45 Research Assistants under MELS Department job at IFDC Uganda

45 Research Assistants under MELS Department job at IFDC Uganda

JOB DETAILS:
IFDC is a public international organization active in 27 countries in Africa, Asia, and America. IFDC uniquely approaches the global issues of food security and poverty by bridging the gap between research and impact, combining science-based innovations, holistic market systems development, an enabling policy environment, and strategic partnerships to assist farmers and countries to identify and scale sustainable agricultural solutions, including improved nutrient use efficiency. These approaches are needed to boost soil health and crop productivity while reducing the environmental impact of fertilizer use. IFDC translates research into action by using locally driven, environmentally sound, and impact-oriented solutions. With our partners, we seek to close the yield gap, eradicate global hunger, safeguard the soil on which our lives depend, and generate economic resilience for farming households and the countries in which they live.

IFDC is currently seeking passionate consultants to join its team, as the organization continues to expand its impact and work towards creating positive changes in agriculture and sustainable soil management across the world.

In order to track and measure the progress and impact of project interventions, BRIGHT, one of the Projects implemented by IFDC in Uganda, will be conducting Bi-annual assessments, Annual household surveys, and Impact assessments during the project period. We would therefore like to have a pool of research assistants who will be engaged to support data collection while conducting these events. The RAs will be temporary consultants and they will be engaged only for surveys and assessments for the subsequent years on a need basis. We would like to have a pool of 45 research assistants (15 per region).

Responsibilities
Through a consultative and participatory process, the Research Assistants will work with the IFDC Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning and Sharing (MELS) team to perform the following activities.

1. Conduct in-depth interviews with farmers and ensure interview notes are shared on a daily basis.
2. Ensure data quality control during data collection in the field.
3. Providing/submitting data to the server daily.
4. Coordinate with the field guides and prepare respondents for the interview.

The outputs of this task will include the following;

· Raw data collected from the sampled respondents and accurately submitted to IFDC’s MIS System.
· All interview notes shared with the MELS team.
· Field work report compiled and submitted to the MELS team.

Reporting and Work Relationships

The Research Assistants will be reporting to the MELS Officers and Manager in the respective assigned regions.

Location

Mt. Elgon region, Rwenzori region, and Kigezi Region. We need 15 Research Assistants for each of the three regions.

Benefits

No additional benefits will accrue to this position.

Salary Clause

The salary grade for this position is Ugx. 100,000 per day worked.
In the determination of consultancy fee we take into account various factors. These include the consultancy fee range linked to the assigned job, the candidate’s qualifications in relation to the job’s responsibilities and prerequisites, internal fairness, the competitive state of the job market, as well as potential organizational and budgetary considerations.

Diversity Clause

IFDC is committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion, and offers equal employment opportunities based on ability, performance, and potential. Equal opportunity is integral to the recruitment and selection practices at IFDC. IFDC recognizes the value in recruiting employees with different backgrounds, knowledge, experiences, perspectives, and beliefs. IFDC recognizes and values the contribution of people with a diverse background in capabilities, experience, and perspectives. Diversity encompasses gender, age, experience, education, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation and cultural backgrounds as well as other dimensions such as lifestyle and family responsibilities.

About Program/Project

Building Resilience and Inclusive Growth of Highland Farming Systems for Rural Transformation (BRIGHT) is a four-year project, funded by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (EKN) through the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs under Dutch development policy. The project is being implemented by IFDC, in collaboration with Agriterra, the Uganda Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF), the National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO), district local governments, and private sector actors.

The vision of the BRIGHT project is to promote inclusive economic growth and rural transformation through equitable integration into value chains. BRIGHT aims to build the resilience of 106,560 highland farm households in Kigezi, Mt. Elgon, and Rwenzori regions by supporting Uganda to recover from external shocks in an ever-changing context through absorption, adaptation, and transformation. In so doing, the project will improve the food and nutrition security and incomes of farmers, transition subsistence-oriented farm households to more of a market orientation by supporting them in integrated farm planning and inclusive decision-making, introducing appropriate climate-smart agriculture (CSA) technologies to strengthen local farming systems, ensuring natural resource conservation, and developing strategic value chains.

The BRIGHT project aims at increased resilience of farming households (ability to mitigate and/or adapt against economic and climatic shocks and stresses through achieving the following main impacts:
1. Improved food and nutrition security among farmer households
2. Farmers have increased income from sale of increased volumes of produce of good quality.
3. Farmland converted to sustainable use

Required Experience
• Bachelor’s Degree in statistics, economics, development studies, M&E, or any relevant equivalent.
• Experience in qualitative and quantitative data collection using digital data collection tools like ODK, Kobo Collect, etc.
• Vast experience in conducting in-depth interviews.
• Excellent Research and interviewing skills.
• Good planning, organization, and teamwork skills.
• Excellent communication skills, including fluency in oral and written English.
• Fluency in communicating in any of the listed local languages; Lumasaba & Kuksabiny for the Mt. Elgon region, Lhukonzo & Rutooro for the Rwenzori region, and Rukiga & Rufumbira for the Kigezi region.
• Experience with undertaking surveys and assessments with IFDC.

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