IFPRI Seeks Survey Firm for Quantitative Data Collection in Kenya

The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) is seeking a Kenya-registered survey firm to conduct complementary quantitative data collection in Kajiado County, Kenya. The assignment involves adapting, pre-testing and administering standardized survey modules to approximately 300 households in rural and pastoral communities.

Job Summary

About the Assignment

The assignment forms part of the CGIAR Sustainable Animal and Aquatic Foods Program and the Kenya MELIAF Activator. The study examines the impact of water bunds in pastoral communities in Kajiado County and supports the development of approaches for scaling the innovation.

The selected firm will administer MELIAF modules alongside an existing household survey. The work will cover communities with long-established water bunds, recently introduced bunds and communities without water bunds.

Key Responsibilities

The selected survey firm will be responsible for:

• Reviewing and adapting the MELIAF questionnaire to the local context.
• Translating the survey modules into Swahili and Maa where required.
• Arranging independent back-translation into English to ensure accuracy.
• Pre-testing the modules and documenting translation, comprehension and timing issues.
• Providing experienced enumerators with rural or pastoral survey experience in Kenya.
• Ensuring enumerators have strong knowledge of the Kajiado pastoral context.
• Providing tablets and handling their technical requirements, including power supply and daily data backups.
• Organizing and leading enumerator training before fieldwork.
• Conducting both classroom and practical field training.
• Working with IWMI researchers during training and incorporating final adjustments to the survey instrument.
• Conducting data quality checks during and after fieldwork.
• Contacting respondents again when clarification or correction of data becomes necessary.
• Delivering a clean dataset in Stata format with appropriate variable and value labels.
• Preparing a short report covering fieldwork, sample coverage and relevant issues identified by enumerators.

Requirements

The assignment is intended for a firm registered in Kenya with:

• Previous experience conducting household surveys in rural or pastoral communities.
• Experience in Kajiado County or comparable pastoral settings is preferred.
• An established team of field enumerators.
• Female enumerators as part of the field team.
• Enumerators who are proficient in both Maa and Swahili.
• Capacity to provide and manage electronic data collection devices.
• Ability to recruit and manage the human resources required for the assignment.
• Capacity to manage a contract with IFPRI and deliver the required outputs within the specified timeframe.

Deliverables

The selected firm will complete two major deliverables:

Deliverable 1: Completion of activities covering the review and translation of the MELIAF modules, pre-testing and provision of experienced enumerators and electronic devices.

Deliverable 2: Completion of training, field data collection and data quality activities, followed by submission of the clean dataset and data collection report.

The final clean dataset and report must be submitted by December 15, 2026.

Application Requirements

Interested firms should submit a proposal explaining their:

• Approach to the assignment.
• Human resources and field team.
• Proposed timeline.
• Costs, including staff time, training of trainers, field data collection and overhead.
• Previous experience with similar assignments.

Applicants should also provide CVs or resumes for the individuals who will lead the work, including details of relevant previous assignments.

How to Apply

Eligible survey firms should submit their proposal and supporting documents through the designated IFPRI application process.

The application deadline is October 14, 2026. The assignment will run from November 1 to December 15, 2026.