Tanzania Data Collectors and Coordinators
Position: Tanzania Data Collectors and Coordinators
locations Tanzania
time type Part time
job requisition idR1448
Please review both the Data Collector and Data Collection Coordinator job descriptions below.
DATA COLLECTORS JOB DESCRIPTION
Compassion International Tanzania is seeking qualified data collectors to administer surveys to children, youth, and adults. The expected data collection window and time commitment for this position is January through March.
Duties and Responsibilities
DATA COLLECTION COORDINATOR JOB DESCRIPTION
Compassion International Tanzania is seeking qualified data collectors to administer surveys to children, youth, and adults. The expected data collection window and time commitment for this position is January through March
Duties and Responsibilities
Working Environment: Short term assignment that involves full-time travel. Includes traveling to rural communities. Maintain integrity to work individually and also as a team under supervision
Position: Tanzania Data Collectors and Coordinators
locations Tanzania
time type Part time
job requisition idR1448
Please review both the Data Collector and Data Collection Coordinator job descriptions below.
DATA COLLECTORS JOB DESCRIPTION
Compassion International Tanzania is seeking qualified data collectors to administer surveys to children, youth, and adults. The expected data collection window and time commitment for this position is January through March.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Maintain a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Is a consistent witness for Jesus Christ, maintains a courteous, Christ-like attitude in dealing with people within and outside of Compassion, and faithfully upholds Compassion’s ministry in prayer.
- Uphold and engage in Compassion’s core Cultural Behaviors
- Act as an advocate for children, raise awareness of the needs of children. Understands Christ’s mandate to protect children. Commits to and prioritizes child protection considerations in all decision-making, tasks and activities across the ministry. Abides by all behavioral expectations in Compassion’s Statement of Commitment to Child Protection and Code of Conduct.
- Participate in data collector trainings and fully understand the scope and survey tools to be used for this assignment.
- Provide feedback to the Supervisors and Monitoring & Evaluation Specialists on the observations made during data collection
- Conduct surveys with children, youth, and adults and focus group discussions, as needed
- Carefully and safely keep all completed data tools in accordance to the data management protocol.
- Submit all completed data forms and equipment to the Supervisors
- Participate in day-to-day debriefing and other meetings as planned by the supervisors
- Carry out any assignment as assigned by the Data Collection Coordinators and Monitoring & Evaluation Specialists from time to time. The data collector will be reachable to receive instructions or logistical information related to data collection process.
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- Has a personal relationship with Jesus Christ
- Previous experience in data collection using digital devices especially handling Android applications
- Collaborative problem-solving skills and a positive attitude
- High degree of integrity and attention to detail
- Courteous, Ability to listen well and accurately record respondent perspectives
- Proactive team player with strong interpersonal skills
- Must be able to speak, read and write fluently in Kiswahili and English
- Cannot have any prior experience working at a project that is affiliated with Compassion. This includes previous project directors, project staff, tutors, etc.
- Diploma/Degree in Early Childhood Development, Community Development, Gender, Agriculture, Nutrition, M&E and other relevant disciplines is an added advantage.
DATA COLLECTION COORDINATOR JOB DESCRIPTION
Compassion International Tanzania is seeking qualified data collectors to administer surveys to children, youth, and adults. The expected data collection window and time commitment for this position is January through March
Duties and Responsibilities
- Maintain a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Is a consistent witness for Jesus Christ, maintains a courteous, Christ-like attitude in dealing with people.
- Uphold and engage in Compassion’s core Cultural Behaviors
- Is ready to advocate for children, raise awareness of the needs of children. Abides by all behavioral expectations in Compassion’s Statement of Commitment to Child Protection and Code of Conduct.
- Participate in data collector trainings and fully understand the scope and survey tools to be used for this assignment.
- Lead day-to-day debriefing and other meetings and provide feedback to the Partnership Manager and Monitoring & Evaluation Specialists on the observations made during data collection
- In collaboration with data collectors, prepare work-schedules for the data collection, and effectively manage the movement of data collectors
- Constantly communicate with FCPs to ensure the data collection schedule is known in advance and respective preparations are made.
