Job Title: Enumerators (60 Data Collection Jobs)
Organisation: World Agroforestry
Project Name: Restore Africa Uganda Project
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda (2 per district)
Call for Enumerators: World Agroforestry seeks qualified individuals to conduct a tree nursery assessment survey in project sites across the country.
About Organisation
World Agroforestry is an international institute headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, founded in 1978 as the “International Council for Research in Agroforestry.” The centre specializes in the sustainable management, protection, and regulation of tropical rainforests and natural reserves.
About Restore Africa Uganda Project
Restore Africa is a five-year project funded by Climate Asset Management (CAM) through the Global Evergreening Alliance (GEA). Uganda is one of three African countries implementing this project. The project is led by Catholic Relief Service (CRS) in collaboration with World Agroforestry (ICRAF), World Vision, EcoTrust, CARE/Jese, Uganda Landcare Network, and Caritas. The program aims to improve livelihoods, food security, and resilience to climate change by restoring ecosystem services and improving agricultural, pastoral, and forest management in degraded landscapes. The project will benefit 352,500 smallholder farming households across 33 districts in central, southwestern, Karamoja, and the Mt. Elgon regions of Uganda, restoring 560,000 hectares of ecosystems by growing and facilitating the regeneration of 25 million trees.
World Agroforestry (ICRAF) is a technical partner in the project, ensuring high-quality planting materials of indigenous tree species are accessible to smallholder farmers. ICRAF seeks to recruit enumerators to conduct tree nursery assessment surveys across all project regions.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
- Attend enumerator training to gain a thorough understanding of the survey’s context, objectives, and tools.
- Conduct tree nursery assessments using the data collection tool on KoboCollect on android-based smart devices.
- Ensure data collected adheres to research ethics, including confidentiality, accuracy, clarity, consistency, and quality.
- Cover all nurseries assigned within the enumeration areas.
- Report feedback and any challenges to the Research Assistants.
- Upload collected data into the KoboCollect platform.
Qualifications, Skills, and Experience
- Degree, Diploma, or certificate in forestry, natural resource management, or a related field.
- Knowledge of diverse tree species in the central, southwestern, Karamoja, and Mt. Elgon regions of Uganda.
- Experience in conducting field surveys using online tools on smartphones and taking GPS coordinates.
- Understanding of local landscapes and cultures is an advantage.
- Proficiency in the local language.
- Possession of a smartphone with long battery life and good storage capacity.
- Good understanding of research ethics, confidentiality, and privacy.
- Availability for the entire period (maximum of 10 days depending on the number of nurseries in the district).
Terms of Engagement
Successful candidates will be contacted immediately. The enumerators will be engaged for four days: one day for training and pretesting the tool, and three days for actual data collection. Enumerators will receive a daily payment upon delivery of quality data and may receive transport reimbursement on a case-by-case basis. Enumerators will be required to fill in timesheets to indicate the actual number of days worked.
How to Apply
Please send your CV and letter of application to E.Acanakwo@cifor-icraf.org and copy P.Sola@cifor-icraf.org.
Deadline for applications: 12th July 2024.
Please put in the subject line of your e-mail: “Restore Africa Nursery Assessment Enumerators”.
Note: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
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