Company Profile

Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) is a United States-based non-profit organization dedicated to discovering, and promoting effective solutions to global poverty problems. IPA designs, rigorously evaluate and refines these solutions and their applications together with decision-makers to ensure that the evidence created is used to  improve opportunities for the world’s poor.

Job Description

Short-term Field Staff, CHPS CPBF Baseline 

• Reports to: Field Manager
• Location:  Various in Ghana
• Deadline to apply: 7th August, 2016
• Duration: 8 weeks (maximum), applications reviewed on rolling basis
• Desired start date: 15th August, 2016
• Job code: CHPS-BL-18072016

Project Summary
IPA is undertaking Baseline Data Collection for Impact Evaluation of Community Performance-based Financing (CPBF) Pilot, which form part of the Maternal and Child Health and Nutrition Project (MCHNP) being undertaken by Ghana Health Service and the World Bank. The baseline data collection involves working with the regional & district health management teams and community health planning and services (CHPS) in Northern, Upper East, Upper West and Volta regions.

Position Summary
IPA is seeking to hire Surveyors, Auditors, Team Leaders and Field Supervisors for a maximum of eight (8) weeks to do survey in eight districts, two each in the four regions above. The work will require extensive travel within the districts. In most cases, applications will be required to provide their own accommodation in the district they chose to work. Applications are to indicate the district in which they would like to work, considering their level of proficiency (Native or Fluent) in the local language for the district.

The districts and local languages preferred are as follows.

1. North Gonja and West Gonja in Northern region – the preferred language is Gonja
2. Bawku West in Upper East region - the preferred language is Kusaal
3. Talensi in Upper East region – the preferred language is Talen
4. Lawra and Nandom in Upper West region – the preferred language is Dagaare
5. Agortime Ziope and Kadjebi in Volta region – the preferred language is Ewe

Applicants are also to indicate which roles they want to be considered for, based on their prior experience and proven skills.

Field Supervisor Responsibilities

The Field Supervisors (FSs) shall manage multiple teams of surveyors. Basically, the field supervisor shall;

• Report directly to the Field Manager;
• Adhere to all IPA survey protocols;
• Conduct interviews with designated Health Centers;
• Supervise multiple field teams and Team Leaders;
• Organize overall field logistics;
• Contact the IPA Research Associate and Project Coordinator at any time with questions or concerns;
• Coordinate field work, manage field team expenses, and communicate with the project management team;
• Ensure that field teams adhere to IPA protocols and meet their contractual obligations
• Accompany surveyors; conduct random, spot checks; Scrutinize edited surveys; do back-checks as necessary;
• Ensure survey equipment is managed appropriately by field teams and assist with the preparation of daily work plans
• Be responsible for maintaining good relations with IPA, its employees, partner organizations and project participants;
• Perform other duties related to the project that may be assigned to him/her.

Required Skills or Experience

It is required that potential candidates possess:

• A diploma or University degree in Health, Economics, or any other related field;
• Strong oral and written communication skills in English;
• Strong oral proficiency and basic grammatical knowledge in any of the following local languages – Gonja, Kusaal, Talen, Dagaare, and Ewe;
• Knowledge of additional or multiple languages used in the Northern, Upper West, Upper West and Volta regions is an added advantage;
• Good knowledge of basic mathematical computations;
• Good interpersonal skills and ability to work with little or no supervision;
• Previous experience (at least one year) in any of these positions is an added advantage;
• Computer literacy with proficiency in MS word and excel;
• Experience in using technology to collect data on the field