Tanzania Office Field Manager Job Vacancy – TNS RMS East Africa

Job Vacancy: Field Manager – Tanzania Office

Qualifications / Minimum Requirements

Must have: -

Bachelor’s Degree in Statistics, Business Management or an equivalent

Field Interviewing Experience across methodology type

Quantitative Research Process with specific questionnaire and research design knowledge

Conversant with budgets, timings and quotas [commercial]

Working experience in field work preferably two years and above

Key Skills:

·         Team leadership: Orient/train others;

·         Good Communication skills

·         Technical – as per job

·         Analysis, troubleshooting, decision-making: Varied: establish general objectives  relative to project; independent judgment required

·         Planning and organizing

·         Ability to manage numerous projects simultaneously

·         Sense of customer service

·         Project related complex decision making: Ability to make propositions

·         Detail focus

·         Must be hardworking and proactive, ready to work long hours when required

Main responsibilities

·         Calculate and/or supervise the field costs of quantitative studies

·         Plan and coordinate the various stages of quantitative studies (Production, Field, Editing, Data processing)

·         Prepare and/or supervise the preparation of projects for the various Operations services

·         Organize all fieldwork subcontracting (costs demands, choice of the subcontractor, relationship with the subcontractor) for studies

·         Ensure timings and quotas are respected

·         Make summarized reports of fieldwork feedback for every project

·         Prepare, send and/or supervise the fieldwork updates that are analyzed by client services

·         Take part in or supervise the general briefing of the interviewers and supervisors about the research.

·         Propose specific controls

·         Check the administrative management of the interviewers and supervisors (contracts, elements of pay)

·         Carry out the evaluation interviews of team members

·         Suggest improvements to standard processes

Team work

·         Support strategies for building team effectiveness

·         Support an environment of work excellence by ensuring own performance is consistently optimal

·         Advisor for team and other internal services

·         Constructively bring attention to issues of poor performance within team and suggests possible solutions

·         Request technical support / back up / by team members

How to Apply

Email applications to recruitment.tnsea@tnsglobal.com