Kurdistan Organization for Human Rights Watch (KOHRW)
Field Supervisor
- Sulaymaniyah
- Full time
- 18 hours ago
- Salary
- Not stated
- Deadline
- Nov 6, 2026
- Languages
- Kurdish (Sorani) · Arabic · English
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Field Supervisor · Sulaymaniyah
KOHRW is seeking a Field Supervisor in Sulaymaniyah to supervise a research team conducting field surveys and interviews regarding child labour. Candidates should have at least 3 years of field research experience and fluency in Kurdish, Arabic, and working knowledge of English.
About the job
Lead daily qualitative and quantitative fieldwork on child labour in construction and brick-making. Supervise the field team and deliver accurate, timely data while protecting children, families and staff.
Responsibilities
- Lead a team of four enumerators, supporting gender-balanced deployment and safe access to different participant groups. Allocate daily assignments, routes and workloads against the approved fieldwork plan.
- Coordinate site access and visits with communities, local authorities, employers and the Project Coordinator. Organize transport, attendance and field schedules; assess safety before visits to kilns, construction sites and households.
- Support training and piloting. Ensure staff use approved questionnaires, household listing and screening procedures, sampling instructions and KoboToolbox/ODK forms; escalate proposed changes for technical approval.
- Oversee child, household and employer surveys. Conduct or facilitate focus group discussions, key informant interviews, case studies and structured observations when assigned and trained.
- Review submissions daily for completeness, consistency, skip errors and duplicates. Conduct approved spot-checks and back-checks, coach enumerators and track corrections without altering respondents' answers.
- Verify guardian consent and child assent, private interviews and voluntary participation. Stop activities that cause distress or create risk; immediately escalate protection concerns and activate the approved referral pathway through designated staff.
- Enforce confidentiality, anonymization and secure data transfer. Prevent unauthorized disclosure; external data sharing requires prior ILO consent through project management.
- Daily deployment and progress logs; reviewed survey submissions and correction tracking; completed qualitative records; prompt safety and safeguarding escalation; consolidated field updates for project progress reporting and a final field handover.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree preferred, especially in social sciences, sociology, statistics or a related discipline; 3-5 years of practical qualitative and quantitative field research experience.
- Demonstrated team leadership, field logistics and digital data collection skills, including KoboToolbox/ODK and quality assurance. Child protection, child rights or labour research experience in Iraq is highly desirable.
- Practical knowledge of informed consent, child assent, safeguarding and ethical research; strong communication, attention to detail and ability to manage challenging field conditions.
- Full proficiency in Kurdish Sorani and Arabic, with good English reading and writing skills; availability for training and regular district and sub-district visits.
Skills
- KoboToolbox
- ODK
- Field research
- Team leadership
- Child protection
- Focus group discussions
Details
- Profession
- Field Supervisor
- Category
- NGO & Humanitarian
- Experience
- 3+ years