Innovations for Poverty Action NGO Jobs in Tamale, Northern Region
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Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) is a United States-based non-profit organization dedicated to discovering, and promoting effective solutions to global poverty problems. IPA designs, rigorously evaluates, and refines these solutions and their applications together with decision-makers to ensure that the evidence created is used to improve opportunities for the world’s poor.
Job Description
- Reports to: Field Manager
- Location: Tamale, Ghana
- Deadline to apply: 15th March, 2019
- Duration: 3 to 4 weeks
- Desired start date: 15th April, 2019
- Job Code: CAGE-BL-FS-19
Project Summary:
Conservation Agriculture Evaluation (CAgE) Project is an Agricultural project being carried out in 60 communities in 10 districts; Yendi, Kumbungu, West-Mamprusi, Saboba, Kpandai in the Northern Region, Bongo, Bolgatanga Municipal and Builsa South in the Upper East Region and Wa-west, Jirapa in the Upper West Region.
Conservation Agriculture Evaluation Project (CAgE) aims to understand if and to what extend the provision of incentives increase knowledge about and adoption of Conservation Agriculture practices in semi-arid Savannah zone in Northern Ghana. The project will use a framed field experiment and a baseline survey to assess this in the selected districts.
CAgE is looking to recruit field supervisors on a short-term contract of 3 – 4 weeks to carry out the baseline survey and field experiment.
Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for the above field position to work on the “Conservation Agriculture Evaluation” (CAgE) Project.
Job description:
The Field Supervisor (FS) shall manage multiple teams of surveyors. Basically, the Field Supervisor shall;
Responsibilities:
- Report directly to the Field Manager;
- Adhere to all IPA survey protocols;
- Supervise multiple field teams and Team Leaders;
- Organize overall field logistics;
- Contact the IPA Field Manager at any time with questions or concerns;
- Coordinate field work, manage field team expenses, and communicate with the project management team;
- Ensure that field teams adhere to IPA protocols and meet their contractual obligations
- Accompany surveyors; conduct random, spot checks and run HFC.
- Ensure survey equipment is managed appropriately by field teams and assist with the preparation of daily work plans
- Be responsible for maintaining good relations with IPA, its employees, partner organizations and project participants;
- Perform other duties related to the project that may be assigned to him/her.
Required Skills or Experience
- Must have Higher National Diploma (HND), first degree or its equivalent from a reputable institution with at least one-year field/data collection experience
- Excellent communication skills in English
- Flexible, self-motivating, able to manage multiple tasks efficiently, and team player.
- Must be good at using Microsoft office; Excel, word, power point.
- Must be willing to travel within assigned districts
- Should be familiar with Computer Assisted Interview (CAI) or keen to learn
- Familiarity with administering questionnaires using SurveyCTO is an advantage;
- Should be fluent and able to translate questionnaire in Dagbani, Mampruli, Grune, Buli, Dagare, Wala and Likpakpa
- Should be willing to travel and work in remote communities within the above mentioned districts
- Should be able to ride a motor cycle
- Must own a GENUINE REGISTERED motor cycle with road worthy. IPA will provide enumerators with driver’s license, motor bike insurance and safety helmets when they are successfully selected after training.
- Must have leadership skills experience in similar roles with IPA or similar non-IPA project is an added advantage
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