Summary
Date Posted: Friday, August 16, 2019 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:

REACH, has been working in Kenya and regionally supporting inter-agency information management and assessment capacity since 2012. In 2012-2016 REACH supported the development of an early warning monitoring system through training of monitors and support to county analysts for the National Drought Management Authority (NDMA). In 2017, REACH has supported the collection of information in Dadaab refugee camp and in border areas through technical support and assessment coordination services to NRC and its partner the Refugee Consortium of Kenya (RCK). REACH has continued to provide information management support to various humanitarian agencies and Government institutions in Kenya, and currently have strong presence and participation in Key working groups and forums including the Kenya Cash working group, Long and Short Rains assessments working group, Regional durable solutions secretariat and many others. .

  Job Responsibilities:
Assessment Preparation and Training;
• Undertake travel and conduct preliminary planning missions in assessment sites
• In coordination with the REACH senior assessment officer and operations staff prepare all details related to data collection (field schedule, daily collection quote, logistics and administration) according to specified methodology
• Coordinate and plan assessment team training, and facilitate sessions of the assessment training.
Data Collection in the Field
• Follow all guidance from REACH senior assessment staff while in the field; ask questions when necessary
• Collect data independently in line with specified tools and methodology.
• Accompany and actively manage data collectors in the field and ensure accurate data collection as specified in the methodology.
• Communicate any delay in data collection to relevant senior staff
• Participate in debriefings with senior staff as needed.
• Assure the quality of the data collected based on REACH quality standards. Spot-check for accuracy during data collection.
• Ensure care of all REACH inventory including daily check of assessment mobile phones
Data Validation and Data Cleaning
• Download all data from the mobile phones at the end of each data collection day
• Spot-check for accuracy at the end of each day; question team leaders about any inaccuracies observed and review in daily team debriefs.
• Perform data cleaning at the end of each assessment day

Job Skills: Not Specified

Job Qualifications: Not Specified

Job Education Requirements: Not Specified

Job Experience Requirements: Not Specified

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Job application procedure
Qualified applicants with the required skills are invited to submit their applications accompanied by detailed curriculum vitae and cover letter detailing three work related referees and contacts to kenya.jobs@acted.org  and received on or before 5.00PM on 28 August 2019 with the subject line “REACH FIELD OFFICER_SAMBURU” or "REACH FIELD OFFICER_NAIROBI" depending on which duty station you are applying for.
Please do not attach any other documents while sending your applications, if required they will be requested at a later stage.
Please note that shortlisting will be on rolling basis and ACTED reserves the right to hire prior to the deadline. Only the shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
ACTED will at no stage of recruitment process request candidate to make payments of any kind. Further, ACTED has not retained any agent in connection with recruitment.
ACTED is committed to protecting beneficiaries within our programmes from exploitation and abuse and any kind of misconduct. ACTED has specific policies, including PSEA and Child Protection, which outlines the expected behavior and the responsibility of all staff, beneficiaries, consultants and other stakeholders and has zero tolerance towards misconducts. Any candidate offered a job with ACTED will be expected to sign ACTED’s organizational Policies and Code of Conduct as an annex to their contract of employment and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these documents.
ACTED is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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