Deadline: 16th Sept 2013
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Our client is a world leader in market research, global market information and business analysis.
They are looking for a Field Manager to work in the Nairobi area, who shall report to the Field Operations Manager.
Job Purpose:
- To manage the service with efficiency, flexibility and quality of work, taking into account the budget requirements
- To manage the team
- To supervise the data collection for all quantitative studies
Job Responsibilities
Department Management as per objectives set budget, timings, deadlines, etc
Calculates and/or supervises the field costs of quantitative studies
Plans and coordinates the various stages of quantitative studies (Production, Field, Editing, Data processing)
Prepares and/or supervises the preparation of projects for the various Operations services
Organizes all fieldwork subcontracting (costs demands, choice of the subcontractor, relationship with the subcontractor) for studies
Ensures timing and quotas are respected
Makes summarized reports of fieldwork feedback for every project
Prepares, sends and/or supervises the fieldwork updates that are analysed by client services
Takes part in or supervises the general briefing of the interviewers and supervisors about the research.
Proposes specific controls
Checks the administrative management of the interviewers and supervisors (contracts, elements of pay)
Carries out the evaluation interviews of team members
Suggests improvements to standard processes
Team work
Supports strategies for building team effectiveness
Supports an environment of work excellence by ensuring own performance is consistently optimal
Advisor for team and other internal services
Constructively brings attention to issues of poor performance within team and suggests possible solutions
Requests technical support / back up / by team members
Client service team relationship development
Seeks to build inter-departmental relationships productively
Interacts effectively with varying levels with different backgrounds and perspectives
Key challenges & opportunities
- Creative and decisive under pressure
- Acute flexibility and adaptability
- Manage diversity in a complex context
- Number of people reporting to this job: 5-7
Recommending: Size of P&L responsibility, budget targets, growth targets
Contacts:
Regular extensive contact within department and with other departments such as research, project logistics and field.
Regular and extensive contact with subcontractors
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in any Statistics/Mathematics or a similar degree
- At least 2 years experience in Research
- Have a good understanding of research methodologies and sampling
- Field Interviewing Experience across methodology type
- Management: Team Leader experience
- Quantitative Research Process with specific questionnaire and research design knowledge
- Conversant with budgets, timings and quotas commercial
- Team leadership: Orient/train others;
- Communication skills
- Technical – as per job
- Analysis, troubleshooting, decision-making: Varied: establish general objectives
- relative to project; independent judgment required
- Planning and organising
- Ability to manage numerous projects simultaneously
- Sense of customer service
- Project related complex decision making: Ability to make propositions
- Detail focus
If you are up to the challenge, posses the necessary qualification and experience, please send your CV only indicating why you are the most suitable candidate for the role clearly quoting the job title (Field Manager) on the email subject to jobs@corporatestaffing.co.ke
The job closes 16th of September 2013.
We do not charge for interviews.
Kindly indicate current or last salary in the application.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
We do not charge for interviews.
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