Vacancy announcement
Position
REACH Field Officers
Starting date
ASAP
Location
Rhino and Nakivale
Type of contract
Fixed-term
About ACTED
Since 1993, as an international non-governmental organization, ACTED has been committed to immediate humanitarian relief to support those in urgent need and protect people’s dignity, while co-creating longer term opportunities for sustainable growth and fulfilling people’s potential. ACTED endeavors to respond to humanitarian crises and build resilience; promote inclusive and sustainable growth; co-construct effective governance and support the building of civil society worldwide by investing in people and their potential.
We go the last mile: ACTED’s mission is to save lives and support people in meeting their needs in hard-to-reach areas. With a team of 5,900 national staff and 400 international staff, ACTED is active in 38 countries and implements.
more than500 projects a year reaching over 20 million beneficiaries. More on www.acted.org.
Key roles and responsibilities
- Functions
Summary
The REACH Field Officer shall be responsible for:
- Managing enumeration teams
- Facilitating focus group discussions
- Logistics support
- Any other tasks needed to ensure the success of the REACH mission in Uganda
- Data collection and analysis
- The REACH Field Officer will manage and lead field data collection (including recruitment and training of enumerators), develop/review/update the manual for enumerator trainings, provide support to assessment teams with analysis of data, and ensure that all data they collect is properly stored onto a server.
- Field coordination
- The REACH Field Officer will lead enumeration teams of up to 30 or more individuals in the refugee settlements and be responsible for providing direction, logistical and technical support to the enumerators. The F.O will also support the Assessment and GIS/Data team as and when required. The F.O will directly manage Field Assistants and their enumeration teams. The F.O will initiate, develop and maintain a professional relationship with relevant stakeholders, and regularly update the stakeholders’ database. They also must ensure accountability to and that assessment respondents are treated with respect (and regularly disseminate the CRM platform).
- Logistics support
- Ensure compliance with ACTED logistics and finance policies and procedures, develop procedures for tracking, management and deployment of assets (phones, tablets & other data collection equipment) in the field, and provide logistics support to the REACH Field and assessment teams. They will also provide support in organizing movement of REACH teams to and from field locations, identifying accommodations and office space, and liaising with appropriate government authorities to ensure REACH can conduct activities as needed. The FO will also Manage payments and all finances in the field, collecting all required documentation for compliance while adhering to determined timelines.
- Security and safety
- The REACH Field Officer will ensure that the enumeration teams adhere to the ACTED safety and security protocols, and Code of Conduct, regularly update the security focal person on all matters pertaining to field security including providing daily updates when required, and ensure the privacy and security of information collected in the field through adherence to IMPACT’s data protection policies.
- Accountability to Communities and Beneficiaries
The staff member is responsible for ensuring that all relations with the communities we work with are conducted in a respectful and consultative manner. Due attention must be paid to ensuring that communities are adequately consulted and informed about ACTED programme objectives, activities, beneficiary selection criteria, and methodologies. This is the responsibility of every ACTED staff member.
Required qualifications and technical competencies
Qualifications and Experience
- Minimum of 2 years of experience in humanitarian or development organizations, preferably in a field-based position
- Willingness and ability to work in a dynamic and fast-paced field environment for extended periods of the time required
- Bachelor’s degree in relevant discipline (Social Sciences, Development Studies, etc) required
- Strong skills with the Microsoft Office Suite
- Experience in using ODK for quantitative data collection, or the ability to rapidly master the process
- Experience in hiring and managing casual laborers
- Experience in data collection (conducting focus group discussions and KIIs)
- Experience in collecting information using hand-held GPS devices
- Knowledge of creating kml/ kmz files in Google Earth
- Positive attitude and a willingness to learn
- Excellent communication skills
- Excellent time management skills
- Ability to work in a cross-cultural environment requiring flexibility
- Prior experience working in refugee settlements an asset.
- Written and spoken fluency in English required;
- Working knowledge of Juba Arabic and/ or regional languages (in South Sudan, DRC, Burundi etc) an asset
- Ability to work independently.
How to apply
- Qualified Uganda Nationals with the required qualifications/skills are invited to submit their applications accompanied by detailed curriculum vitae and cover letter as a single PDF document with the cover letter being on the first page and the CV starting on the second page, detailing three work related referees and contacts. Send to uganda.jobs@acted.org before 5:00PM on the 31th May 2024, with the subject line as APPLICATION FOR FIELD OFFICER – UGANDA. Note that Applications sent without this exact subject line will not be shortlisted.
- Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Shortlisting will be done on rolling basis and ACTED reserves the right to hire before the deadline.
- ACTED will at no stage of recruitment process request candidate to make payments of any kind. Further, ACTED has not retained any agent(s) in connection with recruitments. ACTED is committed to protecting beneficiaries within our programme from exploitation and abuse and any kind of misconduct. ACTED has specific policies, including PSEA and Child Protection, which outlines the expected behavior and the responsibility of all staff, beneficiaries, consultants and other stakeholders and has zero tolerance towards misconducts. Any candidate offered a job with ACTED will be expected to sign ACTED’s organizational Policies and Code of Conduct as an annex to their contract of employment and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these documents.
ACTED is an Equal Opportunity Employer
