Routine Monthly Data Collection for Program Reporting

• Undertake monthly and other routine data collection from LMAs, VSLAs, and implementing partners using approved tools to support FILMA’s periodic program reporting.

• Collect routine data on VSLA savings, loans, membership, and meetings, as well as LMA enterprise activities, income, jobs, and access to financial services.

• Review routine data for completeness and accuracy, and submit it by the agreed monthly reporting deadlines.
  
  

Training and Mentorship of VSLA Group Secretaries

• Support the delivery of training sessions for VSLA Group Secretaries on record keeping and data management.

• Demonstrate the proper completion of VSLA record books and registers.

• Provide on-site coaching and mentoring to group leaders and monitor the quality and completeness of VSLA records.

LMA Data Collection

• Conduct participant profiling and registration exercises.

• Collect demographic and intervention data from LMAs and update participant records when changes occur.

• Assist implementing partners during surveys, assessments, and verification exercises, and ensure the timely submission of completed data collection tools.
  
  

Data Verification and Cleaning

• Identify duplicate records and verify participant information against source documents.

• Correct incomplete or inaccurate records and follow up with communities to resolve data inconsistencies.

• Support regular data quality assessments.
  
  

Digital Data Collection and Technology Platform Support

• Support data entry and the uploading of records into approved systems.

• Assist LMAs and VSLAs during digital profiling, registration, and onboarding exercises.

• Report technology platform challenges to the PMU and implementing partners.
  
  

Monitoring and Reporting

• Conduct routine visits to communities and VSLA groups and track participant attendance and engagement.

• Collect success stories and field observations.

• Prepare monthly activity reports and a final assignment report, and submit findings to supervisors.

• A diploma, bachelor’s degree, or certificate in Statistics, Monitoring and Evaluation, Social Sciences, Agriculture, Development Studies, Information Technology, or a related field.
  
  

• A minimum of three (3) years of similar work experience supporting data collection, surveys, community mobilization, or development programs.
  
  

• Experience in field enumeration, household surveys, and participant registration exercises.
  
  

• Knowledge of digital data collection platforms such as KoboCollect, ODK, SurveyCTO, or similar tools, including GPS-enabled mobile data collection.
  
  

• Ability to verify, validate, and clean data, with a good understanding of data quality standards.
  
  

• Basic skills in Microsoft Excel and data management, and the ability to prepare concise field reports.
  
  

• Experience working with farmer groups, VSLAs, youth groups, or community-based organizations is an advantage.
  
  

• Must own or have reliable access to a motorbike and possess a valid rider’s license.
  
  

• Willingness to travel extensively within assigned communities.
  
  

• Ability to communicate fluently in the local language(s) spoken within the district of application.
  
  

• Strong interviewing, interpersonal, and community engagement skills.
  
  

• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
  
  

• A high level of integrity, accuracy, and attention to detail.|
  
  

• Other Requirements