using ODK on a smartphone
- FGD and KII facilitation
- Collection of locational data using GPS devices
- Any other tasks need to ensure the success of the REACH mission in Nigeria
1.) Collection of quantitative data using ODK:
- The Enumerator will interview and collect data from assessment respondents at the household level using ODK on smartphones.
- (S)He will also be responsible for ensuring that households are
accurately targeted in accordance with direction given by supervisors,
and that data meets minimum quality standards.
2.) FGD and KII facilitation:
- The Enumerator will be responsible for identifying and
organizing respondents for focus group discussion, facilitating or
co-facilitating the discussion and recording results
3.) Collection of locational data using GPS device:
- The Enumerator will collection locational data, such as the
location of new or existing IDP locations, using hand held GPS devices.
4.) Any other tasks need to ensure the success of the REACH mission in Nigeria:
- The Enumerator may be called upon to work on other REACH
programmes in various locations in Nigeria including, but not limited
to, remote LGA capitals, as the security situation allows
Accountability to Communities and Beneficiaries
- The staff member is responsible for ensuring that all relations
with the communities we work are conducted in a respectful and
consultative manner.
- Due attention must be paid to ensuring that communities are
adequately consulted and informed about ACTED programme objectives,
activities, beneficiary selection criteria, and methodologies.
- This is the responsibility of every ACTED staff member.
Qualifications and Experience
- Experience using ODK, or other mobile data collection technology, for quantitative data collection
- Positive attitude and a willingness to learn
- Ability to operate in a cross-cultural environment requiring flexibility
- Prior experience working in IDP displacement locations
- Willingness to travel regularly to remote LGA capitals
- Written and spoken fluency in English and Hausa or Kanuri a must; additional fluency in other local languages preferred
- Experience in facilitating FGDs or KIIs, or the ability to learn rapidly
- Experience collecting information using hand-held GPS devices
- Ability and willingness to follow instructions
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV's and cover letters to:
[email protected] using "Application for Short-term Enumerator Position" as the subject of the mail.
Application Deadline: 5th June 2017.