Enumerator at Mercy Corps - 50 Openings

Mercy Corps has been working in the most marginalized regions of Nigeria to deliver urgent, lifesaving assistance and build the resilience of communities. In 2019, our work impacted the lives of more than 984,000 people across the country.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Enumerator

Location: Jos North, Jos South and Mangu LGAs - Plateau; Igabi, Kaduna South, Zango Kataf, Kauru and Sabon Gari - Kaduna
Employment Type: Contract
Duration: 1 year (12months)
Slots: 50 Openings (25 per State)

Background of the program

• The PARTNER Project is a 5-year USAID-funded project that seek to ensure that Nigerian communities, government, security, and civil society actors will collaborate to increase the effectiveness, local ownership, and sustainability of an inclusive Early Warning Early Response (EWER) system for improved violence prevention. The above will be achieved when key stakeholders work together to create and sustain conflict EWER systems to foster peace and tolerance in communities and mitigate banditry and criminality in areas currently affected or at risk of violent conflict. A diverse set of key stakeholders will be engaged in community-based effort to promote communication, dispute resolution, dialogue, and advocacy for peace and reconciliation.
• Together with other consortium partners (WANEP, IPCR, KSPC and PPBA), Mercy Corps will lead the conduct of participatory rapid assessment exercise to identify conflict affecting the sites where PARTNER Project will be implemented, Mercy Corps will conduct a baseline data collection before program activities begin, a midterm evaluation and compare outcomes across communities to assess the impact of Early warning Early response, peace building and social cohesion, Again the PARTNER project will be conducting a Gender needs assessment to explore the context-specific dynamics of the implementation states, analyze the trends, develop tailored approaches by leveraging this evidence for impactful implementation, The gender assessment will also identify the underlying barriers to socially marginalized especially youth and women’s participation in the creation and sustainability of conflict EWER systems to foster peace and tolerance in communities. The project will be implemented in phases, starting with Plateau and Kaduna states, followed by Benue, Katsina, Kano and Kogi states, and subsequently Niger, Nasarawa and Zamfara states.
• The PARTNER project is planning to collect data on inception phase assessment in Benue and Nassarawa State to have a benchmark and evidence to leverage on to make informed decisions that will be used for program implementation.

Rationale

• Conducting constant research and analysis to better understand the dynamics created because of our interventions or other contextual environment shape our programming and learn from it to make evidence-base informed decisions and make course corrections is at the core of our programmatic approach to improve adaptive learning process. Mercy Corps Nigeria will continuously commission series of quantitative and qualitative data collection on program activities across multiple sectors (Peace building, EWER, Social Cohesion) which will range from:
  • Rapid Needs Assessment
  • Baseline Data Collection
  • Gender Assessment
  • Midterm Data Collection
  • Other Assessments
• These will employ numerous techniques including structured survey questionnaires for individuals and businesses or institutional, Focus group discussions, Key informant interviews and any other methodologies that are relevant for the specific project scope.

Objective of the Enumerator Assignment 

• The field enumerators are primarily responsible for collecting qualitative/quantitative field data and data entry using mobile platforms (e.g., Ona or CommCare). They have direct contact with respondents and have a great bearing on the quality of data collected and ultimately on the quality of data output.
• Different criteria which range from skills, experience in research or any form of data collection, knowledge in certain technical areas, contextual understanding, and familiarity with local language of defined data collection area would be important steps in selection of enumerators for an assignment.

Responsibilities
The field enumerators will:

• Get familiar with data collection tools and study protocol.
• Attend assessment orientation and data collection training.
• Conduct data collection in selected PARTNER sites in Benue and Nassarawa states
• Orient and guide the MC project team on likely sensitivities that could affect the usage of the survey tools within the target communities.
• Work collaboratively with PARTNER project and MC M&E team to ensure successful implementation of the study.
• Review filled data collection tools to ensure completion and quality of data.
• Provide guidance and clarifications at data analysis stage regarding collected data as needed.
• Play a key role in the mobilization of community respondents for the survey.

Qualifications and Personal Attributes

• Minimum qualifications (B.Sc./HND) in the fields of the Social Sciences, Economics, Development Studies or Statistics.
• A soundtrack record in developing and conducting research with verifiable evidence in the CV.
• Proven skills in the use of mobile devices for data collection with verifiable evidence in the CV.
• Experience in conducting quantitative and qualitative research in Nigeria with verifiable evidence in the CV.
• Experience working in the selected communities and a good understanding of the local dialects is preferred.
• Experience in data collection and analysis using participatory methodology.
• Possess a degree of flexibility to work and availability to respond to comments and questions in a timely and appropriate manner.
• Eligible applicant must be resident of the local government of assignment or at least must be resident in the state indicated for the assignment.
• Enumerator must have good interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to communicate in the local language in the community.
• Previous experience working with Mercy Corps is an added advantage.

The numerators will work with:

• PARTNER Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning team and Partners

The numerators will report to:

• PARTNER Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Advisor.

Payment Details

• Enumerators will be hired on a 1year (8 hours per day) contract basis; however, they only be paid based on days worked, meaning that enumerators are only paid when they are engaged by the PARTNER Activity team within the period of the contract
• We will only pay for the actual days of enumerators’ work. The enumerator will work any day required by Mercy Corps and payments will be made according to the number of days worked and the number of accurate entries made during the period of engagement. At the end of each exercise, an engaged enumerator will be required to complete and submit a duly signed timesheet.

Application Closing Date
19th July, 2024.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: [email protected] using the Job Title and Location as the subject of the mail. e.g Kaduna Enumerator or Plateau Enumerator

Note

• Mercy Corps Nigeria is an equal opportunity employer and engages qualified individuals without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, gender, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, weight, appearance, or any other basis prohibited by Mercy Corps policies and procedures.
• Consideration will be given to indigenous people from the specific geographical area/LGA the position covers.
• The following Documents are to be Submitted:
  • Education certificates.
  • CVs and Cover Letter