Job Detail

In coordination with the REACH Regional Field Manager, REACH field coordinator and REACH Country Operation/Field Manager, the Senior Field Officer will be responsible for Data collection, coordination, staff management, training, safety, and security of enumerators.

Duties & Responsibilities:

Data Collection in the Field

• Manage data collection at the provincial level in line with specified tools and methodology.
• Recruitment data collectors/Enumerators within the provincial level under the direct supervision of the REACH Regional Field Manager.
• Assure that data collection takes place according to plan and based on the work plan designed.
• Communicate any delay in data collection, due to security events or any other challenges that impede work in the field.
• Follow up and ensure that Field Officers and Enumerators comply with deadlines of all requested work.
• Conduct debriefings with Field Officers and enumerators in the field as needed.
• Assure the quality of the data collected based on REACH quality standards.
• Responsible for all distributed smartphones to the enumerators.

1. Staff Management and Training

• Train all Field Officers and Enumerators on data collection, sampling, survey methods, and other training topics as required.
• Responsible for regional weekly and biweekly plans.
• Assure the attendance of Field Officers/ Enumerators at trainings, and any other mandatory meetings, sessions, etc.
• Enforce Field Officers and Enumerators’ compliance with the Acted code of conduct in Afghanistan.
• Enforce Field Officers and Enumerators’ compliance with the Acted safety and security measures in Afghanistan.
• Timely flag any issues with the Field Enumerators, deadlines, or anything influencing the field-level data collection.
• Report any misconduct from the Enumerators that affects the field work and safety of the assessment activities.
• Assure Field Officers/ Supervisors and Enumerators attendance at their monitoring sites.
• Any other official tasks assigned by the direct line manager.
• Perform any admin, finance, and logistic tasks, if needed.

2. Coordination

• Provide timely updates to the regional field manager.
• Coordinate assessment schedules with potential partners in his/her esteemed province/provinces, as well as arrange assessment dates, and communicate any challenges and blockages to the REACH Regional Field Manager.
• Coordinate and communicate all field activities with base Security and provincial sectoral departments.
• Update the humanitarian access situation within the regions/provinces.
• Attend all line departments and PDC meetings in regional provinces.
• Responsible for submitting all biannual and activities reports to provincial sectoral departments at the regional level.
• Responsible for securing access letters for data collection within the region/provinces.

3. Safety and Security

• Ensure that Field Officers and enumerators follow Acted safety and security protocols and norms inside Afghanistan.
• Coordinate and liaise with the REACH Field Manager and REACH Operation Manager.
• Communicate any security incidents or circumstances that may have a direct influence on the implementation of the programs.
• Ensure that data collected is removed from the field – on paper or smartphone platforms – as soon as the data has been transferred to the Data Unit
• Ensure the privacy and security of the information collected in the field.