Data Collectors

Raising The Village provides a combination of projects which address the immediate needs of the household while building the foundations for long-term household income development.  Raising The Village, therefore, is committed to building lasting and sustainable poverty interventions aimed at delivering lasting outcomes.  Raising The Village is implementing projects in Kisoro, Kanungu, Rukungiri, Kagadi, Mitooma, Kyenjojo, Kaliro, Rubanda, Luuka, Kiryandongo, Kibaale, Rukiiga and Rubirizi with a regional office in Mbarara and a coordination office in Kampala.  Raising The Village now seeks to recruit DATA COLLECTORS to support the Planning, Evaluation, and Learning department by conducting Household Income Surveys in Kyenjojo, Kagadi, Kibaale, Rubirizi, Mitooma and Rubanda districts.  The exercise will run for 1 month with a possible extension for another one month.

With the support and supervision of the RTV Planning Evaluation and Learning team and following Raising The Village (RTV) guidelines and ethical procedures, the Data Collectors will support the data collection exercise and ensure that accurate data is collected and disseminated.

• Attend training in evaluation procedures and tools
• Conduct informed consent processes with relevant local leadership structures and potential households before collecting the data.
• Implement the scheduled work plan.
• Attend Training sessions·
• Conduct Interviews in the field using Survey CTO and electronic tablets
• Pretest Questionnaires designed by RTV in the field
• Mobilizing the comminutes ahead of the data collection
• Submit daily reports to the PEAL Assistant that arise during fieldwork
• Send data collected on a daily basis every after-field work
• Engage in feedback sessions with the field team during the project and upon its completion
• Pretest the data collection tools
• Ensure daily targets are hit but ensure quality.
• Arrange and conduct interviews in accordance with predetermined interview guidelines, data collection procedures, tools, and documentation procedures.
• Ensure the data collected is accurate, clean and in accordance with the principles of confidentiality;
• Take responsibility for the data collection tools, such as tablets and computers, entrusted to them during the data collection period.
• Take part and perform any job-related duties as assigned by the lead RTV personnel.

Candidates who fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:

• Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Economics, Business or Commerce, Social Sciences or any other related field
• Previous experience in data collection is a MUST
• Excellent probing skills in the execution of duties of data collection
• Work under minimum supervision to deliver results in the stipulated time.
• Prior demonstrable experience in research methods is an added advantage
• Excellent knowledge and use of Excel and digital data collection tools, especially Survey CTO and Survey 123
• Ability to understand and apply specified field data collection procedures and protocols
• Ability to work in a team (good team player) and independently
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to maintain data ethics
• Able to work and travel in remote and hard-to-reach areas for long hours
• Ability to demonstrate moral values that are acceptable within the rural setting across communities
• Ability to uphold the reputation and credibility of the organization within partner communities during the period of the survey
• Ability to walk on very difficult terrains and for long hours to access respondents
• Excellent command of English, Runyankole/Rukiga for Rubanda, Rukiga & Rubirizi and Rutooro and Runyoro in Kyenjojo, Kagadi and Kibaale districts languages is a MUST.