Background

The USAID Bureau for Resilience and Food Security (RFS) has led a partnership with the International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC) and other partners to build a low-cost “Space to Place” (S2P) approach for developing and disseminating localized fertilizer guidance. The S2P approach revolves around the delivery of spatially appropriate soil fertility management recommendations, guided by digitized soil maps (Space) combined with farm(er)-level characteristics (Place), for effective agronomic and fertilizer recommendations that increase fertilizer use efficiency to maintain or surpass current productivity levels, and reduce fertilizer wastage. IFPRI was engaged to conduct research that will inform the development of the S2P approach and eventually evaluate the impact of it.

Objective

We are looking for a qualified consultant. The consultant will be responsible for the technical side of operations. The consultant will work in close collaboration with researchers in Kampala and Lilongwe.

The specific objectives include:

• ODK implementation of the questionnaire

• back-end management of the data collection (ODK-ONA integration)

• training of enumerators

• oversee data collection

• monitoring and analysis of data collection

Required qualifications

• Demonstrate experience of conducting quantitative survey fieldwork

• Demonstrate experience in conducting survey-related trainings

• Experience in building trust and good relations with village leaders, interviewees, and communities

• Strong program management skills

• Demonstrate experience in successfully coordinating large field teams and managing deliverables

• Excellent computer skills and experience using ODK and technical backend (Ona server integration preferred)

Terms of Appointment

.Fieldwork is scheduled to start towards the end of October and take about 25 work days. The work requires travel to Malawi.

Instructions to Apply

To apply, interested applicants are expected to submit a CV and expected daily rate.

*We can not respond to all applicants. Thank you for your understanding*