Fieldwork Team

Roles and responsibilities for the survey fieldwork team

In some instances, an external service provider may be contracted to undertake some or all aspects of the enumeration (such as fieldworker recruitment and hiring, training, fieldwork, data monitoring and fieldwork management)

Before fieldwork can start the project team must:

• Produce a detailed fieldwork implementation plan

• Ensure that sufficient processes are in place to protect the data that is collected

• Develop an agreed stakeholder participation & engagement plan

Major roles in the fieldwork team

Project Manager

• This is the main liaison between the project team and the municipality or province

• Performs general oversight and management of project team and project processes

Community Engagement Manager

• Manages the relationships between the communities and local area committees to ensure participation and buy-in

• In-field monitoring and support for fieldwork team

Fieldwork Manager

• Performs general oversight and management of fieldwork supervisors, fieldworkers and data monitors

  • Device set-up and data management

  • Daily allocation of fieldworkers to households

  • Monitoring of fieldwork performance

• Performs final sign-off on data collected and checked by data monitors

Fieldwork Supervisors

• Provides infield assistance and support for core fieldwork team

• Conducts quality assurance / "call back" surveys

• The number of field supervisors required depends on the number of fieldworks - usually one supervisor is allocated to 5-10 fieldworkers

Fieldworkers / Enumerators

• Perform enumeration / data collection

• Act as witnesses to sale agreements

Data Monitors

• Conduct data quality control checks for submitted surveys