USAID/Rwanda Hinga Wunguke Activity
Survey Enumerators and Researchers
About Cultivating New Frontiers in Agriculture (CNFA)
CNFA is a not-for-profit organization based in Washington, D.C., dedicated to stimulating economic growth in the agricultural sector by nurturing entrepreneurship, private enterprise, and market linkages. CNFA specializes in fostering private sector investments in training, new technologies and marketing as a means to increase the overall competitiveness of agricultural value chains and rural development, to increase people’s incomes, to develop skills in the rural workforce, and to facilitate exports.
Program Description of the USAID/Rwanda Hinga Wunguke Activity
The purpose of the Hinga Wunguke Activity is to support increased agriculture productivity and income, access to finance and markets, and access and consumption of nutritious food products in Rwanda, while increasing the resilience of the agriculture and food systems to the changing climate. To achieve this goal, the Activity will sustainably increase agricultural productivity, increase access to finance for farmers and agribusinesses, improve producers’ market outcomes, and strengthen the enabling environment to foster market-driven outcomes in agriculture.
About the Short-Term Assignment
Concerning the collection of data and information for the baseline and other subsequent studies that will be conducted on an ad hoc and intermittent basis, Hinga Wunguke wishes to hire experienced survey enumerators. These enumerators will be hired on a short-term basis (20-30 days estimated per engagement) to perform various types of interviews (for example – key informant, focus group) and fill in forms in order to collect the data provided by interviewees identified by Hinga Wunguke. Data will be collected during visits to households located in 13 districts (Ngoma, Kayonza, Gatsibo, Bugesera, Nyamagabe, Nyamasheke, Karongi, Rutsiro, Ngororero, Nyabihu, Rubavu, Burera, and Gakenke) or to market actors supported by the Hinga Wunguke Activity countrywide.
Duties and responsibilities:
Short-term survey enumerators typically will do the following:
- Engage prospective interview subjects to gauge their interest in participating in a survey and schedule interviews via telephone calls.
- Explain the objectives of surveys and their procedures to interviewees, including appropriately gaining informed consent where interviewees agree to participate
- Explain/translate interview questions to ensure interview subjects comprehend questions to ensure data quality
- Where applicable, review the interview guide and provide recommendations to improve it, if any
- Conduct interviews with respondents to collect information and data
- Filling out survey forms and prepare meeting and/or detailed interview notes while maintaining fidelity to what was said by the interviewee;
- Double-check information on survey forms to ensure accuracy
- Identify and report any issues that may arise while attempting to obtain valid data
- Ensure that the supervisor is kept informed of completed assignments and progress, and share any concerns in a timely manner
- Analyze the authenticity of the information provided by ensuring direct contact with targeted interviewees
- Maintain confidentiality throughout the whole process, and particularly when collecting sensitive information such as nutrition status, etc.
- Participate in on-the-job training and pre-testing of data collection tools before the commencement of the survey and / or interviews
- Respond to queries raised by the MEL team on the submitted data, recontacting respondents as required
- Attend any relevant meetings convened by Hinga Wunguke Provincial or Kigali staff.
Qualifications:
- Rwandan Citizen with a university degree in agriculture, agricultural economics, international development, business, economics or related field preferred;
- Experience in data collection for monitoring, evaluation, and impact assessment purposes.
- Experience in conducting interviews and running Focus Group Discussions, with examples provided where possible
- Strong organizational skills and ability to work under pressure
- Experience using smartphones or tablets to collect and record data
- Familiarity in the collection of data using electronic data collection platforms
- Experience in doing similar works for USAID/Feed the Future-funded Projects.
- Willing to be able to travel within provincial and district areas.
- Fluent Kinyarwanda language skills with strong English or French capability
Reporting and Logistics
The Enumerator and Researcher will report operationally to the Hinga Wunguke MEL Director. He/she will be hosted at Hinga Wunguke and engaged as a short-term consultant on an on-demand basis (i.e. temporary engagement and not long-term employment) when needed for Baseline Surveys, Annual Surveys, Market System Surveys, etc.).
How to Apply
All interested and qualified candidates can send their application (motivation letter, updated CV, certificates, and 3 references) through Job in Rwanda by “ filling out the application form carefully“ not later than 30 April 2023.
