LOCATION: Nairobi (Kawangware, Kasarani, Eastleigh, and Kayole)

ASSESSMENT OBJECTIVES:

The primary goal is to assess the extent to which the project achieved its protection outcomes. Specific objectives include:

• Program Effectiveness: To evaluate the impact of Gender and GBV programming, PSS, Legal Protection, Child Protection, and Referrals provided to vulnerable refugees in Nairobi.
• Safety& Accountability: To determine the percentage of beneficiaries reporting that assistance was delivered in a safe, accessible, accountable, and participatory manner.
• Impact on Wellbeing: To measure the percentage of individuals reporting an improved feeling of safety and dignity as a result of the project interventions.
• Protection Knowledge: To assess the increase in community knowledge regarding protection rights and available feedback/complaint mechanisms.
• In light of this HIAS Kenya is seeking to recruit 10 enumarators to participate in a comprehensive training program, followed by a four-day data collection exercise.

THE KEY RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE RESEARCH ASSISTANT SHALL INCLUDE:

• Training& Preparation: Attend mandatory training for the data collection exercise to master the evaluation tool and ethical guidelines.
• Interviewing: Conduct interviews following guidelines and standards provided (each interview lasts approximately 40 minutes).
• Data Capture: Accurately capture data using digital tools such as Kobo Collect.
• Ethics: Maintain absolute anonymity and confidentiality of respondents and uphold the Do No Harm Principle.
• Quality Assurance: Ensure data quality and integrity during collection and reporting.
• Reporting: Submit daily progress updates to the supervisor and report any challenges to the MEAL Team.
• Equipment: Take responsibility for any project equipment (e.g., smartphones/tablets) provided for the exercise.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree or Diploma in Humanities and Social Sciences
• At least 1 years’ experience in qualitative and quantitative data collection involving human subjects.
• A similar experience with HIAS and demonstrated knowledge of working with vulnerable refugees will be an added advantage.
• Be in the possession of a smartphone.
• Good understanding of data collection methods; Qualitative data collection (e.g., FGDs, Key Informant Interviews) and Quantitative data collection
• Full-time availability
• Minimum age of 18 years
• Combine teamwork and ability to work under minimal supervision
• Good listening skills
• Resident of the data collection locations (Eastleigh, Kawangware, Kayole, Kasarani)
• Must be conversant with national languages (English and Swahili). Proficiency in Oromo, Somali, Kinyamulenge, French, Arabic, and Kirundi are an added advantage.
• Experience in collecting data using ODK/ONA/Survey CTO, KOBO TOOLBOX and other mobile phone applications will be an added advantage.

REMUNERATION AND REIMBURSEMENTS:

HIAS will remunerate and reimburse research assistants for costs and expenses at an agreed amount as follows:

• Rate: Ksh. 5,000/- per day.
• Total Duration: 5 days (1 day training + 4 days fieldwork).

Note: Remuneration and Reimbursement will be done via Mobile money transfer of MPESA; therefore, you will be required to provide a registered Mobile money transfer (MPESA) line.