About

I am a self-motivated, passionate, and dedicated person with three years of experience in data collection, community development and data management. I work under minimal supervision, am flexible on duties and do enjoy teamwork in meeting organisational targets. I am looking for challenging opportunities that will help me utilise as well as advance my skills, experience and educational knowledge in field research and community development.

Skills

  • Competent research skills. Data collection
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  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
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  • community development
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  • Environmental social impact assessment
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  • English and Kiswahili

Experience

James Okinyi Oyungu

Work experience
  • August, 2021 - September, 2021
  • Fulltime
  • Visited mapped business premises and households (with the help of assigned village elders) to obtain information using ODK Collect aided by the GPS technology;
  • Cross-examined ODK questions to ensure they were easy to understand by the respondents;
  • Entered and verified collected information at the end of each exercise before online submission;
  • Collected data through group discussions, photographing and face to face interviews;
  • Embraced research ethics such as truthfulness and confidentiality; worked by the organisation's established policies and practices in providing timely, accurate, and reliable data;
  • Formulated reports on the data collection;
  • Noted down questions and issues raised by respondents and presented them to my supervisor;
  • Submitted daily feedback to the field officers in charge of the exercise.

James Okinyi Oyungu

Work experience
  • Coordinated public participation in proposed community development projects;
  • Drafted reports and summaries on fieldworks activities for the compilation of Environmental Social Impact Assessment reports;
  • Interviewed targeted communities and stakeholders;
  • Took notes during public participation
  • Gathered data through administering questionnaires, stakeholders group discussions and public participation;
  • Interviewed targeted communities.

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