- Monitor data collection process to ensure data collection protocols and procedures are being adhered to
- Review data collected (in the software) and provide constructive feedback to data collectors on their performance, noting areas of strength and areas for improvement.
- Ensure that collected data by each data collectors are submitted/uploaded accordingly as per laid down guideline.
- Provide technical support and troubleshooting to the data collectors
- Manage logistics and supplies for the data collection within his/her Base (area of operation)
- Ensure a sufficient quantity and availability of necessary data collection equipment/items.
- Ensure that all completed data tools are kept in accordance with the data management protocol.
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- Has a personal relationship with Jesus Christ
- Degree in Sociology, Early Childhood Development, Community Development, Gender, Agriculture, Nutrition, M&E and other relevant disciplines.
- Previous experience in data collection using digital devices especially handling Android applications
- Collaborative problem-solving skills and a positive attitude
- High degree of integrity and attention to detail
- Courteous, Ability to listen well and accurately record respondent perspectives
- Proactive team player with strong interpersonal skills
- Previous experience in a supervisory role
- Should not have had a previous affiliation with Compassion – should not have been former sponsored children or worked at any of the FCPs or worked at the National Office. She/he could be data collectors participated in the previous Compassion’s data collection activities.
Working Environment: Short term assignment that involves full-time travel. Includes traveling to rural communities. Maintain integrity to work individually and also as a team under supervision
Senior Manager of Accounting
locations RwandaTanzania
time type Full time
job requisition id R1482
Position: Senior Manager of Accounting
This senior manager leads the accounting team to maintain Compassion's general ledger, work closely with internal clients across the organization to answer financial questions and provide advice on proper accounting, conduct accounting research and analysis, review and interpret historical transactional activity, and complete the month-end and year-end close process. The primary purpose of this position is to provide full management through subordinate managers and/or senior professional staff. This responsibility includes hiring, discipline, and termination, as well as, coaching, performance management, assigning, checking, and approving work to satisfy broad objectives and department strategies. The incumbent will ensure completion of department responsibilities, calling on available resources to achieve department objectives, working within approved budget.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
•Maintains a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Is a consistent witness for Jesus Christ, maintains a courteous, Christ-like attitude in dealing with people within and outside of Compassion, and faithfully upholds Compassion’s ministry in prayer.
•Acts as an advocate to raise the awareness of the needs of children. Understands Christ’s mandate to protect children. Commits to and prioritizes child protection considerations in all decision-making, tasks and activities across the ministry. Abides by all behavioral expectations in Compassion’s Statement of Commitment to Child Protection and Code of Conduct. Reports any concerns of abuse, neglect or exploitation of children through Compassion’s internal reporting process and appropriately supports responses to incidents if they occur.
•Contributes to or prepares and administers the annual budget and departmental expenses, ensuring accountability for on-time completion of deliverables based on department objectives, SLAs, and other Compassion standards, ensuring compliance with regulatory and board policies.
•Selects, manages and develops assigned staff, establishing goals and objectives, coaching and managing performance, including discipline, motivation, and annual reviews; supports continuous learning and development that enhances individual performance and organizational capability.
•Leads professional staff responsible to serve internal customers, answering financial reporting questions, explaining accounting principles, advising on proper recording of transactions, and informing others of financial policies and procedures. This includes partnering in problem-solving for both procedural and technical issues.
•Serves as a subject matter expert on the organization’s financial general ledger system, including the chart of accounts, functional allocation, fund balances, segments and other attributes of the system.
•Oversees professional accountants who maintain monthly/annual financials including the close processes through preparation and/or review of key journal entries and account reconciliations.
•Leads accountants who analyze financial activity for errors or misclassifications and make corrections as needed.
•Manages accountants who prepare and distribute financial statement reports and provide additional information related to those reports for appropriate actions and decision-making.
•Is accountable for the performance and results of multiple related teams
•Develops departmental work plans guided by functional and organizational plans, impacts the department results by supporting and funding of projects, products, services and/or technologies
•Decisions are guided by resource availability and organizational objectives
•Full accountability for meeting talent (people) and fiscal (budget) goals for area of responsibility
•Manages multiple related teams, sets departmental priorities and allocates resources to align with organizational objectives and annual plan
•Guided by functional and organizational plans, impacts the department results by supporting and funding of projects, products, services and/or technologies
•Provides leadership to at least two managers and senior level professional staff
Faith
CPA preferred or any other relevant certification in the field of Accounting and Finance.
