Data Collection Quality Controllers x8 Indaba Agricultural Policy Research Institute

Scaling Up Nutrition First 1000 Most Critical Days Program (SUN/MCDP) II Midline Survey

Vacancy announcements

The Indaba Agricultural Policy Research Institute (IAPRI) is Zambia’s first premier and indigenous policy research institute dedicated to analysis of the agricultural and environmental sectors while also offering outreach services and capacity building. IAPRI is a non-profit company limited by guarantee and collaboratively works with public and private stakeholders. Established in 2011, the Think Tank provides empirically grounded policy advice on agricultural and natural resource management policies and rural livelihoods more broadly.

IAPRI in collaboration with Scaling Up Nutrition learning and Evaluation (SUN LE) project and the National Food and Nutrition Commission (NFNC), with the support of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will be conducting data collection exercise for the Scaling Up Nutrition First 1000 Most Critical Days Program (SUN/MCDP) II Midline survey.

The midline survey is designed to track progress against SUN 2.0 indicators in the 30 priority districts. The survey will estimate the nutrition status of women and children 0- 23 months old and assess progress made in addressing underlying factors associated with malnutrition.

IAPRI is recruiting for various positions to support this exercise.

3.Data Collection Quality Controllers (8 positions)

Successful candidates are expected to perform the following duties and responsibilities:

• Attend the training course and other scheduled meetings.
• Participate in the various activities during the data collectors training
• Become fully familiar with the questionnaire.
• Work with the supervisor to ensure that the questionnaires are completed accordingly for the particular Enumeration area.
• Document daily reports arising from the questionnaires to be shared with the senior research fellow and the survey manager.
• Review each completed questionnaire for accuracy and completeness
• Keep all information received completely confidential.
• Manage data from the teams assigned
• Any other duties assigned to them.

Basic qualifications, skills and requirements:

a) Zambian citizen or permanent resident;

b) Minimum of five years’ relevant work experience (preferably in research or data collection) or Bachelor’s degree;

c) Minimum 25 years of age

d) Prior work experience with fieldwork supervision and/or leadership;

e) Experience in people management;

f) Organizational ability and attention to detail; Centre of Agricultural Policy Excellence

g) Experience in Data quality control during survey data collection will be an added advantage

h) Able to use smart phones, tablets;

i) Strong computer skills (to download and review electronic data);

j) Industrious, tactful, conscientious, reliable, energetic, and capable of exercising good judgment.

Duration of the survey tentatively 8 May 2022 to 31 July 2022