Field Enumerators for URBAN WASH Ghana (Kumasi & Tamale)

Job Description

• Field Enumerators for URBAN WASH Ghana Buy-In study in Tamale and Kumasi
• Job period: March – June 2023
• Send application by: as soon as possible; we will recruit on a first-come-first-serve basis
• Reports to: Research Officer

The Urban Resilience by Building and Applying New evidence in Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (URBAN WASH) will generate evidence through applied research to promote sustainable, equitable, and climate-resilient WASH policies and programming in urban and peri-urban areas. Under URBAN WASH, Tetra Tech and the Aquaya Institute are leading the Ghana Buy-In which will focus on water quality, equity and non-revenue water in the urban and peri-urban areas of Tamale and Kumasi.

Duties and Responsibilities
The Field Enumerator will be responsible for filling the household survey questionnaire with a mobile-based platform, which enables easy electronic data collection.

Specific duties of the field enumerators include:

• Travel to urban communities as per research protocol.
• Determine respondent eligibility and collect written informed consent.
• Perform household survey and record data on mobile phone.
• Participate in quality assurance procedures.
• Conduct translation for qualitative data collection (as needed).
• Perform other tasks related to the fieldwork that may be assigned by the Research Officer.

Required Skills or Experience

• Fluency in at least two of the following languages: Twi, Hausa, Dagbani, Kokomba/Lekpapa.
• Fluency in English.
• Previous experience using a phone-based data collection platform.
• Ability to conduct household surveys and key informant interviews.
• Experience working on previous sanitation research will be an added advantage.