EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

Save the Children is the world’s leading independent organization for children. Our Vision is a world in which every child attains the right to survival, protection, development, and participation. In Zambia, Save the Children works in the following Thematic areas: Education, Health& Nutrition, Child Protection, Child Rights Governance and Child Poverty; including Humanitarian response. Save the Children wishes to invite qualified individuals to apply for the following Temporal position

Position: Data Collector x15

Duty Station: Chongwe, Rufunsa districts

Role Purpose: To collect Baseline indicator data for the Child Sensitive Social Protection – 3.0 Project (2026-2029) project’s outcome and selected output indicators. The Baseline study will establish a comprehensive benchmark of the current situation on information for the project’s selected outcome and output indicators. The information will provide a benchmark for project monitoring and evaluation.

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

• Collect data from the identified CWAC areas in Chongwe and Rufunsa districts using already developed data collection tools;
• Child questionnaire including the international social and emotional learning assessment (ISELA) tool and a Caregiver questionnaire as well as demographics (including Washington Group Questions (WGQs), caregiver practices, nutrition and education (enrolment, transition and drop out) related data
• Use Kobo toolbox for the collection of all the data
• Conduct Data cleaning for the collected Baseline data
• Submit the collected data sets to SCI at the end of the study: All original study instruments with their recorded field data; copies of all Excel files

QUALIFICATIONS and DESIRABLE QUALITIES:

• Grade 12 certificate
• Speaks and reads fluently English and has good literacy and understanding of local languages spoken in Chongwe and Rufunsa (Nyanja, Lenje, Soli)
• Resident of the Chongwe, and Rufunsa or any nearby locations
• Able to use a smart phone
• Must have done data collection before (Kobo data collection will be added advantage)
• Ability to work independently, be organized and patient

Child Safeguarding:

Level 3 – the responsibilities of the post may require the post holder to have regular contact with or access to children or young people.

• Collect data from the identified CWAC areas in Chongwe and Rufunsa districts using already developed data collection tools;
• Child questionnaire including the international social and emotional learning assessment (ISELA) tool and a Caregiver questionnaire as well as demographics (including Washington Group Questions (WGQs), caregiver practices, nutrition and education (enrolment, transition and drop out) related data
• Use Kobo toolbox for the collection of all the data
• Conduct Data cleaning for the collected Baseline data
• Submit the collected data sets to SCI at the end of the study: All original study instruments with their recorded field data; copies of all Excel files

• Ability to use a smart phone
• Kobo data collection experience (added advantage)
• Ability to work independently, be organized and patient

• Grade 12 certificate
• Fluent in English (spoken and written)
• Literacy and understanding of local languages spoken in Chongwe and Rufunsa (Nyanja, Lenje, Soli)
• Resident of Chongwe, Rufunsa or nearby locations
• Previous data collection experience