About Village Enterprise

Village Enterprise’s mission is to end extreme poverty in rural Africa through entrepreneurship, innovation, and collective action. By empowering women, refugees, and youth to launch small businesses and savings groups, our cost-effective model provides dignified and sustainable pathways for individuals to lift themselves and their families out of extreme poverty for good. To date, Village Enterprise has trained 396,872 first-time entrepreneurs, 80% of whom are women, and supported the launch of 120,609 businesses and 9,309 Business Savings Groups (BSGs). These efforts have positively impacted 2,478,065 lives across Africa. With operations in Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda, and partnerships in other sub-Saharan African countries, Village Enterprise continues to expand its reach. As we scale our impact, our aim remains ambitious yet achievable: to lift 20 million people out of extreme poverty by 2035.

About the Job:

Village Enterprise seeks a full-time staff member to collect data in Busia county and contribute to the success of the organization. The Enumerator is a self-driven, self-sufficient staff member, who excels at data collection, while also critically analyzing all the surveys and providing feedback to M&E.

Department: Programs.

Position Type: Part - time.

Reports to: MEL Associate.

Direct Reports: None

Location: Busia.

Responsibilities

Key Result Areas

• Data collection on the core program and all studies as designed by the M&E Team
• Business and BSG spot-checks
• Monthly reports on key findings in the field
• Attend all trainings as will be required by the M&E team.
• Data entry as may be required by the M&E team.
• Community liaison

Data collection expectations:

• Supply accurate data collected from the field, at baseline, midline and end line as required by the M&E Team.
• Provide weekly reports on any challenges encountered during the process of data collection.
• Share best practices seen in the field for program improvement.
• Upload data immediately. ∙ Double-checking and synchronizing all collected data on a daily basis.

Business and BSG Spot-check Expectation:

• Conduct BSG and Business spot-checks as allocated by the M&E Team.

Monthly reports Expectations:

• Supply accurate monthly reports to the M&E Team

Data entry expectations:

• Enter accurate and reliable information. Falsified Information is means for immediate dismissal.
• Submit and upload data in a timely manner.

Community Liaison:

• Expected to represent the interest of the organization at all times in a professional manner.
• Expected to explain to any Government official that they may meet what Village Enterprise does and what role they are playing in this specific community.

Safeguarding: "Safeguarding at VE is everyone’s responsibility"

• Ensure program participants are continuously sensitized about possible risks of child abuse, sexual/financial exploitation, prevention and response mechanisms.
• Ensure compliance with VE’s safeguarding policies and Code of Conduct in all programs, operations and practices.
• Report any child or adult safeguarding incidents in program operations for appropriate action and follow up.

Requirements

Qualifications

• Minimum of Diploma in any discipline with prior experience/exposure in research disciplines.
• Understanding of the elements of data quality.

Core competencies

• Flexibility to various work schedules.
• Adoptability to changing work demands.
• Ability to accurately operate mobile data collection technology.
• Passion in working with illiterate/poor people.
• Excessive movements within in rural settings.
• Translating the survey content from English into the local Language
• Must be a resident of Busia county.(Specifically from Bunyala, Lugale and Township Areas)

• Collect data on the core program and all studies as designed by the M&E Team.
• Conduct Business and BSG spot-checks.
• Supply accurate field data at baseline, midline and end line as required by the M&E Team.
• Provide weekly reports on any challenges encountered during data collection.
• Share best practices seen in the field for program improvement.
• Upload data immediately and double-check and synchronize all collected data daily.
• Supply accurate monthly reports to the M&E Team.
• Enter accurate and reliable information and submit and upload data in a timely manner.
• Attend trainings as required by the M&E team.
• Serve as a community liaison and represent the organization professionally.
• Explain Village Enterprise’s work and their role in the community to Government officials.
• Sensitize program participants about risks of child abuse and sexual/financial exploitation, and prevention and response mechanisms.
• Ensure compliance with VE’s safeguarding policies and Code of Conduct.
• Report child or adult safeguarding incidents in program operations for appropriate action and follow up.

• Understanding of the elements of data quality.
• Ability to accurately operate mobile data collection technology.
• Ability to translate survey content from English into the local language.
• Flexibility to various work schedules.
• Adaptability to changing work demands.
• Ability to work with illiterate/poor people.
• Ability to work in rural settings with extensive movement.

• Minimum of Diploma in any discipline.
• Prior experience/exposure in research disciplines.
• Must be a resident of Busia county, specifically from Bunyala, Lugale and Township Areas.