Enquêteurs / Chercheurs de terrain - Mali

We are building a national roster of enumerators, field researchers, supervisors and data-collection assistants in Mali who can be deployed for Third-Party Monitoring (TPM), humanitarian and development evaluations.

What it offers

• Opportunities for short-term field missions across all regions of Mali, including rural, conflict-affected or hard-to-reach areas
• Missions may involve primary data collection, impact evaluations, supervision or field support for humanitarian and development programmes

Who can apply

• Candidates with proven experience in surveys, evaluations, research, TPM or humanitarian data collection
• Significant fieldwork experience in Mali
• Strong knowledge of rural, pastoral, agro-pastoral, internally displaced or host communities
• Mastery of quantitative household survey techniques and qualitative methods (KII, FGD)
• Demonstrated ability to use Android smartphones/tablets for digital data collection
• Excellent written and oral French
• Working knowledge of local languages (Bambara, Soninké, Tamasheq, Peul/Fulfulde, Songhaï, etc.) is highly desirable

What you'll do

• Conduct household surveys, key-informant interviews (KII) and focus-group discussions (FGD)
• Collect data to verify distributions (food, non-food items, cash or voucher assistance) and assess the quality of humanitarian aid
• Carry out post-distribution monitoring (PDM) to evaluate use, relevance and impact of emergency assistance
• Physically verify the transport, receipt and final distribution of assistance to target communities
• Assess beneficiary satisfaction and verify compliance with targeting and registration criteria
• Use mobile data-collection tools (KoboToolbox, ODK, SurveyCTO or similar)
• Strictly adhere to informed-consent, confidentiality, safeguarding, PSEA, “Do No Harm” and data-protection principles
• Submit reliable, cleaned data and detailed mission reports on time

How to apply

• Interested candidates must complete the online form at the provided link
• This is a pre-qualification exercise to build a roster; submission does not guarantee immediate employment
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted

Good to know

• The roster covers all regions of Mali; applicants from every cercle and commune are strongly encouraged to apply to ensure nationwide coverage