Other
This position has important lateral connections that provide guidance in areas of collaboration and/or shared responsibility with other positions.
WORKING CONDITIONS
Work Environment
Office – Standard Office Environment
Physical Demands
Sitting, standing, and/or walking for up to 8 hours per day
Travel Requirements
May be required to travel up to 10% of normal schedule
Other
Compassion International uses standardized job families and associated job descriptions. As such, not all employees will be responsible for all functions on this document. Employees may perform these and/or other similar type and level of duties depending on the work group and country to which they are assigned.
locations RwandaTanzania
time type Full time
job requisition id R1482
Position: Senior Manager of Accounting
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This senior manager leads the accounting team to maintain Compassion's general ledger, work closely with internal clients across the organization to answer financial questions and provide advice on proper accounting, conduct accounting research and analysis, review and interpret historical transactional activity, and complete the month-end and year-end close process. The primary purpose of this position is to provide full management through subordinate managers and/or senior professional staff. This responsibility includes hiring, discipline, and termination, as well as, coaching, performance management, assigning, checking, and approving work to satisfy broad objectives and department strategies. The incumbent will ensure completion of department responsibilities, calling on available resources to achieve department objectives, working within approved budget.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
•Maintains a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Is a consistent witness for Jesus Christ, maintains a courteous, Christ-like attitude in dealing with people within and outside of Compassion, and faithfully upholds Compassion’s ministry in prayer.
•Acts as an advocate to raise the awareness of the needs of children. Understands Christ’s mandate to protect children. Commits to and prioritizes child protection considerations in all decision-making, tasks and activities across the ministry. Abides by all behavioral expectations in Compassion’s Statement of Commitment to Child Protection and Code of Conduct. Reports any concerns of abuse, neglect or exploitation of children through Compassion’s internal reporting process and appropriately supports responses to incidents if they occur.
Read Also:
•Contributes to or prepares and administers the annual budget and departmental expenses, ensuring accountability for on-time completion of deliverables based on department objectives, SLAs, and other Compassion standards, ensuring compliance with regulatory and board policies.
•Selects, manages and develops assigned staff, establishing goals and objectives, coaching and managing performance, including discipline, motivation, and annual reviews; supports continuous learning and development that enhances individual performance and organizational capability.
•Leads professional staff responsible to serve internal customers, answering financial reporting questions, explaining accounting principles, advising on proper recording of transactions, and informing others of financial policies and procedures. This includes partnering in problem-solving for both procedural and technical issues.
•Serves as a subject matter expert on the organization’s financial general ledger system, including the chart of accounts, functional allocation, fund balances, segments and other attributes of the system.
•Oversees professional accountants who maintain monthly/annual financials including the close processes through preparation and/or review of key journal entries and account reconciliations.
•Leads accountants who analyze financial activity for errors or misclassifications and make corrections as needed.
•Manages accountants who prepare and distribute financial statement reports and provide additional information related to those reports for appropriate actions and decision-making.
•Is accountable for the performance and results of multiple related teams
•Develops departmental work plans guided by functional and organizational plans, impacts the department results by supporting and funding of projects, products, services and/or technologies
•Decisions are guided by resource availability and organizational objectives
•Full accountability for meeting talent (people) and fiscal (budget) goals for area of responsibility
•Manages multiple related teams, sets departmental priorities and allocates resources to align with organizational objectives and annual plan
•Guided by functional and organizational plans, impacts the department results by supporting and funding of projects, products, services and/or technologies
•Provides leadership to at least two managers and senior level professional staff
Read Also:
Faith
- Has a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
- Accountable for supporting, upholding, and engaging in Compassion's core "Cultural Behaviors" in all internal and external communication and relationships.
- Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance.
- 10 years of relevant experience working in field of Accounting or Finance at a supervisory / management level.
- Multi -country experience and familiar with the US GAAP accounting principles.
- Experience leading cross-cultural teams.
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CPA preferred or any other relevant certification in the field of Accounting and Finance.
