Part-time Enumerators - HARVEST (7 Posts)

About the Organization

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.

Job Summary

Village Enterprise and HereWeGrow are partnering to address the interwoven challenges of poverty, gender inequity, and climate vulnerability facing smallholder coffee farmers in Ethiopia’s Keffa Zone. HARVEST – Households Advancing Resilience, Value chains, and Sustainable Transformation is a three-year, integrated project to address the poverty cycle in coffee producing small holder farmers in Gimbo and Shisho Ende districts of Keffa Zone. The proposed project combines Village Enterprise’s proven 12-month poverty graduation model– including seed capital grants, business and financial literacy training, mentoring, and savings groups with tailored climate-smart agriculture (CSA) and market linkage interventions. This integrated model will be delivered to households living in extreme poverty in the coffee-growing Keffa Zone. The project will train 8,100 entrepreneurs to launch 2,700 small businesses, enabling households to improve coffee quality and yields and increase and diversify incomes, ultimately lifting 52,000 individuals from poverty.

Key Responsibilities

• Find Respondents: Walk through the community to find and map the specific people or households we need to interview.
• Conduct Interviews: Talk to people and ask survey questions exactly as written.
• Record all answers accurately on a tablet or phone. Experience with Taro Works or similar apps is a big advantage.
• Use the device to mark the exact location (GPS) of every interview and note down important things you see.
• Introduce yourself and the team to the community. Explain why we are doing the survey in a way that is easy to understand.
• Make sure every person understands the survey and agrees to take part (informed consent) before you start.
• Correctly translate questions from English into the local language so the meaning stays the same.
• Review all your data at the end of the day to fix mistakes and sync (upload) it to the system.
• Help with other data collection tasks when the supervisor asks.
• Continuously sensitize program participants on safeguarding.
• Ensure compliance with Village Enterprise safeguarding policies.
• Report any incident of safeguarding in program operations for appropriate action/follow up.
• Promoting teamwork relating to roles and responsibilities in the organization.
• Maintaining privacy and confidentiality.
• Provide verbal and written progress activity reports on processes and challenges.
• Responding to any clarifications relating to surveys.
• Ensure the safety of all data collection equipment and machinery.

Required Qualifications

• A minimum of a diploma in any discipline with prior experience/exposure in research disciplines is an asset.
• Understanding of the elements of data quality. Prior experience in data collection using mobile technology would be an added advantage.
• Preference will be given to candidates staying within Shisho Inde and Gimbo Woredas.
• You must attach an introductory letter from your Kebele Chairperson. This letter must be stamped and include a working telephone number.

Required Skills and Competencies

• Flexible Schedule: You are willing to work different hours, including early mornings or late evenings, to find respondents when they are home.
• Adaptable: You can handle changes in the work plan or environment without getting frustrated.
• You can quickly learn and accurately use mobile phones or tablets for data collection (like Taro Works).
• You enjoy working with people from different backgrounds, including low-income families and those who cannot read or write.
• You are able and willing to walk long distances in rural, outdoor areas every day to reach sampled households.
• You must be able to speak the local languages used in Kaffagna fluently.

How to Apply

Interested candidates who meet the required qualifications coupled with a passion for changing lives of the extreme poor are invited to submit their applications and resume (PDF). Please follow this link: https://villageenterprise.careers.flair.hr/positions/a78Jw00000EFYirIAH to submit your application. With the subject line: “Enumerator Shisho Inde or Gimbo Woredas”. Please specify preferred job location. Submit applications until September 14, 2026. Village Enterprise is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Village Enterprise provides equal employment and advancement opportunities to all individuals. Employment decisions are based on merit, qualifications, and abilities. Village Enterprise does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Safeguarding Statement: Village Enterprise is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults. We expect all employees, volunteers, Visitors, associates (consultants, service providers and suppliers) and partners to uphold this commitment and adhere to our safeguarding policies and code of conduct. VE has zero tolerance for any form of abuse, exploitation, or harassment. All appointments are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks, which may include reference checks with previous employers, verification of qualifications, and criminal record or background screening where required by law.