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

Field Supervisors, Strengthening Targeted Instruction for Implementation at Scale (STARS) Project

• Reports to: Field Manager
• Location:  Nation Wide, Ghana
• Deadline to apply: 3rd May, 2018
• Duration: 4 to 5 weeks
• Desired start date: 24th May, 2018
• Job Code:  STARS-BL-FS-18

Project Summary
The Strengthening Targeted Instruction for Implementation at Scale (STARS) Project is an educational project to be carried out in 21 districts in 7 regions; Northern, Upper East, Upper West, Volta, Eastern, Greater Accra and Central regions. STARS is looking to recruit field staff (enumerators or surveyors, auditors, team leaders, and field supervisors) on a short-term contract of 4 – 5 weeks to carry out baseline survey in its schools/communities.

Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for the following field positions to work on the STARS Project.

General Language Requirement for all Positions: Below are the language requirement for the various districts.

Job description     

The Field Supervisor (FS) shall manage multiple teams of surveyors. Basically, the Field Supervisor shall;

Responsibilities

• Report directly to the Field Manager;
• Adhere to all IPA survey protocols;
• Supervise multiple field teams and Team Leaders;
• Organize overall field logistics;
• Contact the IPA Field Manager 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 and run HFC.
• 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

• Must have Higher National Diploma (HND), first degree or its equivalent from a reputable institution with at least one-year field/data collection experience
• Excellent communication skills in English
• Flexible, self-motivating, able to manage multiple tasks efficiently, and team player.
• Must be good at using Microsoft office; Excel, word, power point.
• Must be willing to travel within assigned districts
• Should be familiar with Computer Assisted Interview (CAI) or keen to learn
• Familiarity with administering questionnaires using SurveyCTO is an advantage;
• Should be fluent and able to translate questionnaire in any of the language requirement of the chosen district.