Other
This position has important lateral connections that provide guidance in areas of collaboration and/or shared responsibility with other positions.
WORKING CONDITIONS
Work Environment
Office – Standard Office Environment
Physical Demands
Sitting, standing, and/or walking for up to 8 hours per day
Travel Requirements
May be required to travel up to 10% of normal schedule
Other
Compassion International uses standardized job families and associated job descriptions. As such, not all employees will be responsible for all functions on this document. Employees may perform these and/or other similar type and level of duties depending on the work group and country to which they are assigned.
Environmental Scanning & Research Specialist III
Position: Environmental Scanning & Research Specialist III
PLEASE NOTE: The hiring range applies to US-based employment and may be higher in certain US geographic locations.
We’re looking for a specialist to join our collaborative international research team who can contribute to advancing organizational knowledge and programmatic effectiveness. You will be responsible for carrying out primarily quantitative in-depth analysis and data triangulation to be used for environmental scanning and strategy initiatives, to increase the effectiveness of Compassion's child development programs, leadership decision-making and marketing platforms.
*Environmental scanning is the identification and monitoring of factors from both inside and outside the organization that may impact the long-term strategy.*.
PLEASE NOTE: This remote position can be based anywhere in the United States or any of our 25 field countries.
What will you do?
Maintain a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
Act as an advocate to raise the awareness of the needs of children. Understand Christ’s mandate to protect children. Commit to and prioritize child protection considerations in all decision-making, tasks and activities across the ministry. Abide by all behavioral expectations in Compassion’s Statement of Commitment to Child Protection and Code of Conduct. Report any concerns of abuse, neglect or exploitation of children through Compassion’s internal reporting process and appropriately support responses to incidents if they occur.
Uphold and engage in Compassion’s core Cultural Behaviors.
Plan, design and conduct new quantitative analysis, using internal & external data sources, and rigorous approaches to generate reliable, timely and meaningful information to stakeholders. This includes stakeholder engagement, development of contextualized environmental scanning models, predictive forecasting & trend analysis, in-depth analysis using the necessary data analysis tools (e.g., computer-based text analysis and advanced statistics software), report writing and presentation to multiple audiences and forums.
Using causal methods, participate in ongoing impact evaluations & outcome data in collaboration with external data sources and existing intervention data to triangulate and assess the effectiveness of all parts of Compassion’s child development programs.
Advise program managers, field office staff and leadership on relevant programmatic issues when requested and through contribution to and/or leadership of multi-departmental project, creative thinking and analysis teams.
Interface with other Compassion departments and individuals who collect information and data to minimize duplication of effort, build cooperation and support the growth of quality information gathering across the organization.
Present analysis findings to audiences to engage non-research staff in research results.
What do you bring?
Master's degree in economics, econometrics, statistics, applied psychology, international economics, international development or other related field with major components that include research methods, at least two semesters of econometrics or advanced statistics, and impact evaluations.
Three years’ recent hands-on research &/or quantitative analysis experience, including at least one year applied experience in conducting rigorous quasi-experimental or experimental methods and/or in cross-cultural settings that include child and/or community development, public health, or similar.
Demonstrated experience in establishing strong cross-functional and multi-cultural relationships and constantly advocate for high-quality findings & modeling in international field countries.
Proficiency in Advanced Statistical Analysis, including Propensity Score Matching, Multi-level Regression, Modelling, predictive forecasting, factor analysis (SEM & EFA); advanced experience of one or more statistical software packages (STATA preferred).
Excellent and creative communication skills, both written and verbal, in English.
Proficiency in at least one of the languages spoken in Compassion countries preferred.
*** Equivalent education, training and/or certification may be substituted for experience and education shown above ***
The mission: Join a team that is motivated to release children from poverty in Jesus’ name.
Our benefits: Receive generous paid time off, 10% contribution to a 403(b)-retirement fund in addition to your salary, excellent health-care coverage, free short-term professional counseling, and more.
Spiritual growth opportunities: Participate in regular chapel services, prayer groups, and department devotionals.
Working Environment: Remote, work from home.
Physical Demands: International travel to remote locations with potentially hazardous and challenging conditions.
Travel Requirements: May be required to travel up to 20% of normal schedule.
