Enumerator- DREAMS Ethiopia

Employer: Village Enterprise

Industry: Nonprofit/International Development/Social Entrepreneurship

Function: Support field-level data collection 

Job Title: Enumerator- DREAMS Ethiopia Contract: Part Time (1-year renewable)

Reports to: MEL Coordinator

Job Location: Melkadida (2 positions), Heloweyn (2 positions), Kobe (2 positions)

Organization Overview:

Village Enterprise’s mission is to end extreme poverty in rural Africa through entrepreneurship, innovation, and collective action. By empowering women, refugees, and youth to launch small businesses and savings groups, our cost-effective model provides dignified and sustainable pathways for people to lift themselves and their families out of extreme poverty—for good. To date, Village Enterprise has trained 321,932 first-time entrepreneurs, launched 100,035 businesses, and impacted more than 2,031,825 million lives across Africa. Village Enterprise has operations in four countries—Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda—and works with partners in other sub-Saharan countries. As Village Enterprise continues to scale, our aim is to lift 20 million people out of extreme poverty by 2030.

About the Job:

Village Enterprise is seeking a part time Enumerators to assist with data collection for the DREAMS project

based in Somali Region of Ethiopia. The incumbents will assist in data collection in Melkadida, Heloweyn and  

Kobe. Preference will be given to candidates who already live in these areas.

Job Description Core roles

• Correct Community based Identification and Mapping of sampled respondents for interviews/survey.
• Conducting interviews and surveys among identified households/respondents and taking records in electronic devices.
• Accurate Recording of GPS and all observations relating to the survey in question.
• Introducing the survey and survey team where applicable to the other participants.
• Administering the informed consent to the respondents.
• Translating the survey content from English into the local Language.
• Double-checking and synchronizing all collected data on a daily basis.
• Other data collection tasks as assigned.

Other tasks and responsibilities.

• Promoting teamwork relating to roles and responsibilities in the organization.
• Maintaining privacy and confidentiality.
• Provide progress verbal and written activity reports on process and challenges.
• Responding to any clarifications relating to surveys.
• Ensure safety of all data collection equipment and machinery.

Skills and competencies

• Flexibility to various schedules.
• Adoptability to changing work demands.
• Ability to accurately operate mobile data collection technology.
• Passion in working with illiterate/poor people/people of concern.
• Excessive movements within in rural settings.
• Ability to speak local languages in Melkadida, Heloweyn and Kobe is A MUST.

 Qualifications

• Minimum of Diploma in any discipline with prior experience/exposure in research disciplines is an asset.
• Understanding of the elements of data quality. Prior experience in data collection using mobile technology would be an added advantage.
• Preference will be highly given to candidates staying within Melkadida, Heloweyn and Kobe. Evidence of support letter, stamped with telephone contact should be attached.

Please submit applications until October 23, 2024.

Village Enterprise is an equal opportunity employer; we do not charge any fees at any phase of the recruitment process. Both qualified women and men are encouraged to apply.