PREQUALIFIED ENUMERATORS

INTRODUCTION:

The Nordic International Support Foundation (NIS) is a non-profit foundation headquartered in Oslo, Norway, with country offices in Somalia, Mali, and Myanmar. NIS implements a large range of projects together with donors and key national stakeholders to assist countries and communities to successfully emerge from conflict. Escaping conflict requires a broad mix of activities targeting peacebuilding, state-building, reconciliation processes, and community recovery efforts. As a result, NIS believes there are multiple ways to support communities and institutions in transitioning away from conflict.

NIS current projects include constructing, rehabilitating, and installing economic and community infrastructures such as solar streetlights, stadiums, markets, roads, government buildings, and solar electrification to hospitals, health clinics, and government buildings. In addition, NIS works with local institutions/vocational training facilities and curricula by nurturing youth with skills, managing secondees to government institutions, and managing grant-making programs supporting peace-building and social cohesion.

part of NIS work involves internal routine data collection and assessing the progress of ongoing projects through data collection for baselines and evaluations by engaging prequalified and trained enumerators.

Objectives:

The primary objective is to engage enumerators to support in undertaking field data collection and real-time review exercises in all the targeted regions of Somalia. NIS Foundation recognizes the importance of building local capacities for sustainable change, and to this end, NISwill recruit experienced local researchers who are conversant with qualitative and quantitative research techniques to support the effective undertaking of field data collection for the year 2025-2026. The enumerators will be engaged in conducting data collection and entry in all the project baselines, gender, and social inclusions (GESI) thematic assessments, feasibility studies, environmental impact & social assessments, and other relevant assessments that may deemed necessary such as need assessments and market surveys. With this background, NIS Foundation invites qualified enumerators with a desire to provide the above-stated service to apply while specifically stating the candidate’s current location.

Specific responsibilities/duties

The enumerators will be responsible for the following:

• Attend/participate in data collection training that will be conducted by NIS Foundation
• Administer pre-testing of tools and set interview dates with respondents.
• Develop an adequate understanding of the research protocol, the study population, and the study tools before the actual fieldwork.
• Gather and accurately record responses on questionnaires (Household & economic activity mapping surveys) through an Open Data Kit (ODK) upon the consent of the respondents.
• Conduct qualitative interviews with the key informants including beneficiaries, community members, government officials, youth leaders, women leaders and community leaders, sports officials, hospital management, etc.
• Facilitate Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) with 8 -12 participants.
• Transcription and translation of qualitative data such as audios for KIIs and FGDs into word documents.
• Submit completed questionnaires and other equipment used in fieldwork to the NIS MEL team.
• Maintain teamwork and effective communication with both the team leader and other enumerators during the fieldwork
• Maintain effective communication with the key staff to provide updates on the progress and the challenges encountered during the field data collection and seek guidance on the way forward.
• Capture action photos during the data collection at the field with the consent of the interviewee.
• Report any unusual situations to the team leader daily and attend any follow-up meeting/session requested by the NIS team
• Follow confidentiality and security procedures to ensure respondent privacy is protected.
• Any other duties assigned by the NIS MEL team.

Required competencies.

• Honesty: Shows a high level of integrity and will not fabricate responses or misrepresent the project.
• Communication: Confidently expresses self, able to clearly ask questions and help the respondent understand what is needed from her/him.
• Relationship Builder: Able to build trust with people at the target location and maintain confidentiality.
• Cultural Awareness: Must be aware of and sensitive to the cultural expectations of communities in the area.
• Accuracy: Must be able to interpret and record responses appropriately without distorting the respondent’s meaning or confusing the analysis.
• Endurance: Must be able to work for a full day working hours in the field across the number of days stipulated.

Skills and Qualifications

Enumerators should have:

• Bachelor’s degree or diploma from recognized university in any of the network fields of education, social science, information technology, and any other relevant discipline/study.
• Experience and knowledge on mobile data collection such as ODK/Kobo with other NGOs.
• Experience in undertaking Household interviews, Key informant interviews and Focus group discussion.
• Experience working with the community or experience in utilizing most significant change and outcome harvesting tools.
• Highly organized individual, punctual, capable of handling multiple priorities, meeting deadlines, and managing time effectively
• Ability to work independently as well as an effective team player.
• Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills. Ability to write a good interview note
• Computer literacy to be able to work on smartphone-based data collection applications.
• Excellent knowledge of English and Somali (essential)
• Good facilitation skills.

Timeline & Conditions:

The selected enumerators will be engaged from March 2025 to December 2026 depending on their performance and the decision of NIS management including program and M&E. The assignment/ contract is “need-based’’ and remuneration will be paid based on data collection methodology.