Innovations for Poverty Action,Enumerator Position_ Nuru Energy Project in Rwanda

Enumerator
Position_ Nuru Energy Project in Rwanda

Location: Kigali and
nationwide field sites, Rwanda

Desired
Start Date: September
11, 2017

Reports
to: Field
Supervisor, IPA Rwanda

Length
of Commitment: 10
working days

Application
deadline: September
8, 2017 5:00PM

No
of positions:
50

Innovations
for Poverty Action (IPA), is an internation

al non-profit research organization.
Based in New Haven, CT, with offices in Washington, D.C. and worldwide, IPA
works with development partners and academic researchers to create and evaluate
approaches to solving development problems, to communicate “what works” in
development and to scale up successful projects in a variety of fields,
including health, education, microfinance, governance and agriculture.

Project Description:

The
research project partners with a local distributor of LED lights, (based in
Kigali, Rwanda) which uses small teams of locally selected entrepreneurs
(microenterprises) to distribute and recharge lights, in each village that the
company operates. One of the objectives of this study is to observe how gender
dynamics within the household and community are influenced by either access to
the lights and/or being an entrepreneur, and look at how specifically
female-led microenterprises’ operations could differ from those of their male
counterparts, as well as the lasting impact that these female-driven
enterprises have in the community (in terms of perception).

The
Enumerator will play a critical role in planning and carrying out data
collection. Whereas the recent phase of the project completed two
districts (Ruhango and Rulindo), the next phase will cover 29 villages in
Ruhango District.

Position
Summaries:

The
Enumerator position provides an excellent opportunity to gain hands‐on experience in a
field setting with a vibrant organization undertaking cutting‐edge development
research. The Enumerator will work closely with the research staff and field
staff to perform a variety of tasks including, but not limited to:

Conduct
interviews to research participants in the field;
Be
willing to work in rural areas and stay overnight, for 6 days in a week;
Adhere
to all IPA survey and data protocols;
Perform
other duties related to the project that may be assigned to him/her, such
as, but not limited to, testing the questionnaire and make arrangements
for his/her interviews;
Be
responsible for maintaining good relations with IPA, its employees,
partner organizations and project participants;
Keep
track of expenses;
Transmit
data collected to her/his coordinator on a daily basis;
Having
worked with IPA in the past is an added advantage.

Qualifications:

The
applicant must have a bachelor’s degree in any of the following fields:
Agriculture/agribusiness/agricultural economics, Economics, Environmental
studies, Statistics, Management, Finance, Health, Accounting, Software
engineering, Education, Psychology, Sociology, IT and other related fields with
at least one (1) year of field/data collection experience;

Must
have practical knowledge of MS Office; should be familiar with computer
assisted interviews and have the ability to use electronic devices, i.e.
tablets or smartphones;
In
addition to English, written and spoken fluency in Kinyarwanda is
essential.
Extensive
knowledge of quantitative data collection; a passion for learning best
practices and innovations is desired;
Having
worked with IPA in the past is an added advantage.