Enumerator x8 - Remote (Covering North and Bekaa) - National Candidates Only

Scope of work

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.

Requirements:

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.