Enumerators

Job description

Background and purpose

Beit CURE Children’s Hospital of Zambia seeks to engage short-term enumerators to support caregiver interviews in areas where the project is being implemented. The exercise will gather baseline information and feedback on the progress and results of project-supported activities. Data will be used by the hospital’s project and M&E teams to assess implementation, validate findings and inform programme improvements.

Key responsibilities
Participate in a brief orientation on the questionnaires, study procedures, informed consent, safeguarding and Kobo Collect.

• Identify and interview eligible caregivers at assigned hospital or community data collection points, using approved digital questionnaires.
• Enter accurate, complete responses using Kobo Collect or other approved mobile data collection tools; follow questionnaire skips and validation checks.
• Explain the purpose of the survey, obtain voluntary informed consent and conduct respectful, private, disability-inclusive interviews.
• Synchronise submissions securely, review records for completeness and correct queries raised by the supervisor promptly.
• Submit a brief daily field update and participate in end-of-assignment data validation and debriefing.

Minimum qualifications and experience

• Diploma or degree in demography, statistics, social sciences, public health, monitoring and evaluation, development studies or a related field.
• Demonstrated previous experience conducting face-to-face surveys and collecting data using Kobo Collect/ KoboTool box; familiarity with ODK or similar tools is an advantage.
• Ability to use Android devices, follow electronic questionnaires and maintain high data quality under short deadlines.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills; ability to interview caregivers sensitively and maintain confidentiality.
• Fluency in English and relevant local languages used in the assigned communities; previous work involving disability inclusion or caregiver surveys is an advantage.
• Availability for the full five-day assignment and willingness to work at assigned project locations.

Deliverables and conduct
Enumerators will provide accurately completed digital interviews, daily progress updates, resolution of supervisor queries and a brief final field debrief. All information collected remains the property of Beit CURE Children’s Hospital. Enumerators must comply with consent, confidentiality, child safeguarding and data protection procedures. Hospital staff will supervise, verify and manage the collected data.