About

A reliable, accountable and hardworking County Field Coordinator with over 10yrs of experience and a track record of achievements in management of teams implementing research projects and programs, with delivery of high quality results within specified timelines, saving project operation time and project cost as key achievements.

Skills

  • Data Science
  • Product management
  • Project Management

Recommendations

Lilian Ongech

 3/6/2026
Provided a score of  
10
  for Jackson Opungu

Esther Omwega

 11/7/2024
9

"Have worked with Jackson and I can confirm he's a dedicated, visionary and up to the task kind of a person. "

3 recommendations in total
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Experience

Jackson Opungu

Work experience
  • November, 2023 - August, 2023
  • Fulltime
  • Engage with government stakeholders involved in Sexual Reproductive Health and Family Planning
  • Engaged relevant local government authorities, community leaders, local political leaders and religion leaders which ensured smooth implementation of project in the sampled communities.
  • Ensure the study is conducted in compliance with the study protocol
  • Prepare micro plans for both qualitative and quantitative data collection in collaboration with research assistants and effectively manage their movements
  • Schedule appointments for qualitative interviews i.e. Focus group discussion and Key Informant Interviews
  • Verification of focus group discussions and Key informant interviews notes to ensure they meet the set standards
  • Review the audios and give feedbacks that would help improve future interviews
  • Manage logistics and supplies for qualitative and quantitative data collection teams
  • Manage the time and efforts of qualitative and quantitative data collection teams
  • Drafting summary report of key takeaways and findings from interviewer notes and transcriptions reviewed
  • Provide technical support and troubleshooting to the research assistants
  • Ensure quality data is collected and submitted to the cloud server
  • Monitor consenting process to ensure informed consent is well executed
  • Attend daily review meetings organized by MEL advisor
  • Conduct quality control checks to ensure data quality standards are high
  • Document success stories, lessons learnt and challenges that will inform future project planning/program enhancement
  • Prepare daily field summary reports.
  • Prepare monthly and quarterly reports

Jackson Opungu

Work experience
  • October, 2019 - January, 2022
  • Fulltime
  • Participated in designing and implementation of research project activities and monitored field progress.
  • Supported in acquisition of approval documents for sampled health facilities and enumeration areas
  • Trained, coached and mentored field officers on program / project tasks which helped increase their efficiency and quality of deliverables.
  • Enforced strict adherence to research protocol’s standard operating procedures (SOPs).
  • Developed strategies & work plans that enabled field teams to achieve project’s activity goals.
  • Ensured compliance of human subject protocol by all research assistants.
  • Coordinated and Supervised teams undertaking surveys in CAPI and CATI platforms physically and remotely.
  • Computed and reviewed individual field officers’ data, reviewed their progress and performance and advised them accordingly.
  • Engaged and involved key project partners during tracking of field activities progress evaluation.
  • Engaged relevant local government authorities, community leaders, local political leaders and religion leaders which ensured smooth implementation of project in the sampled communities.
  • Designed problem solving mechanism that resolved or minimized field challenges
  • Conducted quality control checks and ensured delivery of high quality results.
  • Assist the data manager in data cleaning.
  • Prepared field reports that assisted in project’s future planning and execution.
  • Designed and managed county field budget and ensured field expenses were within the project

Jackson Opungu

Work experience
  • February, 2015 - September, 2016
  • Fulltime
  • Moderated focus group discussions physically and remotely on various topics and drafted accurate reports.
  • Oversaw the transcription team
  • Aided in the preparation and review of data collection tools and materials.
  • Supervised field teams that conducted project pilot.
  • Supported the acquisition of project approval documents.
  • Scheduled interviews for field officers.
  • Ensured field teams adhered to the survey protocols.
  • Assigned field officers tasks related to the project studies.
  • Coordinated briefing and debriefing sessions in order to assess and offer solutions to improve the team’s performance.
  • Trained, coached and mentored field teams which helped increased their efficiency and quality of results.
  • Coordinated and supervised field activities on CATI and CAPI platforms both physically and remotely.
  • Programmed short surveys using Survey CTO and Open Data Kit (ODK)
  • Conducted quality control checks i.e. back checks, Spot Checks, Sit ins and high frequency checks.
  • Computed and reviewed individual field officers’ data, reviewed their progress and performance and advised them accordingly.
  • Liaised with local government officials, community and religion leaders which ensure smooth implementation of the project in the sampled communities.
  • Developed a project equipment inventory data base that ensured accountability and safe custody of project’s equipment.
  • Resolved field challenges and enabled field teams to meet project goal within the slated timeframe.
  • Evaluated field officers and gave constructive feedbacks that enabled them improve on their efficiency.
  • Designed and managed field budget and ensured the operation cost were within the set limits.
  • Prepared and presented field reports that helped improve future project planning and implementation

