Mercy Corps has been present in Nigeria since 2012, focusing its interventions on adolescent girls’ empowerment, economic development, and conflict mitigation.
With the insurgency spilling over from the Northeast of Nigeria and causing the displacement of millions of individuals, Mercy Corps started its humanitarian response in 2014 to address the rising humanitarian needs.
The moment is right to build on the significant humanitarian investments and move towards an integrated market systems development approach that will drive inclusive economic recovery and ensure peace gains are maintained and improved upon.
How does it work?
Mercy Corps is implementing a five-year United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded Feed the Future Nigeria Rural Resilience Activity (RRA) in Northeast Nigeria. RRA aims to move people out of chronic vulnerability and poverty sustainably.
Feed the Future Nigeria Rural Resilience Activity will enable individuals and communities to engage in strong and sustainable market systems rather than relying on humanitarian assistance and faltering with each new shock.
The Activity will have four components and four cross-cutting elements to achieve this purpose.
Conducting constant research and analysis to understand the dynamics created because our interventions shape our programming and assist Mercy Corps in making evidence-based decisions. Making course corrections is at the core of our programmatic approach to improving an adaptive learning process.
Mercy Corps Nigeria (Humanitarian, Early Recovery and Development) will continuously commission a series of quantitative and qualitative data collection on program activities across multiple sectors (Livelihood, Wash, Cash Transfers, Shelter, Protection, Conflict Management, Peacebuilding, Agriculture, etc.) which will range from;
- Household or Individual surveys (baseline, midterm, and or end line)
- Market Price Monitoring
- Post Distribution Monitoring for food cash transfers, NFIs, and grants for business start-ups and or expansions
- Beneficiaries’ registrations, mapping, and profiling exercises
- Market Analysis or assessments, including small, medium, and large trader business performances
- Ad-hoc assessments of key interventions (e.g., pilots)
- Data Entry
- Quantitative and Qualitative Data collection
Role of the Enumerator
The Enumerator will be responsible for collecting and entering data and any other responsibilities they may be called upon to carry out. The data collection process may be carried out through one-on-one interviews and focus group discussions (FDGs) using an electronic data collection tool designed by Mercy Corps.
- Enumerators will be expected to follow sampling methods as directed by Mercy Corps.
- Compile, record, and code information from specified forms into a predefined form or database.
- Could you ensure that the supervisor is kept abreast of completed assignments and progress?
- Identify and report any issues that may arise while attempting to obtain valid data.
- Could you look at the authenticity of the information provided by ensuring direct contact with each targeted study population (population of interest)?
- Interpret interview questions to assist respondents in understanding them and providing eloquent answers.
- Double-check information on survey forms or information pads to ensure the accuracy of information.
- Engage in data entry in cases where paper base options are used.
- Comply with quality and research ethics during and field works (this includes data protection and information confidentiality of respondents or target project participants).
- Participate in debriefing sessions to share field experiences about the community and data collection.
- Enumerators are expected to be respectful of the community and community leadership and membership at all times.
Contract Duration
The contract with the enumerator will be for 12 (twelve) months from January 2023 – December 2023. Mercy Corps will only pay for the actual days of enumerators' work.
Payment for Services
Mercy Corps will pay daily for each day of work and transcription of audio files.
Enumerators will be hired on a 1year contract basis; however, they only are paid based on days worked, meaning that enumerators are only paid when the Rural Resilience Activity team engages them within the period of the contract.
Applications close by 5:00pm5:00 pm on 31st December 2022. All applications should be submitted Online