Position: Environmental Scanning & Research Specialist III
- Remote - USA
- Uganda
- Togo
- Tanzania
- Sri Lanka
- Rwanda
- Peru
- Nicaragua
- Argentina - Home Office
- Mexico
- Cambodia - Home Office
- Guatemala
- Ghana
- El Salvador
- Ecuador
- Dominican Republic
- Colombia
- Brazil
- Bolivia
- Philippines
- Kenya
- Honduras
- Haiti
- Ethiopia
- Burkina Faso
- Bangladesh
PLEASE NOTE: The hiring range applies to US-based employment and may be higher in certain US geographic locations.
Read Also:
We’re looking for a specialist to join our collaborative international research team who can contribute to advancing organizational knowledge and programmatic effectiveness. You will be responsible for carrying out primarily quantitative in-depth analysis and data triangulation to be used for environmental scanning and strategy initiatives, to increase the effectiveness of Compassion's child development programs, leadership decision-making and marketing platforms.
*Environmental scanning is the identification and monitoring of factors from both inside and outside the organization that may impact the long-term strategy.*.
PLEASE NOTE: This remote position can be based anywhere in the United States or any of our 25 field countries.
What will you do?
Maintain a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
Act as an advocate to raise the awareness of the needs of children. Understand Christ’s mandate to protect children. Commit to and prioritize child protection considerations in all decision-making, tasks and activities across the ministry. Abide by all behavioral expectations in Compassion’s Statement of Commitment to Child Protection and Code of Conduct. Report any concerns of abuse, neglect or exploitation of children through Compassion’s internal reporting process and appropriately support responses to incidents if they occur.
Uphold and engage in Compassion’s core Cultural Behaviors.
Plan, design and conduct new quantitative analysis, using internal & external data sources, and rigorous approaches to generate reliable, timely and meaningful information to stakeholders. This includes stakeholder engagement, development of contextualized environmental scanning models, predictive forecasting & trend analysis, in-depth analysis using the necessary data analysis tools (e.g., computer-based text analysis and advanced statistics software), report writing and presentation to multiple audiences and forums.
Read Also:
Using causal methods, participate in ongoing impact evaluations & outcome data in collaboration with external data sources and existing intervention data to triangulate and assess the effectiveness of all parts of Compassion’s child development programs.
Advise program managers, field office staff and leadership on relevant programmatic issues when requested and through contribution to and/or leadership of multi-departmental project, creative thinking and analysis teams.
Interface with other Compassion departments and individuals who collect information and data to minimize duplication of effort, build cooperation and support the growth of quality information gathering across the organization.
Present analysis findings to audiences to engage non-research staff in research results.
What do you bring?
Master's degree in economics, econometrics, statistics, applied psychology, international economics, international development or other related field with major components that include research methods, at least two semesters of econometrics or advanced statistics, and impact evaluations.
Three years’ recent hands-on research &/or quantitative analysis experience, including at least one year applied experience in conducting rigorous quasi-experimental or experimental methods and/or in cross-cultural settings that include child and/or community development, public health, or similar.
Demonstrated experience in establishing strong cross-functional and multi-cultural relationships and constantly advocate for high-quality findings & modeling in international field countries.
Proficiency in Advanced Statistical Analysis, including Propensity Score Matching, Multi-level Regression, Modelling, predictive forecasting, factor analysis (SEM & EFA); advanced experience of one or more statistical software packages (STATA preferred).
Excellent and creative communication skills, both written and verbal, in English.
Proficiency in at least one of the languages spoken in Compassion countries preferred.
*** Equivalent education, training and/or certification may be substituted for experience and education shown above ***
Read Also:
The mission: Join a team that is motivated to release children from poverty in Jesus’ name.
Our benefits: Receive generous paid time off, 10% contribution to a 403(b)-retirement fund in addition to your salary, excellent health-care coverage, free short-term professional counseling, and more.
Spiritual growth opportunities: Participate in regular chapel services, prayer groups, and department devotionals.
Working Environment: Remote, work from home.
Physical Demands: International travel to remote locations with potentially hazardous and challenging conditions.
Travel Requirements: May be required to travel up to 20% of normal schedule.
