Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, November 10, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Job title: Data Collection Assistants (Short Term) - Gulu, Mbale, Mbarara and Kotido USAID Food the Future Uganda Inclusive Agricultural Markets (IAM) Activity
DAI works at the cutting edge of international development, combining technical excellence, professional project management, and exceptional customer service to solve our clients' most complex problems. Since 1970, DAI has worked in 150 developing and transition countries, providing comprehensive development solutions in areas including crisis mitigation and stability operations, democratic governance and public sector management, agriculture and agribusiness, private sector development and financial services, economics and trade, HIV/AIDS, avian influenza control, water and natural resources management, and energy and climate change. Clients include international development agencies, international lending institutions, private corporations and philanthropies, and host-country governments.

Background
DAI seeks Data Collection Assistants (short term) in field offices of Gulu, Mbale, Mbarara and Kotido for a five-year, $35 million dollar USAID-funded agriculture program. The Feed the Future Uganda Inclusive Agricultural Markets Activity (FtF IAM) works with agro-industry/ agribusiness firms, Government of Uganda institutions and agencies, and market actor organizations on creating efficiencies in cross-market functions that enhance systemic changes to sustainably increase incomes and improve the livelihoods of households through agricultureled inclusive economic growth. The Activity contributes to the Global Food Security Strategy (GFSS) Uganda Country Plan goal of reducing hunger, malnutrition, and poverty, as well as the USAID/Uganda Country Development Cooperation Strategy's (CDCS) 2016-2021 five-year goal of strengthening Uganda's systems to accelerate inclusive education, health, and economic outcomes. The Activity works throughout the FtF Uganda Zone of Influence (ZOI), which covers 38 districts spread across four regions of Uganda.
Responsibilities:
The data collection role will support partners in undertaking quarterly data collection so that the Activity meets its data quality and regularity needs. The Consultants will work under the supervision and guidance of the Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Advisor. They will be based at regional offices, working for a maximum of 8 days a month

Role/Tasks:
• Support the MEL Team in undertaking regular data collection from partners
• Work closely with Partners to identify and agree data collection period and the data to be collected
• On a quarterly basis visit each partner and collect agreed data; hold sessions with partners to gather any anecdotal/qualitative information relevant to the intervention/activity being implemented by the partner.
• Identify areas of data collection improvement and report as appropriate to the MEL advisor
• Support MEL team in cleaning and entering the data into appropriate data organization and analysis tools
• Support partners transcribe data that is in hard copy data collection tools into MS Excel templates
Deliverables:
• Monthly clean data sets in MS Excel templates on activities implemented by the partner .
• Collated source documents for each milestones/deliverables submitted by the partner
• Monthly report on qualitative insights/changes in the market the partners are operating in

Qualifications
• Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Accounting, Development Studies or Business administration or equivalent.
• At least two years of relevant experience and progressive ta collection, market studies or administrative work
• Experience in using MS Excel to do data analysis
• Experience in data collection on a development programme is an added advantage
• Ability to interpret information and communicate clearly with farmers and rural households required
• A good understanding of how business operates is a plus
• Fluency in English and in at least one other language spoken in any of the regions (Karamoja, Northern Uganda, Mt. Elgon and mSouthwestern Uganda) is required
• Candidate should be living within one of the regions above

Supervisory Responsibilities:
The Data Collection Assistant will have no supervisory responsibilities Reporting: The Data Collection Assistant reports to the MEL Advisor
Location of assignment:
Gulu, Mbale, Mbarara and Kotido with required to travel to FtFIAM's partners business locations in their areas of operation, which include Northern, Eastern, Southwestern and Karamoja regions of Uganda.
Period of Performance: December 1, 2022 through May 31, 2023

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
Please send your CV and letter of interest to IAMrecruitment@dai.com with "Data Assistant in the subject line by November 20, 2022. Only short-listed candidates will be notified. No phone inquiries, please Ugandan candidates are strongly encouraged to apply
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