Internship - Field Assistant

Key Responsibilities

• Study and understand all instruction provided through the trainings;
• Coordinate with the supervisor on how to carry out the survey and to report daily work done;
• Check that material necessary to carry out the survey is sufficient and appropriate;
• Introduce the project and facilitate the participation of individuals in the survey;
• Ask questions in a clear and kind manner, and ask all the questions exactly as worded:
• Probe to clarify unclear answers;
• Write down the answer in an ordinate and clear way, recording responses accurately and conduct data entry on daily basis;
• Double check and revise the survey at the end of the survey in order to correct mistakes and sign off on completed surveys as verification of the accuracy of the survey.

Reporting Arrangements

The Field Assistant will report to the Project Officer. 

Duration

ASAP Until July 31st 2018

Personal Specifications

Essential Qualifications:

• Ability to read and write
• Fluent in Arabic (and English)
• Secondary education

Skills and Traits:

• Personable and able to build trusting relationships
• Able to remain impartial and maintain confidence
• Able to elicit information without leading the interviewee
• Soft-spoken
• Ability to listen
• Able to capture unspoken answers, body–language, inputs etc.
• Excellent interpersonal skills