Research Support Services,Supervisor Jobs in Rwanda

 Closes 15th Jan 2016
REF:
SUPERVISOR: RSS/01/003/16/RWANDA

Research Support Services Ltd. (RSS Group) is an independent employee-owned
research consulting and institutional strengthening firm established to conduct
health, policy, social, agricultural, environmental and development research
through innovation, partnership and capacity building, with the aim of
promoting evidence based decision making processes. RSS is currently looking
for short term field supervisors to assist in dat

a collection for one of its
potential agricultural household survey projects in Rwanda. We are seeking
qualified and self motivated individuals with the following key qualifications;

  • Experience
    in conducting interviews on sensitive topics for research purposes
    preferably in the key sectors of agriculture, agribusiness management,
    rural finance, rural markets, environment, gender and economic
    empowerment;
  • Past
    experience in supervising and conducting household studies and studies
    especially within poor and rural communities; Recent experience in direct
    supervision of enumerators conducting an agricultural household survey
    will be an added advantage;
  • Good
    written and verbal skills in English and Kinyarwanda; Good interpersonal
    and negotiating skills;
  • Degree
    in Agriculture, Agribusiness Management, Social Sciences, Community
    Development, Statistics, Population Studies or any relevant discipline
    from a recognized institution.
  • Experience
    in qualitative & quantitative data collection and a demonstration of
    good interviewing,  data entry and data quality supervision;
  • Extensive
    experience in qualitative data recording and a demonstration of skilled
    interviewing, expert note-taking, high quality transcription and
    translation; especially in Kinyarwanda;
  • Good
    working knowledge of office computer applications preferably Word and
    Excel. Additional knowledge of any quantitative and qualitative
    statistical package will be an added advantage (e.g. SPSS and Nvivo);
  • Familiarity
    with the use of digital voice recorders for data collection, GPS equipment
    and PDAs/Android Tablets for data collection, photography and recording.

The data collection work shall be conducted within the Republic of Rwanda
between February and May 2016. We shall select researchers who emanate from and
have knowledge of the local communities in Rwanda. If you feel you are the
right person we are looking for, send a cover letter and CV together with two
references’ letters to;

recruitment@rssgroup.co.ke

Ensure you state the vacancy reference in the subject line; and the local
region where you are most familiar with. Applications MUST be received on or
before 15th January 2016.

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