World Food Programme (WFP
Vacancy title:
Monitoring/Research Assistants
[ Type: FULL TIME , Industry: Nonprofit, and NGO , Category: Management ]
Jobs at:
World Food Programme (WFP
Duty Station:
Within Zambia , Lusaka, South – Central Africa
JOB DETAILS:
Job Purpose
To perform monitoring activities within a specific coverage area and provide reports to support the effective delivery of assistance packages.
Key Accountabilities (Not All-Inclusive)
- Through training, develop sufficient comprehension of the programs, research protocol, ethical requirements, the study population, and the study tools.
- Work with project teams to mobilize communities for interviews and discussions.
- Collect data by using structured interviews with the sampled respondents
- Ensure data quality and sampling protocols by accurately and strictly following the guide/survey tools used for the specific data collection.
- Ensure to collect accurate and the quality data by reviewing and editing the collected data by checking of all intentional and unintentional errors daily.
- Maintain effective communication with key staff to provide an update on the progress and challenges in the field and seek guidance on the way forward.
- Participate in data quality check exercises soon after data collection and have a close look at missing and error reported data.
- Ensuring that the on-going daily reporting on data collection progress are kept up to date
- Hand in assignments as instructed by the team leader and any other notes on observations made during the interviews.
- Support in beneficiary registration and verification while working in liaison with programme teams.
Other Specific Job Requirements
- Objectivity: Ability to collect and gather information in an objective way
- Listening: With the ability to actively listen and capture the exact response from respondents.
- Accuracy: Must have the ability to interpret and record responses appropriately without distorting the respondent’s meaning or confusing the reader.
- Communication: confidently and professionally expresses self, able to ask questions and help the respondent understand what is needed from her/him.
- Honesty: Show a high level of integrity and will not fabricate responses or misrepresent the program.
- Relationship building: Should build trust with people in rural areas and ensure confidentiality.
- Endurance: Must be able to work for full day working hours in the field across a number of days.
- Team player: Have the ability to work with a diverse team
Other Specific Job Requirements
- Objectivity: Ability to collect and gather information in an objective way
- Listening: With the ability to actively listen and capture the exact response from respondents.
- Accuracy: Must have the ability to interpret and record responses appropriately without distorting the respondent’s meaning or confusing the reader.
- Communication: confidently and professionally expresses self, able to ask questions and help the respondent understand what is needed from her/him.
- Honesty: Show a high level of integrity and will not fabricate responses or misrepresent the program.
- Relationship building: Should build trust with people in rural areas and ensure confidentiality.
- Endurance: Must be able to work for full day working hours in the field across a number of days.
- Team player: Have the ability to work with a diverse team
Desired Experiences For Entry Into The Role
- Prior experience in conducting field research work using participatory approaches in different locations in the country is essential.
- He/she must be a Zambia national and willing to travel to various field locations
- Prior experience in interviewing in-depth interviews
- Excellent knowledge of English and other Zambia local languages such as Bemba, Nyanja/Chewa, Lozi, Tonga etc
- Displays exemplary positive behaviours for consistency, predictability and reliability at work to complete assignments and meet deadlines.• Experience and knowledge on mobile data collection (Kobo Collect, ODK, etc)
Education Requirement: No Requirements
Job Experience: No Requirements
Work Hours: 8
Interested candidates should send their CVs