Company Profile
About Futures Group
Futures Group, the global consulting firm, helps to protect and promote people’s well-being around the world. For 40 years, Futures Group has created lasting solutions to some of the most pressing public health challenges facing nations. We predict future health and development trends, uncover barriers to well-being, and forge on-the-ground partnerships to ensure lasting change.
About GRM International
GRM International is a leading international development management company specializing in the provision of project design, management expertise and technical assistance to development projects for bilateral and multilateral funding agencies, governments and corporations. For more than 45 years, GRM has been bringing expertise in managing large-scale projects, and sourcing and managing high quality experts covering all disciplinary skills required to implement development projects.
About our Group of Companies
GRM International, Futures Group, and the Effective Development Group are a group of companies with a joint focus on reaching people in need and creating better futures for our clients, communities and colleagues around the world. With more than 90 current projects operating in more than 85 countries, and $225 million in revenue, our combined group has a multisectoral focus, diverse technical offerings and a wide geographic reach. For more information, please visit www.futuresgroup.com, www.grminternational.com, and www.edgroup.com.au.
About EVA-BHN Project
GRM Futures Group is the prime implementer for the Empowerment, Voice, and Accountability for Better Health and Nutrition (EVA-BHN) Project, EVA-BHN is a four year project, primarily focused on the ‘demand side’ of RMNCH and nutrition services and will complement the ‘supply side’ activities under the broader PHNP framework through enhancing communities’ understanding of their health rights, entitlements and engagement in monitoring the planning and delivery of services and organizing communities at all levels to catalyze the precipitation of desired policy changes at the local, provincial and national level.
Position Summary
Futures Group is seeking short-term Field Supervisors to supervise baseline data collection by field enumerators, who will administer a KAP (Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices) survey in 23 districts in KP and Punjab for the EVA-BHN Project. She will be responsible for: supervising data collection, ensuring high quality, provide feedback and take immediate notice of; and resolve any problems arising in the field, back-check 10 percent of the surveys, ensure data collection is comprehensive and as per the protocols and procedures instructed by the EVA-BHN Research, Monitoring & Evaluation (RME) Team. This position will be based in one of the Survey Districts.
Key Responsibilities
- Directly supervise the field team to ensure high quality of data collection
- Provide feedback and take immediate notice of and resolve any problems arising in the field
- Back-check 10 percent of the questionnaires selected randomly
- Ensure data collection is comprehensive and as per the protocols and procedures instructed by the EVA-BHN Research, Monitoring & Evaluation (RME) Team
- Attend the training workshop for the KAP survey conducted by the EVA-BHN RME Team
- Supervise implementation of the survey in target areas in accordance with the approved design
- As part of the supervision process, conduct spot quality-assurance checks to ensure adequate performance of enumerators involved in data collection as per the guidelines/checklist provided by the EVA-BHN RME Team
- Submit properly filed/archived hard copies of filled-in questionnaires in English language and any other documents used during the survey to the EVA-BHN RME Team
Qualifications
- Master’s degree in Social Sciences or related research discipline, with 3-5 years of experience in field data collection, with demonstrated ability to supervise teams of enumerators
- Prior experience in supervising survey teams for international donors is preferable
- Fluent in English, Urdu and Punjabi/Pashto
- Because of the gender related issues of the survey, only women can apply
| KAP Survey Field Recruitment |
| Punjab Districts |
No of Field Supervisors Required |
KPK Districts |
No of Field Supervisors Required |
| Chiniot |
1 |
Swat |
1 |
| Mandi Bahauddin |
1 |
Dera Ismail Khan |
1 |
| Lodhran |
1 |
Tor Ghar |
1 |
| Bahwalpur |
1 |
Lower Dir |
1 |
| Kasur |
1 |
Tank |
1 |
| Rawalpindi |
1 |
Nowshera |
1 |
| Lahore |
1 |
Swabi |
1 |
| Muzaffargarh |
1 |
Mansehra |
1 |
| Sahiwal |
1 |
Mardan |
1 |
| Rajanpur |
1 |
Peshawar |
1 |
| Layyah |
1 |
Haripur |
1 |
| Bhakkar |
1 |
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Level of Effort and Supervision
The duration of this assignment/ contract is expected to be of 9 working days during the month of February 2015. The field supervisor will report to the EVA-BHN RME Manager.