TITLE: ENUMERATOR / DATA COLLECTOR

TEAM/PROGRAMME:

LOCATION: Kenema, Kono, Kailahun, Pujehun, Portloko, Moyamba, Karene, Bombali, Tonkolili, Falaba, Koinadugu, Kambia, Bo, Bonthe, Western Rural & Western Area Urban

GRADE: N/A

CONTRACT LENGTH:TBC

CHILD SAFEGUARDING:

Level 2: either the post holder will have access to personal data about children and/or young people as part of their work; or the post holder will be working in a ‘regulated’ position (accountant, barrister, solicitor, legal executive); therefore, a police check will be required (at ‘standard’ level in the UK or equivalent in other countries).

ROLE PURPOSE:

Save the Children International is seeking to recruit eligible Sierra Leonean qualified to become enumerators/data collectors that will be in the poll to be contacted for research, survey, assessment, and evaluation when the need arises.

Eligible candidates will be recruited across all districts to be put into the poll and will be called up when the need arises to carry out surveys, research, assessments, and evaluations. This role holder will work closely with the Monitoring Evaluation Accountability and Learning department of Save the Children International.

“We are an equal opportunity employer who will provide reasonable adjustments for applicants with disability and women are strongly encouraged to apply”

In the event of a major humanitarian emergency, the role holder will be expected to work outside the normal role profile and be able to vary working hours accordingly.

SCOPE OF ROLE:

Reports to: Monitoring Evaluation Accountability and Learning Manager

Staff reporting to this post: None

Direct: None

Indirect: None

Budget Responsibilities: None

Role Dimensions: This role holder will work closely with the Monitoring Evaluation Accountability and Learning department of Save the Children International.

The enumerators will be called based on the need/demand of the projects for data collection and required to work in hard-to-reach communities.

ANNUAL GROSS SALARY LEVEL:

Enumerators are not permanent employees of SCI but will benefit from stipend and other related allowances based on assigned tasks. Offer will be based on experience and financial availability. SCI offers a competitive benefits package outside of salary). Allowances paid are aligned to statutory tax requirement.

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY: Enumerators will be accountable to the communities, the partners, hiring organization, and the direct line manager.

The job description contains a variety of functions and roles including:

• Attend training sessions, in digitalization, qualitative and quantitative research methods and procedures
• Read and understand the research/ study /assessment/ evaluation questionnaire/ tool/ guide and manual/ protocol carefully and understand them thoroughly. If any part of the instruction is not clear, ask your trainer for clarification.
• Understand the research/ study /assessment/ evaluation sample frame, size and selected respondents
• Participate in pretesting of questionnaire/ tool/ guide and provide feedback to be refined
• Get in touch with respondents in their home or office by mail, phone, or in person in case of, Key Informant Interviews (KII), in depth and household interview.
• Support mobilization of respondents in case of focus group discussion
• Administer informed consent and assent from respondents before data collection.
• Effectively administer questionnaire/ tool/ guide to appropriate respondents including demographic data such as name, age, religious preference, address, and state of residency etc.
• Pay attention to evidence including observation to triangulate findings.
• Guide respondents to respond to questions in case of participatory methodology especially children.
• Support Key Informant Interviews (KII), respondents to fill out the questionnaire where required.
• Gather, record, and encode information from a survey.
• Review data gathered from an interview to check if they are complete and accurate.
• Recognize and give an account of problems in obtaining data.
• Submit completed tasks to a supervisor and discuss developments daily including uploading of data.
• Participate in debriefing session to provide feedback on successes and challenges.
• Respond to data issues during data cleaning and analysis when required.
• Uphold all SCI policies such as safeguarding, fraud, anti – harassment, safety and security etc.
• Distribute items to respondents as and when required such as refreshment or transport refund.
• In the case that a digital device is handed over to the enumerators for data collection, accountability is an optimum requirement.
• Record any feedback given to them in the community during the data collection for the attention of SCI and encourage beneficiaries to use the 922 lines.

BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)

Accountability:

• holds self accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
• holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities – giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.

Ambition:

• sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same
• widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
• future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.

Collaboration:

• builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters
• values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
• approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.

Creativity:

• develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
• willing to take disciplined risks.

Integrity:

honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity

QUALIFICATIONS

• Completed West Africa Senior Secondary School Examination (WASSCE)
• A high school diploma or certificate in data collection or survey is an added advantage

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

• Work experience on related surveys and research.
• Experience in using digitalization for data collection ie Kobo, ODK, Comm-CARE, Ackvoflow and M-water, etc…
• Ability to pay full attention to what others are saying, understand the points being made, and ask appropriate questions.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Must possess an analytical and probing skill
• Expertise to enter, transcribe, record, sort or maintain data in written or electronic forms
• Physical stamina

Additional job responsibilities

The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience

Equal Opportunities

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures.

Child Safeguarding:

We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

Safeguarding our Staff:

The post holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI anti-harassment policy

Health and Safety

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures.