Job purpose

Our flagship Dispensers for Safe Water (DSW) provides over 4 million people across rural Uganda, Malawi, and Kenya. Recent evidence highlights that clean water may be among the most effective interventions available to save young children’s lives, averting more than 30% of all-cause child mortality. The dispensers’ program - based on research for Nobel-winning economists - utilizes an innovative and human-centric design to deliver clean water at the source in rural settings, achieving usage rates which are 5x that of comparable interventions.

 The Monitoring Learning and Evaluations department is seeking to recruit short term casuals to support an upcoming baseline survey. The casual(s) will be responsible for collecting monitoring data for the Dispensers for Safe Water program in Uganda. This is an exciting assignment that enables you to interact with local community members as you collect data that informs the program to make justifiable decisions.

Job purpose

Our flagship Dispensers for Safe Water (DSW) provides over 4 million people across rural Uganda, Malawi, and Kenya. Recent evidence highlights that clean water may be among the most effective interventions available to save young children’s lives, averting more than 30% of all-cause child mortality. The dispensers’ program - based on research for Nobel-winning economists - utilizes an innovative and human-centric design to deliver clean water at the source in rural settings, achieving usage rates which are 5x that of comparable interventions.

 The Monitoring Learning and Evaluations department is seeking to recruit short term casuals to support an upcoming baseline survey. The casual(s) will be responsible for collecting monitoring data for the Dispensers for Safe Water program in Uganda. This is an exciting assignment that enables you to interact with local community members as you collect data that informs the program to make justifiable decisions.

Data collection and quality

• Accurately and timely collect Dispensers for Safe Water evaluation data, through the administration of questionnaire, collection of samples, and making observations, in the areas of operation, using electronic and/or paper instruments.
  
• Participate in bench-testing of electronic instruments as part of training and instrument improvement process
  
• Timely and meaningfully support flow of information from the field to the Program Leadership by utilizing “soft feedback” tools.
  
• Participate in the data collection training of operation/program field staff.
  
• Support data flow process from the field to the office, by adhering to the data flow protocol that indicates when and how submit data
  

Stakeholder relationship

• Maintain cordial public relation with local stakeholders, including government officials and community members, through observing meaningful and respectful engagement in the course of field work.
  

Financial management

• Contribute towards the cost-efficiency of the organization and programs through accurate management of financial payments and expenditures in the field and at the office
  

Communication

• On a daily basis share insightful feedback with program leads based on field observations.
  
• Timely development and dissemination of adoption monitoring reports with program teams at office level.
  

Other

• Support data collection needs from other programs, and other duties as may be assigned by the MLE leadership.