Terms of Reference (TOR)
Prequalified Enumerators – Somaliland Western Regions.
- Introduction
Save the Children has been improving children’s lives for more than 90 years across over 120 countries. As the world’s largest independent child-rights organization, we are guided by the vision of a world where every child attains the right to survival, protection, development, and participation.
We are committed to our core values of Accountability, Ambition, Collaboration, Creativity, and Integrity, and uphold strict Child Safeguarding and Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) policies. All representatives must demonstrate the highest ethical behaviour in professional and private activities.
- Objective
The objective of this assignment is to recruit a prequalified roster of trained enumerators to support high-quality field data collection for Save the Children programs in Somaliland. This means enumerators will take part in both quantitative and qualitative assessments conducted by our different programs such as Health, Nutrition, WASH, Livelihoods, Education, Child Protection, and Child Rights
Governance.
- Scope of Work
3.1 Specific Activities
- Attend training on research protocols, data-collection tools training, ethics, safeguarding standards, and pretesting procedures.
• Conduct field data collection across targeted regions, including remote rural areas.
• Undertake quantitative surveys, and qualitative assessments such as KIIs, and FGDs following sampling and methodological instructions.
• Transcribe and translate qualitative data (audio, notes) accurately.
• Complete daily data reviews, cleaning, and submission.
• Ensure strict data-quality standards are maintained throughout.
• These enumerators will be managed under Hargeisa Office and will support Maroodijeh, Awdal and Sahil regions.
3.2 Duties and Responsibilities
- Acquire full understanding of the study objectives, tools, and protocols.
• Interview beneficiaries, government officials, service providers, teachers, health workers, and other key informants.
• Facilitate gender-balanced FGDs (8–12 participants).
• Conduct structured observations in health facilities, schools, or community structures using approved checklists.
• Submit complete, consistent, and error-free data after each day of fieldwork.
• Coordinate with team leaders and Evidence and Learning staff and report challenges promptly.
• Maintain confidentiality, neutrality, and professional conduct at all times.
• Participate in debrief meetings and post-data-collection quality reviews.
- Ethical and Safeguarding Requirements
Enumerators must:
• Adhere to all Save the Children safeguarding policies (Child Safeguarding, PSEA, Anti-Fraud, Code of Conduct).
• Obtain informed consent/assent before interviews or recordings.
• Protect respondent privacy and maintain confidentiality of all information gathered.
• Avoid any behavior that could be interpreted as coercive, abusive, or discriminatory.
• Immediately report any safeguarding concerns through the established reporting channels.
• Handle devices and data securely in line with data-protection guidelines.
