Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) Assistant Project Manager Job Vacancy in Siaya Kenya December 2013
Disclaimer: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by the Assistant Project Manager. The statements are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all possible duties, tasks, and responsibilities. Management reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet organizational needs as necessary. Please note that IPA will never request any form of payment from an applicant. Applicants are encouraged to confirm the information listed above with IPA prior to releasing any extensive personal information to the organization. Please direct questions to jobs-kenya@poverty-action.org.
Position: Assistant Project Manager
Deadline to Apply: December 6th, 2013
Start Date: December 12th, 2013
Location: Siaya Town
Eligibility: Position open to local Kenyan hires only
About Innovations for Poverty Action: Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) is a non-profit research organization that creates and evaluates approaches to solving development problems. IPA disseminates the results of its evaluations to policymakers, practitioners, investors and donors around the world.
Project Specifics: Presently, we are piloting a survey which is scheduled to be deployed in the beginning of January.
This survey assesses the cognitive, non-cognitive, and technical skills of rural farmers. Additionally, it will be also used to analyze the impacts of farmer managed research trials currently being implemented by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA).
This project also is experimenting with various randomization techniques to study whether order of questions has a significant impact on responses.
Assistant Project Managers will play a central role in the study’s success and will gain valuable experience in leadership in the field, data collection and representing the study to various partners.
Through their work, Assistant Project Managers will oversee a team of field officers and supervise data collection; will work closely with the field coordinator to improve their own skills and those of their colleagues; will be responsible for daily logistics; and will represent the project in meetings with local chiefs, village elders and other partners.
The Assistant Project Manager will be based in Siaya town and will manage project activities in Ugunja, Boro, Ukwala, Wagai, and Yala.
The Assistant Project Manager will be expected to work Monday through Saturday.
Tasks, Duties, and Responsibilities:
General
- Arrive to work promptly and reliably, always setting an example for one’s colleagues.
- Interact with community members with the highest level of integrity and understanding.
- Collaborate with teammates to improve own skills and those of teammates.
- Relay field costs to field coordinator for reimbursement.
- Organize transport and ensure punctuality for all appointments
- Manage necessary HR affairs for enumerators
Data Management
- Supervise field officers conducting survey and provide feedback to field officers and field coordinator
- Assist in the development and translation of questionnaires
- Coordinating with senior field officers to schedule survey appointments
- Assist in the management of data collection activities: collecting data from field officers on a daily basis, and turning over data to Project Associate
- Supervise field officers responsible for survey backchecks, including selection of backcheck respondents and scheduling of backcheck surveys
Qualifications:
Required
- Supervisory and management experience related to field work and data collection
- Strong written and oral communication skills
- Experience in training staff to improve data collection efforts and their accuracy
- Demonstrated Excel abilities
- Mastery of English, Luo, and Swahili
Desired
- Bachelors’ degree or college diploma/certificate
- Experience supervising data collection activities
- Computer programming
- Fluent in Luo
To apply:
Please send a cover letter and detailed CV, 3 references, daytime phone number(s), and email address.
Your CV should include your scores or grades and other measures of academic achievement, and details about any relevant work experience.
Applications can be submitted to any of our branch offices,
or by email to jobs-kenya@poverty-action.org,
or by post office using P.O Box 373, Busia area code 50400 Kenya.
If you submit by email, please ensure that the subject line reads: “Assistant Project Manager.”REF NO Farmer Skills’-2013-11-2.
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted by email for an interview.
Applicants are encouraged to apply early, as applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
Disclaimer: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by the Assistant Project Manager. The statements are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all possible duties, tasks, and responsibilities. Management reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet organizational needs as necessary. Please note that IPA will never request any form of payment from an applicant. Applicants are encouraged to confirm the information listed above with IPA prior to releasing any extensive personal information to the organization. Please direct questions to jobs-kenya@poverty-action.org.