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

Enumerators, Marketing, Tractor Coordination and Technology Adoption Project,  (TRACTa)

• Reports to: Team Leader
• Location:  Northern Region, Ghana  
• Deadline to apply: 3^rd May, 2019
• Duration: 1 week of training, and 3 – 4 weeks of field work
• Desired start date:  13^th May, 2019
• Language requirement: Dagbani and / or Likpakpa
• Job Code: TRACTa-BL-ENUM-05042019

Project Summary

The “Marketing, Tractor Coordination and Technology Adoption” (“TRACTa”) project seeks to address constraints for smallholder farmers, as many make the shift from subsistence farming to greater involvement with the agricultural value chain. This pattern is evident in northern Ghana, where small-scale agriculturalists rely on subsistence farming and face low productivity, difficulty in technology adoption, and exclusion from markets that are growing rapidly in the rest of the country.

The project aims to better understand constraints faced by smallholder farmers in Northern Ghana that may hinder greater productivity, profitability and improved welfare. The study will examine barriers such as: thin output markets, accessibility of tractor services, and lack of information on best farming practices.

The study will be carried out in 200 communities, reaching over 4,000 project participants including maize and soya farmers. The geographic focus will be in the Northern Region of Ghana, across 6 districts, including: Yendi, Gusheigu, Karaga, Mion, Savelugu and Saboba.

Job Description

TRACTa is looking to recruit Enumerators on a short-term contract of 3 – 4 weeks to carry out the baseline survey. The Surveyors / Enumerators shall administer / conduct interviews to respondents.

Responsibilities

• Conduct baseline surveys in assigned communities;
• Live within assigned districts or field stations during the period of the survey;
• Adhere to all IPA survey and data protocols;
• Promptly respond to contact from the Field Manager, Field Supervisor, Team Leaders, or other IPA staff.
• 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
• Should be familiar with Computer Assisted Interview (CAI) or keen to learn
• Familiarity with administering interviews using SurveyCTO is an added advantage.
• Should be fluent in English
• Should be fluent and able to translate questionnaire in Dagbani and / or Likpakpa
• Should be willing to travel and work in remote communities within the above mentioned districts

Note: Trainees who perform best at the surveyor training will be considered for auditor position.