🇸🇱 Job Vacancies @ Laterite – Enumerators (Multiple Openings)
Job Title: Enumerator
Summary
Laterite is looking for brilliant and highly motivated enumerators to assist with our fieldwork
activities in Sierra Leone. This position is offered on a project-basis. Successful candidates
will be added to our database and be contacted based on availability of positions. Enumerators
will also benefit from training sessions aimed at improving their professional development.
About Laterite
Laterite is a data, research, and technical advisory firm specialized in complex
development challenges. We work with universities, global think tanks, international NGOs,
multilateral donor organizations, and government ministries and agencies. Our clients include,
for example, the World Bank, USAID, TechnoServe, Promundo, the Mastercard Foundation,
and several UN agencies.
We currently have offices in the Netherlands, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda,
Tanzania, Sierra Leone, and Peru. The team brings together more than 80 full time local and
international staff, as well as 1,000+ enumerators across all countries. We are proud to be a
culturally diverse organization, and we welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented in our team. Learn more: www.laterite.com
We work in socio-economic development research projects. We believe that impact is a
long-term endeavour that requires being embedded in the local context. Delivering high-quality research requires building local teams and data collection systems, knowing the country, and
establishing close working relationships.
One of Laterite’s key strategic goals is to create a collaborative and rewarding working
environment for our staff, where every team member feels engaged, represented, and
heard. Laterite is committed to create opportunities for learning and career development within
the team and across our offices.
Laterite is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal
opportunities employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment
without regard to race, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation,
national origin, genetics, disability, age or veteran status.
Job Description & Key Responsibilities
As an enumerator, you will
● Actively participate and complete training;
● Test the survey instruments and the sampling strategy in the field;
● Conduct interviews in the field following the survey instruments;
● Perform duties as allocated by your supervisor;
● Document issues that arise in the field and communicate them to your supervisor;
● Take responsibility for tracking expenses and reporting them to your supervisor;
● Assist in any other tasks related to the delivery of the project at hand as assigned by
your supervisor.
Profile
Ideal candidates have experience in collecting quantitative data using electronic data
collection instruments, are excellent communicators in English and Krio, and have a minimum
of a bachelor’s degree in any field. Fluency in speaking other languages (e.g. Mende and
Temne) is a plus. We also highly encourage individuals with field supervision experience to
apply.
Minimum requirements:
● Bachelor’s degree in any field
● Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
● Speak at least one local language
Desirable requirement:
● Being a Sierra Leonean national.
● Speaks any of the following languages: Limba, Fula, Sherbro, Loko, Susu, and Kissi.
● Can read and write any local language
● Have field supervisor experience
We strongly encourage women to apply for this role.
Application Process
Please upload your CV and complete the application form via the following link by 5 July,
2024: https://form.jotform.com/241363566823561
After submitting your application, you will receive an email inviting you to complete a 30-
minutes online assessment for which no special preparation is needed. Successful candidates
will be contacted with information regarding the next steps.
