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Job Description

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 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.
• The 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
•  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 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.
• 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

How to apply:

To lodge an application, please lodge your CV via the following link: https://jobs.socha.net/enumerators-zambia-2021-10-14/

Applications close 21st October 2021

*Please note you have to apply to this job advert as directed by the employer and not through findershub.co.zm*

Skills Required

• Communication skills