Enumerators
Positions: Total 24 (12 Male and 12 Female)
Per Day Rate: 5000/-
Duty Station: Multan, Bahawalpur, DG Khan, Muzaffargarh, Rahim Yar Khan, and Jhang districts (each district will have 4 enumerators)
Duration: 15 days which includes training and field-level data collection.
Reporting Line: Enumerators will work under the direct supervision of:
- District Supervisor, and Quality Assurance (QA) Officer, with overall guidance from ACT’s FSLA Assessment Reporting & Documentation Officer and Team Lead.
Objectives of the Assignment
- To collect high-quality household-level data on food security, livelihoods, coping strategies, agriculture, and flood impacts using structured digital questionnaires (ODK).
- To ensure accurate, complete, and ethically compliant data submission to ACT.
- To support ACT in producing a comprehensive and evidence-based FSLA dataset for further analysis and reporting.
Key Responsibilities:
A. Pre-Field Preparation
- Attend all enumerator training sessions on assessment tools, ODK usage, data collection ethics, PSEA, informed consent, and security protocols.
- Review and understand all survey instruments, definitions, and sampling procedures.
- Ensure functionality of Android devices, power banks, and ODK forms prior to field deployment.
B. Household Data Collection
- Visit selected villages and communities assigned for data collection.
- Ensure informed consent, transparency of purpose, voluntary participation, and confidentiality at every interview.
- Engage respectfully with respondents, maintaining sensitivity to local norms, gender dynamics, and cultural practices.
- Conduct face-to-face interviews with respondents using structured ODK questionnaires.
- Capture accurate, complete, and unbiased responses without influencing the respondent.
- Record additional qualitative notes when necessary to contextualize quantitative findings.
C. Data Upload and Documentation
- Upload collected data to ACT servers immediately upon returning from the field.
- Report any technical and accessibility issues (device malfunction, ODK errors, GPS issues, transportation) to the District Supervisor.
- Submit concise field notes highlighting challenges, observations, or contextual insights, when required.
D. Quality Assurance and Compliance
- Ensure all entries meet ACT’s data quality standards (completeness, accuracy, logical consistency).
- Address feedback or correction requests from the QA Officer promptly.
- Follow ACT’s ethical guidelines, safeguarding principles, and security instructions.
- Ensure the safety, dignity, and confidentiality of all respondents.
Required Qualifications and Experience
- Minimum bachelor’s degree in social sciences, agriculture, development studies, economics, or related disciplines.
- Prior experience in household surveys, food security, livelihood, or agriculture-related assessments strongly preferred.
- Proven experience using digital data collection tools (ODK, Kobo, CommCare, SurveyCTO).
- Familiarity with local geography and languages especially Saraiki, customs, and social norms of South Punjab.
- Ability to travel extensively within assigned districts.
- Good communication, interviewing, and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work under tight deadlines and strict quality-control procedures.
Inclusion and Cultural Considerations
- A gender-balanced team of male and female enumerators will be engaged to ensure access to respondents of all genders.
- Enumerators should demonstrate cultural sensitivity, especially while engaging with women, elders, PWDs, adolescent girls, and marginalized communities.
Code of Conduct and Ethics
Enumerators must adhere to:
- ACT’s and WFP’s Code of Conduct
- Data protection and confidentiality standards
- Do No Harm, safeguarding, and ethical research principles
- Strict prohibition on collecting personal identifiers or exerting any pressure on respondents
- Zero tolerance for data manipulation, and negligence.
Deliverables
- Successfully completed and uploaded household interviews using ODK, in line with daily targets.
- Daily submission of clean, quality-assured data.
- Timely communication of any field challenges or incidents.
- Contribution to an accurate, complete dataset for analysis and reporting