PART TIME - SENIOR ENUMERATOR - Dadaab, Kenya (Six Months Fixed Term Contract)

Organization Overview: Village Enterprise’s mission is to end extreme poverty in rural Africa through entrepreneurship and innovation. Village Enterprise targets the poor, provides business training, seed capital/startup funds and on-going mentoring to over 10,000 new entrepreneurs to start 3,000 enterprises each year. Since its inception in 1987, Village Enterprise has started over 40,000 micro-enterprises.

Position Overview: This is a part - time position. The individual might be required to work on some weekends and occasionally holidays depending on the magnitude of work. A Village Enterprise Senior Enumerator is passionate about alleviating poverty in their region and dedicated to their roles as trainer, mentor and community leader.

Job Description:

Your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to the following:

Directly Manage Enumerator Data Collection: 60%

• Supervise enumerators in the field and provide feedback to the MEL coordinator

• Train enumerators on best practices for data collection, android-based data collection, data collection software, and data collection assignments

• Create enumerator data collection assignments and planned expenses

• Monitor data collection progress, tracking progress at both the enumerator and data-collection activity level

• Collect feedback from enumerators on behalf of the MEL team

• Conduct data quality assessments as assigned by supervisor

• Directly collect data if needed

Reporting and Communication: 25%

• Submit field activity schedule to supervisor for approval

• Submit weekly enumerator feedback report to supervisor detailing any feedback collected from enumerators during the week

• Submit regular field activity reports to supervisor, including findings from time spent supervising enumerators (i.e., enumerator audits), any inventory needs of enumerators (e.g., rain jackets, helmets, etc.) and other relevant details

• Submit data quality review reports to supervisor if/when tasked with data quality review

• Host weekly meeting with enumerators

• Participate in weekly meeting with direct supervisor

• Participate in quarterly meeting with F&A where the travel stipend tracker is reviewed and updated if needed

• Periodically participate in MEL Team Meetings as requested

• Periodically participate in field staff meetings as requested

• Participate in additional meetings and functions as requested

Support for MEL Team and Operations: 15%

• Support MEL team trainings for non-enumerator staff

• Assist with data entry including core program data, special research and report data, and attendance data

• Assist with the collection of field-level monitoring data as well as other data collection as and when required

• Support field usage of Taro Works on android devices, including installing or re-installing the

application on phones and troubleshooting issues as needed

• Other MEL tasks as assigned

• Provide support to management team as requested

• Other operations tasks as assigned

Safeguarding

• Safeguarding is everyone's responsibility at Village Enterprise , and it begins with me

• Continuously sensitize program participants on safeguarding.

• Ensure compliance with Village Enterprise safeguarding policies

• Report any incident of safeguarding in program operations for appropriate action/follow up.

Core Competencies:

Possess necessary critical thinking and technical knowledge and skills, including

• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word

• Proficiency with Google Documents, Gmail, and Android applications

• Understand the elements of data quality: consistent, complete, accurate, timely, verifiable, valid

• Critical thinker: able to plan dynamic, budget-optimizing enumerator assignments taking into account data collection needs across program cycles, geography, and language skills of enumerators

Demonstrate ability to supervise data collection and teams of field workers

Possess Training and Communication Skills

• Demonstrate ability to communicate key concepts to people with less than Level / Standard 5 education

• Ability to orally communicate issues, problems, and key information

• Ability to write clear, concise memos highlighting issues, problems, and key information

• Experience working as part of a diverse team with the ability to work via email, phone, Skype, and other virtual communications

Work independently and as part of a team

• Ability to work effectively in a highly independent capacity – self-managing, taking ownership of goals, and developing work plans

Applicants with a refugee status must have a valid Class M work permit status and and Alien ID

To Apply:

Interested and qualified candidates who meet the set criteria are invited to send their Cover Letter and CV (Maximum 3 pages) including 3 referees, on the online platform.

Affirmative Action:

Village Enterprise will provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all individuals. Employment decisions at Village Enterprise will be based on merit, qualifications and abilities. Village Enterprise does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, gender identity, age, disability, marital status or any other characteristic protected by the law. Village Enterprise will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities unless doing so would result in undue hardship to daily operations.

Village Enterprise is a corruption, solicitation or bribery free organization. We or any of our employees or associates do not charge money from job applicants before, during or after recruitment. Please report malpractices through our safeguarding Tollfree hotline 0800724810

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