IDinsight Currently Recruiting In Zambia – August/September 2017
Organization Overview
IDinsight is an international development organization that helps policymakers and managers make socially impactful decisions using rigorous evidence.
We carefully tailor a wide range of analytical and quantitative tools to enable our clients to design better policies, rigorously test those ideas, and take informed action at scale to improve lives. Our services include experimental evaluation methodologies – including, but not limited to, randomized controlled trials – tailored to the priorities of international development decision-makers; monitoring and performance management systems to facilitate continuous data-driven improvement; policy design consulting and scale-up support.
Our mission is to partner with clients to generate and use rigorous evidence to improve social impact. Depending on client needs, we help diagnose social sector challenges, design, and test potential solutions, and operationalize those solutions found to be most impactful. We believe that client-centered, rigorous, and responsive evaluation is essential to help managers maximize program impact.
Our vision is to improve millions of lives by transforming how the social sector innovates, learns, and improves.
Project Description
The Millennium Challenge Account Zambia (MCA-Zambia) is implementing the Lusaka Water Supply, Sanitation and Drainage (LWSSD) Project to expand access to clean water supply and sanitation, and to improve drainage services in select urban and peri-urban areas of Lusaka. The Sanitation Connection Action Plan (SCAP) is a comprehensive plan designed to enable properties in Mtendere (a peri-urban area of Lusaka) to connect to the water and sewerage network. Mtendere contains over 9,400 properties, and 80% of these must connect to the water and sewer system for the benefits of LWSSD to be realized.
To achieve the connection levels required, SCAP will implement a package of interventions. A contract was issued to ID Insight to conduct formative research for SCAP and the interventions to be implemented. As part of this contract, ID Insight will collect data to support decision-making within the various intervention branches of SCAP.
Job Title: Qualitative Surveyor
Job Description
IDinsight seeks a very experienced qualitative surveyor to join our team for a period of approximately one month (with possibilities for additional phases of work in the future). Applicants must be available to start work immediately.
The qualitative surveyor will be responsible for conducting semi-structured interviews, focus group discussions, and key informant interviews relating to water and sanitation in Mtendere.
Qualifications
The ideal candidate will have extensive qualitative research experience conducting semi-structured interviews and leading focus group discussions.
The applicant should have a demonstrated ability to work independently and display strong attention to detail. Strong oral and written communication skills are necessary.
Fluency in Nyanja, Bemba, and English is required.
Experience working in Mtendere compound is preferred, but not required.
How to Apply
Qualified applicants should send their CV, references from past qualitative research positions, and a 200-word essay outlining their interest and experience with semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions to [email protected].
The essay is ESSENTIAL to be considered for the position. Do not send a CV without an essay, as you will not be considered.
Please apply by Monday, August 28. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
Selected qualified applicants will be contacted for an interview.
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