DATA COLLECTORS JOB DESCRIPTION

Compassion International Tanzania is seeking qualified data collectors to administer surveys to children, youth, and adults. The expected data collection window and time commitment for this position is January through March.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Maintain a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Is a consistent witness for Jesus Christ, maintains a courteous, Christ-like attitude in dealing with people within and outside of Compassion, and faithfully upholds Compassion’s ministry in prayer.
• Uphold and engage in Compassion’s core Cultural Behaviors
• Act as an advocate for children, raise awareness of the needs of children. Understands Christ’s mandate to protect children. Commits to and prioritizes child protection considerations in all decision-making, tasks and activities across the ministry. Abides by all behavioral expectations in Compassion’s Statement of Commitment to Child Protection and Code of Conduct.
• Participate in data collector trainings and fully understand the scope and survey tools to be used for this assignment.
• Provide feedback to the Supervisors and Monitoring & Evaluation Specialists on the observations made during data collection
• Conduct surveys with children, youth, and adults and focus group discussions, as needed
• Carefully and safely keep all completed data tools in accordance to the data management protocol.
• Submit all completed data forms and equipment to the Supervisors
• Participate in day-to-day debriefing and other meetings as planned by the supervisors
• Carry out any assignment as assigned by the Data Collection Coordinators and Monitoring & Evaluation Specialists from time to time. The data collector will be reachable to receive instructions or logistical information related to data collection process.

Qualifications and Attributes

• Has a personal relationship with Jesus Christ
• Previous experience in data collection using digital devices especially handling Android applications
• Collaborative problem-solving skills and a positive attitude
• High degree of integrity and attention to detail
• Courteous, Ability to listen well and accurately record respondent perspectives
• Proactive team player with strong interpersonal skills
• Must be able to speak, read and write fluently in Kiswahili and English
• Cannot have any prior experience working at a project that is affiliated with Compassion. This includes previous project directors, proj­ect staff, tutors, etc.
• Diploma/Degree in Early Childhood Development, Community Development, Gender, Agriculture, Nutrition, M&E and other relevant disciplines is an added advantage.

Working Environment: Short term assignment that involves full-time travel. Includes traveling to rural communities, interviewing children and youth ranging in age from 6-19 plus. Interacting with churches and talking to different people each day. Maintain integrity to work individually and as a team under supervision.

DATA COLLECTION COORDINATOR JOB DESCRIPTION

Compassion International Tanzania is seeking qualified data collectors to administer surveys to children, youth, and adults. The expected data collection window and time commitment for this position is January through March.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Maintain a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Is a consistent witness for Jesus Christ, maintains a courteous, Christ-like attitude in dealing with people.
• Uphold and engage in Compassion’s core Cultural Behaviors
• Is ready to advocate for children, raise awareness of the needs of children. Abides by all behavioral expectations in Compassion’s Statement of Commitment to Child Protection and Code of Conduct.
• Participate in data collector trainings and fully understand the scope and survey tools to be used for this assignment.
• Lead day-to-day debriefing and other meetings and provide feedback to the Partnership Manager and Monitoring & Evaluation Specialists on the observations made during data collection
• In collaboration with data collectors, prepare work-schedules for the data collection, and effectively manage the movement of data collectors
•  Constantly communicate with FCPs to ensure the data collection schedule is known in advance and respective preparations are made.
• Monitor data collection process to ensure data collection protocols and procedures are being adhered to
• Review data collected (in the software) and provide constructive feedback to data collectors on their performance, noting areas of strength and areas for improvement.
• Ensure that collected data by each data collectors are submitted/uploaded accordingly as per laid down guideline.
• Provide technical support and troubleshooting to the data collectors
• Manage logistics and supplies for the data collection within his/her Base (area of operation)
• Ensure a sufficient quantity and availability of necessary data collection equipment/items.
• Ensure that all completed data tools are kept in accordance with the data management protocol.

Qualifications and Attributes

• Has a personal relationship with Jesus Christ
• Degree in Sociology, Early Childhood Development, Community Development, Gender, Agriculture, Nutrition, M&E and other relevant disciplines.
• Previous experience in data collection using digital devices especially handling Android applications
• Collaborative problem-solving skills and a positive attitude
• High degree of integrity and attention to detail
• Courteous, Ability to listen well and accurately record respondent perspectives
• Proactive team player with strong interpersonal skills
• Previous experience in a supervisory role
• Should not have had a previous affiliation with Compassion – should not have been former sponsored children or worked at any of the FCPs or worked at the National Office. She/he could be data collectors participated in the previous Compassion’s data collection activities.

Working Environment: Short term assignment that involves full-time travel. Includes traveling to rural communities. Maintain integrity to work individually and also as a team under supervision