TORs FOR DATA COLLECTORS

Positions: 50 Data Collectors/Enumerators

Location: Various districts in Rwanda

Reports to: Interpeace Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Team
Contract Type: Short-term consultancy with the possibility of future engagement over 2 years

Introduction to Interpeace

Interpeace is an international peacebuilding organisation based in Geneva, Switzerland, with over 30 years of experience in promoting peace in Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Interpeace fosters locally led peacebuilding processes and supports communities in rebuilding trust as the foundation for lasting peace.

In Rwanda, Interpeace has been working since 2020 to address trauma and mental health, particularly among communities affected by the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. The program promotes psychosocial wellbeing, social cohesion, and economic resilience through community-based healing initiatives, in partnership with the Ministry of National Unity and Civic Engagement (MINUBUMWE), Prison Fellowship Rwanda, Haguruka, and Dignité en Détention (DIDE).

Background and Purpose of the Assignment

Rwanda continues to face interlinked challenges of trauma, social cohesion, and livelihood rooted in the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. Interpeace addresses these challenges through a holistic approach that integrates mental health support, social cohesion, prisoner rehabilitation and reintegration, and collaborative livelihoods. Targeting survivors, former perpetrators, youth, and vulnerable families, Interpeace combines trauma-informed therapies, family healing, and collaborative livelihoods to restore trust, rebuild relationships, and promote economic resilience.

To better understand and effectively respond to persistent challenges, Interpeace and its partners are conducting a comprehensive study on the current state of mental health, social cohesion, and economic resilience across diverse population groups, including genocide survivors, former perpetrators, current and former prisoners, and youth. This effort aims not only to assess current conditions but also to document changes, impacts, and lessons from previous programmes. The findings will inform the adaptation and alignment of new interventions to the evolving needs and priorities of each group, ensuring more responsive and context-sensitive programming. To support this work, Interpeace is seeking qualified Data Collectors/Enumerators to gather accurate, high-quality data from communities in selected districts and correctional facilities across Rwanda. The data collected will be used to inform program interventions and policy recommendations.

III. Key Responsibilities

In close collaboration with the programme staffs, the data collectors will undertake the following specific tasks:

• Ensure that the data collection is carried out according to ethical standards and applicable laws and regulations.
• Collect quality data using both qualitative and quantitative tools/methods.
• Enter and send timely collected data via allocated tablets.
• Ensure that the data is collected from the right people (as selected by the team leaders);
• Ensure that collected data reflects responses provided by respondents and that it is well captured in the required format/software.
• Document and communicate to the field supervisor issues encountered during data collection exercise.
• Attend after-data collection evaluation workshop to share experiences with other enumerators and local experts.
• Check the quality of transcripts and translations.
• Contribute to the interpretation of data and analysis where necessary.
• Perform other activities as needed and indicated by the field supervisor or local experts.
• Avoid causing conflicts and troubles with other team members during the field work.

Essential skills and qualifications

The desired candidates should meet the following requirements:

• Holding at least a bachelors’ degree in any social sciences field.
• Prior experience with quantitative and qualitative data collection on reconciliation, social cohesion, mental health and livelihood (at least 3 recommendations);
• A good understanding of the sociopolitical context of Rwanda is a pre-requisite.
• Prior experience using data collection software such as KoboToolbox.
• Prior experience working with individuals facing psychological or emotional challenges is considered an asset.
• Good communication skills in English and Kinyarwanda is required. 
• Ability to maintain the anonymity/confidentiality and trust with people.

How to apply

To apply, please send your application by e-mail to rw-procurement@interpeace.org and CC uwase@interpeace.org attach the following documents:

• Your expression of interest, addressed to the Country Representative
• Copy of your latest Degree;
• CV (maximum 2 pages, in PDF format);
• Copy of your ID or Passport
• Three recommendations of previous relevant work.
• Please include ‘Data Collectors’’ in the subject line of the application e-mail.

The application deadline is 25^th June 2025, at 4:00PM, Kigali time. Applications sent after the deadline, as well as incomplete applications will not be considered.

Due to the large number of applications, Interpeace will only contact short-listed candidates.

Done at Kigali on 29^th May 2025.