Quality Assurance Supervisors

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. At work today in over 40 countries and 22 U.S. cities, we restore safety, dignity, and hope to millions who are uprooted and struggling to endure. The IRC leads the way from harm to home.
The IRC opened the country program in Afghanistan in 1988. Our programs span the range from humanitarian relief to early recovery and development activities, focusing on child protection, education, economic wellbeing, health, and power. The IRC works in 10 provinces throughout Afghanistan, among which some of the most security volatile, and employs over 1000 staff.

Compliance with Policies:

• Compliance with the IRC WAY (our standards for professional conduct) is a responsibility shared by all involved in delivering on the IRC’s mission. We must abide by the IRC Way and Safeguarding Policies all the time.
• The IRC has zero tolerance approach to the IRC Code of Conduct including safeguarding violations being committed by its staff, consultants, contractors, volunteers, interns, suppliers, vendors, sub-grantees/partners, implementing partners or any other associate.

The Quality Assurance Supervisor will be responsible for performing the following tasks:

• Attend and deliver enumerator training sessions ensuring enumerators fully understand their responsibilities and survey concepts.
• Understand completely the questionnaire administration.
• Assign enumeration areas to enumerators and follow guidelines for executing the systematic random sampling of households.
• Prepare a daily itinerary for enumerators including a tentative schedule and path that they can take during the data collection process.
• Distribution of all survey documents and materials to enumerators.

• Lead the enumerators and thoroughly understand all aspects of the field operations.
• Sample households by conducting random systematic sampling and ensure enumerators visit households in the enumeration area.
• Coordinate with provincial staff, introducing enumerators to the local community leaders on the ground.

• Maintain constant contact with enumerators.
• Resolve problems that enumerators encounter in coordination with the MERL Department and make proactive recommendations by offering/presenting solutions to the MERL Department to improve quality and work efficiency.
• Conduct spot checks of enumerators as they administer the household questionnaire.
• Conduct final review of questionnaire when enumerator completes administration of questionnaire.
• Report any issues with enumerators to AQBE office in Kabul.
• Coordinate any replacement of enumerators who become sick or cannot properly execute their duties.

• Check and collect all survey documents and materials, most importantly completed questionnaires, after data collection.
• Check quality of questionnaires to ensure completeness and accuracy after data collection.
• Attend and participate in all appropriate meetings.

• Bachelor’s degree in education or statistics is required.
• Minimum of ten years of experience in the humanitarian or international development sectors.
• Experience training enumerators for data collection in Afghanistan.
• Experience overseeing and managing data collections in Afghanistan.
• Experience with leading household survey data collection preferred.
• Able to speak, read, and write English, Pashtu and Dari is required.

For IRC- Afghanistan Internal Candidates:

(“ The IRC encourages employees to remain in a position for at least one year and be in good standing before applying for another position within the organization. if an employee is interested in a vacant position within the organization, he/she must inform his/her supervisor in advance before applying for a new position”)

(However, 1 year is a must to complete but to encourage IRCA employees somehow we are flexible who work in the current IRC position for at least 6 months or above and are given chance to compete for an opportunity in the organization)

All qualified candidates are requested to open the given link and follow the instructions:

https://rescue.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/1/home/requisition/49217?c=rescue

Note: Applicants who recently applied/interviewed will not be considered again.

applications received without a given link and/or online system will be disqualified and removed from the entire process.

Shortlisted candidates will be directly contacted for a written test and after that for interviews. If you are not contacted TWO or FOUR WEEKS after the closing date .please know that your application has not been successful for the post. IRC Afghanistan Country Office, Qala-e-Fathullah, Street # 3, District 10, Old UNOCHA Office, Beside Fatemia Mosque.

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