FIELD MANAGER_ INTERN

Innovations for Poverty-Action (IPA)

Job Description

Job Title: Field Manager_ Intern

Division/Department: Any project

Work Location: Kigali

Length of contract: 3 months (with the possibility of extension)

Reports to: TBC per project

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

The Field Managers will lead project field activities and manage teams of field enumerators to collect project related data. The successful candidates will be detail-oriented and enthusiastic about managing field research projects. The Field Managers will work closely with academic researchers, partners, and other field staff to perform a variety of tasks which may include but not be limited to:

Hiring, training, and managing the field teams that will conduct the data collection,Ensuring that all IPA data quality protocols are followed,Creating detailed field plans describing team schedules and market to visit,Managing field logistics and adapting Field Plan to changing conditions as necessary,Assisting in procuring products and getting approvals from local authorities,Supporting data collection and monitoring data quality, completing high-quality data checks on a daily basisAssisting in piloting and translation of questionnaires,Establishing editing and tracking systemsMaking daily updates to a field logbook to track activities and data questions,Providing relevant inputs on local context and assist research staff in coordinating relationships with local officialsMaintaining a database of surveyors and other useful data collection contacts and resourcesSupporting project implementation and training for this as needed

Education and/or Work Experience Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Social Sciences, Agriculture, Statistics or any other relevant field etc.At least one year of field management experience in field-based data collectionExperience conducting social science or economic field research.Background in randomized control trials is preferredStrong Excel or Stata skillsBe physically apt for long travel and out of Kigali based field workExperience with electronic data collection platforms. Knowledge of Survey CTO a plus.Experience in the conduct of training of enumerators/field staffStrong written and oral communication skills and complete fluency in English is requiredFluency in Kinyarwanda essential

IF YOU MEET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE JOB DESCRIPTION,

PLEASE APPLY BY SUBMITTING YOUR CV AND ACADEMIC CERTIFICATES. COMPLETE YOUR APPLICATIONSAT THIS LINK: https://poverty-action.formstack.com/forms/iparw_field_manager_intern_job_application_may_2025

APPLICATIONS WILL BE CONSIDERD ON A ROLLING BASIS, ALL APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED PRIOR TO 5 PM RWANDA TIME on 10th June 2025 WILL BE CONSIDERED. APPLICATIONS AFTER THIS TIME WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. DUE TO THE VOLUME OF APPLICATIONS ONLY SHORTLISTED CANDIDATES WILL BE NOTIFIED.