[HOT] Immediate 17-month full-time opportunity in international household survey work on gridded sampling

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Nice opportunity for someone with mapping and sampling experience. Grid 
sampling makes heavy use of maps.


Bryan Sayer 



Describes an interesting (and immediate) 17-month full-time job opportunity for 
someone who has a UK/EU visa and flexibility to travel internationally to come 
up to speed on gridded sampling techniques and help pilot those methods in 
realistic settings and to develop & deliver appropriate training materials.

Longer lead-in:

I am joining some work in an interesting area with Dana Thomson and the 
GridSample.org team at www.flowminder.org. and we need some help.  

Household surveys play an important role in health/welfare/program monitoring 
and evaluation in low- and middle-income countries.  The standard design is a 
multi-stage stratified cluster survey where primary sampling units (PSUs) are 
selected from a census-based
 list of enumeration areas (EAs) and the probability of selection is 
proportional to a measure of estimated EA size.  In many cases the information 
about cluster size is no longer current, so the selection probabilities and 
therefore the first stage survey weights are "off" and those errors are only 
partially redeemed later in the survey process.

There's some interesting work in building gridded datasets with updated 
population estimates, which are seeded with census data and updated with more 
recent data sources, like assessment of night-time lights from satellite 
imagery and cell-phone activity from de-identified datasets.

There is growing interest in identifying survey settings where it makes sense 
to select PSUs from a gridded population dataset INSTEAD of the census frame 
(or maybe use one to augment the other).  This posting describes an interesting 
(and immediate) 17-month full-time job opportunity for someone who has a UK/EU 
visa and flexibility to
 travel internationally to come up to speed on the gridded sampling techniques 
and help pilot the methods in realistic settings and to develop & deliver 
appropriate training materials.

If you have detailed questions, please write to dana.r.thom...@gmail.com.  


We re-titled the position "Survey Practitioner (GridSample Project)" to clarify 
that the right candidate is not necessarily a specialist in gridded population 
sampling methods (yet). The right candidate very likely has exclusive 
experience with traditional cluster surveys.


This position is well-supported with extensive opportunity to learn and grow. 
Personalized mentorship from the GridSample Manager on gridded population 
sampling methods will be provided, and the Flowminder/WorldPop team provides a 
rich survey community-of-practice.


Gridded population sampling methods are emerging, and as a result, this 
position is ripe with opportunity for creative problem-solving and input, 
allowing the candidate to establish themselves as an expert and innovator in 
this new field.


We are interested in candidates who are passionate about social equity. This 
project was born from the belief that the needs of everyone, including the 
poorest, must be accurately measured to be effectively addressed.


I have heard from a number of qualified candidates who do not hold a UK/EU 
passport/visa. The UK/EU requirement is because Flowminder Foundation is not 
yet in a position to sponsor UK visas (we are actively working on this). We 
strongly encourage interested non-UK/EU candidates to apply because gridded 
population sampling is a rapidly evolving field, and when new opportunities 
emerge, we will come back to this pool of candidates. 

==

Role: Survey Practioniter (GridSample Project)
Job No: GS0218
Location: Southampton, UK
Duration: Fixed term contract (17 months, full time)
Start date: 3 April 2018
Salary: £45,180
Reporting to: GridSample Manager
==
The Flowminder Foundation has an exciting opportunity for a survey practitioner 
to play a key role in a Gates Foundation-funded gridded population survey 
evaluation in Nigeria, and develop foundational training materials for the 
emerging field of gridded population sampling.
Flowminder is a unique, startup-like non-profit that develops advanced 
technological solutions to address humanitarian problems. Our work is an 
exciting blend of software development, data analytics, academic research, and 
international development, that takes place in a dynamic and highly 
collaborative environment.
==
About GridSample.org
Gridded population survey sampling is an emerging method, used most often when 
census data is outdated or inaccurate. Survey teams also consider gridded 
population sampling to perform spatial+population sampling and to select 
sampling areas that are smaller or larger than standard census sampling units. 
The GridSample R algorithm or web tool have been 

Re: [HOT] Nominations open for new HOT voting members!

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