Consultant Field Enumerator for LOSHAK Population Health Study

About the role

The Consultant Field Enumerator will support data collection for the LOSHAK population health study across multiple Kenyan counties. The role involves conducting household interviews, administering health and cognitive assessments, and deploying wearable activity trackers.

Key responsibilities

• Participate in enumerator training, household mapping, pilot testing and obtain certification.
• Identify, locate and visit assigned households following sampling procedures, obtain informed consent and conduct interviews using a CAPI application.
• Administer multi‑module LOSHAK Core and HCAP surveys, including cognitive and neuro‑psychological batteries.
• Perform clinical and anthropometric measurements (blood pressure, hand‑grip strength, height, weight, waist and hip circumference).
• Deploy, retrieve and monitor wearable physical‑activity trackers, reporting any device issues.
• Ensure data quality by verifying CAPI entries, synchronising data daily with the central server and submitting daily progress reports.
• Maintain logs of equipment, field visits, callbacks and refusals, and report operational or ethical issues to the field supervisor.

Required profile

• Diploma in Statistics, Public Health, Community Health, Social Sciences, Demography, Epidemiology, Computer Science or related field.
• Experience conducting household, community‑based or population‑based surveys, preferably national surveys led by KNBS.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and as part of a team.
• Fluency in English, Kiswahili and the local language(s) of the assigned study area.

Required skills

• Use of tablets, smartphones or electronic data collection systems (CAPI/CAWI).
• Handling basic clinical instruments such as digital blood‑pressure machines, anthropometry devices and dynamometers.
• Conducting cognitive assessments (e.g., Swahili Mental State Examination, word recall, animal naming).
• Data synchronization and basic data‑quality monitoring.