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Job Title:  Data Collector (20 Fresher Jobs)

Organisation: Raising The Village

Duty Station: Sironko, Uganda

About the Company:

Raising The Village is a Canadian non-profit organization focused on ending extreme poverty by eliminating immediate barriers of scarcity, nurturing income-generation activities and building local capacity, while moving communities toward economic self-sufficiency. Raising The Village is a fast-growing organization on an accelerated growth path. Our East Africa and North American teams work together to lift communities out of ultra-poverty in last-mile villages. We operate at the intersection of direct implementation and advanced data analytics to inform progress, decision-making, and impact.

Job Summary:   Raising The Village now seeks to recruit DATA COLLECTORS to support the Planning, Evaluation, and Learning department by conducting Baseline Household Surveys in Sironko district. The exercise will run for 1 month with a possible extension for another month.

With the support and supervision of the RTV Planning Evaluation and Learning team and following Raising The Village guidelines and ethical procedures, the Data Collectors will support the data collection exercise and ensure that accurate data is collected and disseminated.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Attend training on evaluation procedures and tools
• Pretest the data collection tools
• Conduct informed consent processes with relevant local leadership structures and potential households before collecting the data;
• Implement the scheduled work plan.
• Ensure daily targets are hit, while ensuring quality.
• Arrange and conduct interviews in accordance with predetermined interview guidelines, data collection procedures, tools, and documentation procedures;
• Code and verify data collected;
• Ensure the data collected is accurate, cleaned, complete, properly handled, and stored in accordance with the principles of confidentiality;
• Take responsibility for the data collection tools, such as Tablets and computers entrusted to him/her during the data collection period;
• Take part and perform any job-related duties assigned by the lead RTV personnel.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

Candidates who fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:

• Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Economics, Business or Commerce, Social Sciences or any other related field
• Previous experience in data collection is a MUST
• Excellent probing skills in the execution of duties of data collection
• Work under minimum supervision to deliver results in the stipulated time.
• Prior demonstrable experience in research methods is an added advantage
• Excellent knowledge and use of Excel and digital data collection tools, especially Survey CTO and Survey 123
• Ability to understand and apply specified field data collection procedures and protocols
• Ability to work in a team (good team player) and independently
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to maintain data ethics
• Able to work and travel in remote and hard-to-reach areas for long hours
• Ability to demonstrate moral values that are acceptable within the rural setting across communities
• Ability to uphold the reputation and credibility of the organization within partner communities during the period of the survey
• Ability to walk on very difficult terrains and for long hours to access respondents
• Excellent command of English, Lumasaaba, Luganda & Lugisu languages are a MUST.

How to Apply:

All qualified and interested applicants should use the link provided to apply and attach their CV, copies of academic documents, a letter from the residential LC1 Chairperson, a copy of the National Identification or Valid identification (as one merged document).

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Deadline: 28th August 2024.

NB: Female candidates are encouraged to apply. Raising The Village is an equal opportunity employer and does not receive/ accept any money from any candidate wishing to join the organization.

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