As a Census Regional Supervisor, you will be assigned one of the 46 census regions of the country and you will have responsibility for the successful delivery of the census in your region. You will manage a team of 10-13 Census Field Supervisors (who in turn will each have a team of Census Field Support Officers) and you will closely oversee the progress in each field district. This role is carried out under the guidance of your Census Liaison Officer.
Duties will include
- Managing a team of Census Field Supervisors and monitoring progress.
- Becoming proficient in several IT systems, including the Census Customer Relationship Management system.
- Recruiting, training, and providing effective leadership to Field Supervisors and Enumerators.
- Identifying and managing risks associated with fieldwork operations.
- Implementing the census enumeration plan for the assigned region in line with census management directives.
- Handling a range of human resource responsibilities throughout the census period.
- Conducting exit interviews and completing staff assessment forms where required.
- Planning and supporting community engagement and outreach initiatives to promote census participation.
- Fulfilling local media requests as approved by Census HQ.
High level requirements
Candidates must, within the last ten years, have acquired at least three years of practical experience in two or more of the following areas:
- Managing at a senior level, reporting directly to a Chief Executive or senior management within a large organisation.
- Supervising staff, ideally in a remote or blended work environment, and overseeing the organisation of work for teams of 10 or more people.
- Designing, organising, and delivering training programmes.
In addition:
- Be computer literate and proficient in the use of Microsoft packages, video conferencing services, smart phones and applications.
- Hold a current full clean driving licence and have the full-time use of a car for the contract term.
- Satisfy the eligibility under citizen and other requirements as set out in the candidate’s booklet.