Position: Field Researcher and Field Supervisor
Location: Medan, Bandung, Yogyakarta and Makassar
Association Type: Contractual
Experience: 0-2 years for Field Researcher and 2-5 years for Field Supervisor
Education Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in field of economics, statistics, sociology, anthropology, development studies, psychology, entrepreneurship or a related field
About the project
MSC is partnering with New York University (NYU) for the Small Firm Diaries research. The research is about understanding small firms, investigating their cash-flows, and finding out factors and impediments to their growth. In Indonesia, the study will be conducted in Medan, Bandung, Yogyakarta, and Makassar.
Job Description
Field Researcher:
The Field Researchers’ main responsibility is to conduct interviews with small firms’ managers as well as some with employees, customers and suppliers in the assigned study area and provide daily reports including planning of the field work. The field researcher will be expected to adhere to all established ethical and survey protocols during the interviews and maintain excellent data quality.
The Field Researchers’ work will start by preparing a census of small firms according to specific criteria and in specific assigned locations. Based on the census, Field Researchers will conduct intake interviews on the basis of which the sample selection will be decided. Each field researcher is responsible for interviewing 15 to 20 firms weekly. The complete sample of research participants will be interviewed weekly for an entire year. The field researchers will ensure data quality as well as strict compliances to all ethical and survey protocols during the interviews and subsequent data management.
The Field Researcher shall be directly supervised and work closely with the Field Supervisor and Field Manager.
Job Responsibilities:
The Field Researcher shall be required to:
- Build rapport with diarists along with other soft skills
- Administer research tools – how to ask questions, how to check completed diaries/data entered by diarists to identify issues
- Administer qualitative interviews – art of probing, documenting information / insights
- Troubleshoot minor issues
Essential Skills:
- Bring good understanding of how small business functions in the country (ideally comes from small business owner’s family)
- Has proven experience in quantitative and qualitative data collection. Experience of data collection through hand held device (tab/ smartphone) is a plus.
- Should have good written communications
- Should have good command of English and fluency in Bahasa Indonesia and the relevant local language(s).
Field Supervisor:
The Field Supervisors are responsible for ensuring the quality of the data collection is of the highest standards in the assigned study area. The field supervisor will intensively supervise the field researchers and the overall process in detail. The work includes providing onsite technical support to field researchers; support in arranging participants for interview; ensuring data quality as well as compliance to ethical and survey protocols during interview and data management.
The Field Supervisor shall be directly supervised and work closely with the Field Manager and Project Manager.
Job Responsibilities:
The Field supervisor shall be required to:
- Administer research tools – how to ask questions, how to check completed diaries/data entered by diarists to identify issues
- Manage data quality – protocols for data quality checks, administering back check tools
- Troubleshoot minor issues
Essential Skills:
- Should have soft skills like giving feedback to field researchers, motivating and managing teams
- Should have experience in project management – coordination with relevant project stakeholders
- Should have experience in quantitative and/or qualitative field research and experience dealing with applicable local regulations and authorities
- Should have experience in organizing or leading a project or program
- Experience doing spot checks and back checks in data collection. Shall be proficient in managing logistics, develop field plan, on-ground troubleshooting, etc.
- Should have good understanding of how small business functions in the country (ideally comes from small business owner’s family)
- Should have good excel skills
- English- Verbal and spoken mandatory
- Bahasa- Verbal and spoken mandatory
How to apply:
Candidates should apply in the prescribed format available at the following link: bit.ly/applySFDIndonesia. Candidates’ screening is done on a rolling basis.