• SafeStart: Field Operations Manager (Kano, Nigeria)

    SafeStart is a nonprofit getting chlorine to rural households in Kano State, Nigeria through a Community-Based Chlorine Access (CBCA) model. This application takes about 25 to 30 minutes. Please answer honestly and do not use AI tools.
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  • About you

  • Format: (000) 000-0000.
  • Are you based in Kano, or willing to relocate there for this role?*
  • Can you travel to rural communities across Kano State most weeks, including some overnight trips?*
  • Do you have a valid driving licence?*
  • Do you have your own car you could use for work travel?*
  • Are you legally allowed to work in Nigeria?*
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  • Your experience

  • Highest level of education completed*
  • What did you study?*
  • Which languages can you work in at a professional level?*
  • How would you describe your Hausa?*
  • How many years have you worked in field operations or M&E fieldwork?*
  • How many of those years were in a management role?*
  • What is the largest field team you've managed, including people managed through supervisors?*
  • Which kinds of programmes have you run in the field?*
  • Hands-on experience*
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  • How often have you done these in previous roles?*
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  • Multiple-choice questions

  • Pick the best answer for each question. You don't need to look anything up.
  • 1) An agent tells you their redemption point ran out of chlorine today. The next scheduled delivery is in 5 days. What do you do?*
  • 2) 4 field officers each complete 6 household surveys a day. How many field days do they need to survey 480 households?*
  • 3) 3 vehicles each drive 120 km a day for 20 days. They use 1 litre per 10 km, and fuel costs NGN 1,000 a litre. What's the monthly fuel cost?*
  • 4) Back-checks find that 3 of 10 households re-interviewed for one field officer give different answers on key questions. What do you do?*
  • 5) On the morning of planned visits, you hear reports of unrest in one LGA. What do you do?*
  • 6) A village head in a new community is upset that he wasn't consulted before the field team arrived. What do you do?*
  • 7) A coordinator says a field officer may be signing attendance sheets for visits that didn't happen. What do you do?*
  • 8) State elections fall in the middle of next month. How do you plan field work?*
  • 9) Before an established community is handed over to a government WASH officer, what matters most?*
  • 10) What's most useful in your weekly update to the co-founders?*

  • Working style

  • How much do you agree with each statement? There are no trick questions.
  • How much do you agree with each statement?*
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  • Which of these would most negatively affect your satisfaction in a job?*

  • In your own words

  • Please write these answers yourself, without AI tools. Short and specific beats long and general.

  • A few final questions

  • Do you have any family, business, or financial ties to Kano State government officials, or to likely SafeStart suppliers or partners?*
  • How did you hear about this role?*
  • How long did this application take you?*
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