Prequalified enumerators (qualitative and Quantitative) – (60Positions) – Bossaso, Garowe, and Galkayo, Somalia

TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR PRE-QUALIFIED ENUMERATORS IN PUNTLAND

1. Introduction

CIRSI (THE CIVIL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND STRATEGIC INITIATIVES) provides a wide range of consulting services with expertise in the areas of Trainings (Project Cycle Management, M&E methods, Curriculum Development and Designing, GBV and sexual harassment, Educational Media and publicity campaign skills, Humanitarian Educational mapping and expansion strategies, Proposal and concept paper development skills, Climate Change and Resilience, Human Rights, Conflict Management, Advocacy and Public Health); Monitoring and Evaluation activity, Baseline Studies, Developing Training Manuals, Translation activities (Somali – English and English – Somali), Researches, Conflict Resolution and Peace-building.

2. Objective

The primary objective is to get pre-qualified enumerators to support in undertaking assessments, surveys and routing data collection activities initiated by CIRSI in in Garowe, Bossaso and Galkayo. The main tasks that enumerators will be responsible for include: KAP surveys, Baseline/Midline/Endline surveys and Final

evaluations. CIRSI seeks to recruit the following local researchers (data collectors) to undertake both quantitative and qualitative data collection with highest quality measures.

• 15 qualitative researchers (5 each location, Garowe, Bossaso and Galkayo)
• 45 quantitative enumerators (15 each location)

3. Duties and Responsibilities:

• Participate in trainings, adhere to research protocol, ethical requirements of the study population and the study tools.
• Collect data by using structured interviews with the sampled respondents and service providers using pre-developed questionnaires.
• Facilitate qualitative interviews – Key informant Interviews (KIIs) and Focus Group Discussion (FGDs).
• Ensure completeness of forms for accuracy and consistency after the data collection.
• Ensure data quality and sampling protocols by accurately and strictly following the guide/survey tools used for the specific data collection.
• Maintain effective teamwork and excellent communication with both the team leader and all other data collectors during fieldwork.
• Maintain effective communication with key staff to provide an update on the progress and challenges in the field and seek guidance on the way forward.
• Participate in data quality check exercises soon after data collection and have a close look at missing and error reported data.
• Ensuring that the on-going daily reporting on data collection progress for the research are kept up-to-date.
• Hand in assignments as instructed by the team leader and any other notes on observations made during the interviews.
• Report all the problems encountered by the team leader and during the debriefing sessions.

4. Skills and Qualification

• At least an Advanced diploma or degree in any of the relevant fields of public health, nurse, social sciences, education, statistics, economics, and development studies, monitoring and evaluation
• Master Degree is an added value for field qualitative researcher
• He/she must be a Somali national and willing to travel to the different regions
• Prior experience in interviewing and facilitating FGDs (Focus Group Discussions) and in-depth interviews
• Must have considerable knowledge of the Somali culture and context
• Excellent knowledge of English and Somali (Essential).
• Displays exemplary positive behaviours for consistency, predictability and reliability at work to complete assignments and meet deadlines.
• Extensive knowledge of word processing and spreadsheet software (Word, Excel).
• Experience and knowledge on mobile data collection (Kobo Collect, ODK etc.)

5. Deliverables:

• Submit clean and completed data collection forms.
• Collect clean and completed data screening during data entry.
• Clearly and well-written notes from KIIs and FGDs.
• Complete translation of English to Somali and vice versa
• Field data collection summary report clearly highlighting challenges, learning and recommendations.

6. Scope of Work and working conditions:

The selected Enumerators will work in Puntland and will primarily be based in her/his preferred regions of residence. However, s/he may be required to make frequent travels within the region.

If successful, the engagements will be based on a “need for work or contract” basis and remuneration will be paid based on the tasks carried out. The enumerator may not work or be reimbursed for days beyond the maximum approved work/travel days without prior written approval from the study manager.

7. Time Frame

The selected enumerators will be prequalified for 3 years: 2022-2024 depending on their performance and decision of CIRSI.

HOW TO APPLY:

• Interested candidates who meet the criteria above are encouraged to send their application letters and detailed CV in a one PDF document to info@cirsiinstitute.org referring the job title “Qualitative Researcher or Enumerator, then mention your location) as the subject line of the email, latest on Thursday, 30 December 2021
• Submit a cover letter explaining how your skills and experiences match those needed for this opportunity, all applications should be accompanied by a CV with a minimum of three traceable and recent references.

Female applicants encouraged to apply

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.