Jackson Opungu

Work experience
  • February, 2009 - January, 2015
  • Fulltime
  • Assisted in the coordination of mentors, data clerks keeping records of their activities and work plans
  • Ensured that the AGYW participated in contributing stories/articles to the DREAMS newsletter, utilize crucial issues comics’ access the social media pages etc.
  • Ensured adherence to the ethics, rules and regulations set to regulate the behavior everyone working AGYW at the safe place.
  • Sensitized, mobilized and facilitated Implementation of the Dreams package of evidence based – interventions including, risk assessment and reduction.
  • Facilitate delivery of activities in the approved work plans and associated budgets and communicated any needed changes to the ward coordinator prior to implementing changes.
  • Conducted on site monitoring visits and formal feedback sessions with mentors and other field staffs and documented through minutes’ deliberations of the same meetings.
  • Identified technical capacity gaps among project mentors, facilitators and volunteers facilitate trainings and mentoring to close the gaps
  • Provided timely, detailed, completed and informative monthly and quarterly financial and narrative/data reports based on the reporting timelines, templates and formats agreed upon with World Vision/Tumikia Mtoto program
  • Worked with government HIV/ AIDS structures at Sub-county as well as other partners to provide and / or receive programmatic and technical assistance as requested.
  • Sensitized health care workers on adolescent friendly services; and facilitate school based HIV and pregnancy prevention sessions.
  • Liaised with World Vision/Tumikia Mtoto program to ensure vulnerable girls receive the full package of behavioral and economic empowerment interventions.
  • Ensured all approved data tools were available to all field teams in the ward and are used to document service delivery and filed as outlined in the M & E Standard Operation Procedures.
  • Worked closely with World Vision / Tumikia Mtoto, Ward Administrators, Local Advisory Committees and CBOs to ensure seamless and effective implementation of DREAMS in the wards; leading to its success.

Jackson Opungu

Work experience
  • Removed unnecessary field expenses through enforcing measures that ensured accountability amongst enumerators.
  • Planned, scheduled and conducted Key Informant Interviews (KII) with project’s key participants.
  • Ensured enumerators achieved targets and goals set within specified timelines.
  • Participated in project piloting.
  • Conducted back checks, spot checks and sit ins and ensured quality of data was achieved.
  • Assisted in reviewing and translation of survey tools to avoid unnecessary errors.
  • Took notes and transcribed focus group discussions audios for qualitative research.
  • Motivated and inspired field officers in order to achieve the set targets.
  • Updated top field management on project progress and challenges from debriefs and daily briefing.
  • Ensured judicious utilization of field budgets by field officers.

Jackson Opungu

Work experience
  • Quality Control Officer  at   Ipsos
  • January, 2003 - February, 2005
  • Fulltime
  • Enhanced the quality of data through conducting quality control checks i.e. back checks and spot checks.
  • Improved the accuracy of the survey tools through bench testing and piloting review reports.
  • Developed code lists for open ended and pre-coded questions and harmonized code lists for various survey tools
  • Cleaned and tabulated captured data and prepared descriptive charts and tables for the report
  • Detected data entry errors from first and second entry through running comparison data set checks.
  • Accurately transcribed focus group discussions interviews audios.
  • Prepared and reviewed data entry templates.

Related persons

Lilian Ongech

 3/6/2026
Provided a score of  
10
  for Jackson Opungu

Esther Omwega

 11/7/2024
9

"Have worked with Jackson and I can confirm he's a dedicated, visionary and up to the task kind of a person. "

3 recommendations in total
See all recommendations