Enumerator x8 - Remote (Covering North and Bekaa)

Conduct qualitative and quantitative research remotely for early childhood education program.

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Overview

Conduct qualitative and quantitative research remotely for early childhood education program.

You have:

  • Bachelor's degree in the social sciences, psychology, education, or related field.
  • Experience conducting qualitative field research in person or remotely.
  • Experience in early childhood development or education, as well as experience with teachers or caregivers.
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
  • Experience with digital data collection.
  • Strong attention to detail.
  • Strong self-initiative and ability to stay flexible under pressure.
  • Ability to work collaboratively as part of a diverse team.
  • Previous experience working with refugees, families, or young children preferred.

Job Description

The IRC ECD Lebanon research team is conducting an evaluation of its remote Early Childhood Education program. The evaluation consists of a number of qualitative and quantitative tools with children, teachers, and caregivers. Data collection for these tools will take place remotely between June and August 2022, and will cover teachers and caregivers in the North and Bekaa. The ECD program is hiring eight enumerators to be trained on these tools and conduct data collection remotely.

Deliverables:

- Attend training that covers the objectives of the study, the instruments and the data collection procedures, as well as research ethics compliance. - Carry out data collection, which will consist of taking consent, scheduling times for remote data collection, and implementing the tools remotely over phone. - Recording and transcribing interviews. - Provide daily field reports to Monitoring Evaluation and Research Officers during data collection. - Ensure high quality data collection for research purposes. - Follow ethical and informed consent procedures required for this study, including those for respondent privacy, data security and child safeguarding.

Tablets will be distributed to data collectors and are considered under the full responsibility of the data collector; any damage or loss of the device will result in the suspension of payment. Data collectors will also receive recharge cards to carry out the data collection remotely.

Qualifications

Education: Bachelor’s degree in the social sciences, psychology, education, or related field.

Work Experience: Experience conducting qualitative field research in person or remotely is a must (ideally in a humanitarian setting). Experience in early childhood development or education, as well as experience with teachers or caregivers, is strongly preferred.

Demonstrated Skills and Competencies:

- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. - Experience with digital data collection. - Strong attention to detail. - Strong self-initiative, ability to stay flexible under pressure. - Ability to work collaboratively as part of a diverse team from different professional and cultural backgrounds. - Previous experience working with refugees, families, or young children preferred.

Potential interview questions

Describe a time when you had to collect data remotely. What were the tools and methods you used? This question assesses your experience and comfort with remote data collection techniques. Discuss specific tools, methods, and any challenges you faced during data collection.
How do you ensure ethical compliance when working with children and caregivers? The interviewer wants to know your understanding of ethical standards in research. Pro members can see the explanation.
Can you provide an example of how you handled a difficult interview situation? Pro members can see the explanation. Pro members can see the explanation.
What strategies do you use to remain flexible when field conditions change? Pro members can see the explanation. Pro members can see the explanation.
In your opinion, what is the most important aspect of qualitative research? Pro members can see the explanation. Pro members can see the explanation.
Added 4 years ago - Updated 1 year ago - Source: rescue.org