Senior Enumerator - West Pokot
- Location
- Kenya
- Type of Employment
- Contract
- Time Commitment
- Full time
Employer: Village Enterprise
Industry: Nonprofit/International Development/Social Entrepreneurship
Job Title: Senior Enumerator
Position Type: Full-time
Reports to: Monitoring,Evidence and Learning Coordinator
Location: Alale, Kiwawa, or Kapchok ward
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Organization Overview: Village Enterprise’s mission is to end extreme poverty in rural Africa through entrepreneurship and innovation. It has been working to end extreme poverty in rural Africa through the power of entrepreneurship. Community-based and locally led, our poverty graduation program equips the most vulnerable women, refugees, and youth with the skills and resources to start climate-smart businesses and savings groups, ultimately breaking the cycle of extreme poverty. Our program not only builds self-reliance and financial inclusion, but it also strengthens gender equity, improves physical and mental well-being, promotes conservation efforts, cultivates resilience to climate change and other global shocks, and ensures a brighter future for generations to come.
About the Job:
Village Enterprise seeks a part-time staff member to supervise the enumerators and collect data in Alale, Kiwawa, and Kapchok wards in West Pokot County. The Senior Enumerator is a self-driven, self-sufficient staff member who excels at data collection and leadership, while also critically analyzing all the surveys and providing feedback to M&E.
Responsibilities
Job Description
Key Result Areas
- Support and supervise the enumerators assigned.
- Data collection on the Nourish RCT program and all studies as designed by the M&E Team.
- Business and BSG spot-checks.
- Monthly reports on key findings in the field.
- Attend all trainings as will be required by the M&E team.
- Data entry may be required by the M&E team.
- Conducting qualitative data collection e.g key informant interviews, focus group discussions.
- Community liaison.
- Safeguarding
Data collection expectations:
- Ensure quality data collection by enumerators.
- Validate all the data collected by the enumerators assigned.
- Supply accurate data collected from the field, at baseline, midline, and end line as required by the M&E Team.
- Provide weekly reports on any challenges encountered during the process of data collection.
- Share best practices seen in the field for program improvement.
- Upload data immediately
- Double-check and synchronize data daily.
Business and BSG Spot-check Expectation:
- Conduct BSG and Business spot-checks as allocated by the M&E Team.
Monthly reports Expectations:
- Supply accurate monthly reports to the M&E Team.
Data entry expectations:
- Enter accurate and reliable information.
- Submit and upload data promptly
Community Liaison:
- Expected to represent the interests of the organization at all times in a professional manner.
- Expected to explain to any Government official that they may meet what Village Enterprise does and what role they are playing in this specific community.
Safeguarding: "Safeguarding at VE is everyone’s responsibility."
- Continuously sensitize program participants about possible risks of child abuse, sexual/financial exploitation, prevention, and response mechanisms.
- Ensure compliance with VE’s safeguarding policies and Code of Conduct in all programs, operations, and practices.
- Report any incident of child or adult safeguarding in program operations for appropriate action and follow-up.
Requirements
Qualifications:
- Minimum of a Diploma in any discipline with prior experience/exposure in research disciplines.
- Understanding of the elements of data quality.
Core competencies.
• Leadership skills
• Flexibility to various work schedules
• Adaptability to changing work demands
• Ability to accurately operate mobile data collection technology
• Passion for working with illiterate/poor people
• Excessive movements within rural settings
• Translating the survey content from English into the local Language
Applicants must be residents of Alale, Kiwawa, or Kapchok wards in West Pokot County
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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