Research Assistant at Nuru Nigeria

Location: Michika, Adamawa
Employment Type: Temporary Employment
Start Date: May/June, 2019
Duration: Two Weeks
Reports To: Monitoring and Evaluation Officer
Slot: Thirty-Four (34) Openings

Position Description

• The Research Assistant (enumerator) will be responsible for primary data collection during surveys, assessments and qualitative studies such as FGD, KII etc for Nuru Nigeria in Michika LGA.

Data Collection:

• Support Nuru Nigeria M&E unit in the collection of primary data during surveys, assessments and qualitative studies such as FGD, KII etc in Michika LGA

Data Quality:

• Ensuring that Nuru Nigeria data collection activities are carried out in line with standard guidelines.
• Perform all required data quality checks as instructed during data collection

Documentation:

• Proper records and documentation of all study materials.
• Daily updates on activity progress

Requirements

• HND/Bachelor degree in Management, Sciences, Social Research, Development Studies, Linguistics or a related field and 6 months of experience in data collection OR
• Diploma or its equivalent Plus 5 years of experience in data collection using surveys, focus groups, or interviews
• Speaks, reads, and writes fluently in English and Hausa.
• Resident and familiarity with the terrain in the Northeast Nigeria
• Proven interest & commitment to humanitarian and development principles and demonstrable understanding of conflict/post conflict development contexts.
• Strong attention to detail
• Demonstrated ability to build rapport and comply with ethical research in the field
• Team player with positive attitude
• Flexibility in a fast-paced, evolving work environment
• Good communication and public speaking skills
• Ability to work under pressure, independently and with limited supervision
• Demonstrated ability to operate in both office and field settings

Preferred:

• Kamwe, Marghi or Fulfude fluency
• Experience using and reading maps
• Previous experience as an Enumerator or Research Assistant working with an NGOs
• Excellent computer applications skills. Particularly MS Word and Excel programs.
• Experience using Mobile data collection platforms
• Experience leading teams of enumerators