Enumerators to Tag Trees in at World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)

Enumerators to Tag Trees in at World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) – World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) Kenya Job Details

Duties and responsibilities

• The enumerators’ main responsibility is to tag trees using tablets. Specific activities will include:
• Attend enumerator training to gain a thorough and clear overview of the context, objectives, relevance, and tools to be used for the tagging exercise.
• Conduct tree tagging pretest and actual tagging on farmers’ fields.
• Participate in team review meetings at the beginning/end of each day’s assignment.
• Ensure the data collected from the farmer’s field adheres to and complies with the required instructions to ensure accuracy, clarity, consistency, and quality.
• Ensure that all project farmers within your enumeration area have their trees fully tagged, without leaving any assigned farmer uncovered.
• Understand, take responsibility for your tasks, and remain committed throughout the tagging exercise’s period and process.
• Report and relay feedback as instructed and communicate any challenges to your supervisors.

Education, knowledge and experience

• Degree in forestry, natural resource management or related field.
• Knowledge of the names of diverse tree species native in Kitui and Baringo County
• Prior experience in conducting field tagging/surveys using Tablets and taking GPS coordinates/polygons.
• Good understanding of research ethics, confidentiality, and privacy.
• Good understanding of the local language is an added advantage.
• Available for the entire period (10th March – 1st April)
• Must have a KRA pin and National ID card.
• Must be keen, observant and pay attention to detail especially in recording the responses.
• High integrity and punctuality.
• Teamwork and collaborative skills