Field Supervisor at Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA)

Job Description

• The Field Supervisor (FS) shall manage multiple teams of enumerators.

Responsibilities

• Supervise the implementation of the wait time and price subsidy experiments.
• Provide daily updates on data collection, including any challenges encountered to the IPA Field Manager and other research staff.
• Support IPA research staff in data quality assurance activities.
• Maintain confidentiality of data as per protocol provided by IPA.
• Supervise enumerators by sitting in during interviews and carrying out spot checks.
• Submit an activity report after the activities are completed.
• Ensure safe custody of all project equipment and supplies.
• Carry out community entry, advocacy, and mobilization in the communities assigned.
• Carry out any other tasks assigned by IPA research staff.

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.
• Should be familiar with Computer Assisted Interview (CAI) or keen to learn.
• Familiarity with administering interviews using SurveyCTO is an added advantage.
• Must be fluent in English and Yoruba. Fluency in any other local language widely spoken in Lagos is an added advantage.
• Must be a resident of and familiar with transportation system in Lagos.
• Should be willing to travel and work in local government areas and communities within Lagos in which the project is working in.
• Must have leadership skills/experience in similar roles.
• Language requirement: Yoruba and English.