Data Collector – Ukraine At SoCha LLC

Background

SoCha intends to submit a proposal to provide monitoring and quality assurance services for Swiss-funded development and humanitarian projects in Ukraine, including providing Third Party Monitoring (TPM) services. The three strategic areas of focus relevant to the evaluations will be:

• Economic Recovery.
• Public sector service support and reform.
• Protection of civilians.

Overall services provided under this project will include monitoring 10-15 projects annually, undertaking Partner Risk Assessments (PRAs), providing procurement audits, delivering semi-annual monitoring reports, and organizing bi-annual events focusing on Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) to reflect on the findings.

SoCha seeks a highly qualified individual to fill the role of Data Collector. The position will be based in Ukraine and is contingent on contract award and approval. SoCha will be recruiting for two Date Collector roles, one for Lot 1 (focusing on the overall TPM services mentioned above) and another one for Lot 2 (focusing more so on TPM of private sector activities).

Scope of Work

The Data Collector will support all aspects of relevant data collection. He/she will coordinate with program staff to ensure accurate planning, coordination, and logistics related to data collection. The Data Collector will fulfill the following responsibilities:

• Support data collection planning, coordination, and logistics.
• Review, test, translate and pilot data collection instruments, identify and correct issues before full-scale deployment.
• Gather and accurately record responses on qualitative and quantitative questionnaires.
• Support electronic designing/scripting of data collection tools using SurveyCTO, Kobo or ODK.
• Submit complete and accurate questionnaires, in format determined by the Team Leader.
• Recognize and give account of problems in obtaining data and provide useful feedback.
• Provide daily briefings to the team leader and other relevant staff, and support development of weekly reports.
• Participate in regular check-in calls and debriefs with the project staff.
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications and Experience

• A bachelor’s degree or higher in statistics, social sciences, or related field.
• At least three (3) years of experience in undertaking qualitative and quantitative data collection.
• Prior experience working in MEL/TPM projects, ideally in Ukraine.
• Advanced knowledge of designing/scripting electronic data collection tools using SurveyCTO, Kobo, or ODK.
• Familiarity with standard/office IT applications including program management software.
• Professional communication skills and strong proficiency in written and spoken English. Fluency in Ukrainian is an additional asset.

Location

Ukraine