Role Overview

• The Field Officer will play a critical day-to-day role in delivering GiveDirectly’s gold-standard cash transfer product to donors and recipients. The Field Officer will be responsible for reviewing the recipient surveys and associated processes that facilitate GiveDirectly’s unique cash transfer model.
• The role will reward high-quality judgment on operational questions and challenges, work ethic, communication skills, and a strong commitment to GiveDirectly’s mission and model. In brief: The Field Officer- Internal Audit will be expected to audit the work of the enrolment team, whose core responsibility is surveying households and enrolling them in our programs.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assess our field processes and recommend any corrections and improvements as and where seen.
• Measure the quality of FO data against set data quality standards and reporting any cases of inconsistency.
• Assess our field team’s compliance with GD field processes and policies.
• Identify and report key risks associated with GD’s program in the community.
• Report any cases of fraud and bribery by GD staff and or recipient(s).
• Examine local stakeholder’s assessment of GD’s program within their community.

Engaging with GiveDirectly recipients in the field, in order to:

The Field Officer Will Play a Critical Day-to-day Role In Delivering GiveDirectly’s Gold-standard Cash Transfer Product To Donors And Recipients. For That Reason, The Suitable Candidate For This Position Will:

• Possess a degree in a relevant field-relief/humanitarian response, community development, social works, field related compliance/M & E, etc.
• Possess previous working experience in the field with preference to disadvantaged communities (2 years minimum).
• Have the ability to audit recipient surveys and associated processes.
• Possess some Monitoring and Evaluation Experience.
• Professional proficiency in Igala, English and Pidgin is highly desired.
• Good computer and mobile device data entry and assessment ability or experience.
• Possess critical thinking ability and good judgment in resolving operational glitches.
• Possess high-quality problem solving, work ethic.
• Good time-management skills
• Particularly skilled with interpersonal skills high honesty, and integrity.
• Strong interest in the mission of GiveDirectly and commitment to advancing GD’s distinctive values.
• Physical fitness and the ability to cope with difficult weather conditions or terrain.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to represent the organization effectively to external parties
• Have the ability to exercise patience and good judgment in resolving recipient problems.
• Strong alignment with GD values (below)

Compensation

• At GiveDirectly, we strive to pay our employees generously and equitably. We use an accredited third party salary aggregator to ensure that staff’s total compensation package (base compensation + bonus) falls within the 75th percentile of similar roles, at similar organizations. We also have a no negotiation policy to ensure we are paying staff equitably across roles.