Study: Midline Evaluation of the “Accelerating Youth-led Enterprises in the Digital Era Programme” implemented by Youth Business International (UK) and the Bharatiya Yuva Shakti Trust in India
Locations: Maharashtra (Pune District) & Tamil Nadu (Kanchipuram & Thiruvallur Districts) and Rural Haryana (In 50 km radius of Faridabad and Gurugram).
Length of commitment: 1-2 days training (between 26-28. April 2021) and up to 7 days of Data Collection starting from 29. April until 8. May 2021.
Background
Youth Business International (YBI) is a global network of expert organisations supporting underserved young people to turn their ideas into successful businesses, creating jobs and strengthening communities. In India, YBI partners with the “Bharatiya Yuva Shakti Trust” (BYST) and implemented the “Accelerating Youth-Led Enterprises in the Digital Era Programme” (2020-2022).
Millions of young people in India are unemployed or in low-wage, low-skilled or unsafe jobs. Many are not equipped to deal with the rapidly changing world of work. Without access to decent and stable income young people are unable to provide a better future for themselves and their families.
For that reason, BYST wants to enable young entrepreneurs in India to create thriving businesses that boost their economies and create jobs in the local markets. BYST provides hundreds of young people aged 18-35 years, from rural or peri-urban areas with an integrated package of support, comprising entrepreneurship training (e.g. idea generation, business planning, management, soft skills), digital skills training (e.g. e-commerce, marketing), mentoring, access to finance, networking and other services, to help them start and grow sustainable businesses.
YBI appointed One South to be the external evaluator of the programme and conduct an external midterm evaluation in Q2/2021. For this purpose we are seeking a small team of Enumerators (for conducting surveys with Youth Entrepreneurs as well as their employees) and Qualitative Research Assistants (for conducting key informant interviews and Focus Group Discussions with Youth Entrepreneurs,
Employees, Trainers, Mentors and Access to Finance Providers). All interviews will be conducted online via videocalls on Zoom. Survey Data will be entered in parallel on Kobo Toolbox. Qualitative Data will be recorded and transcribed/translated. All Youth Entrepreneurs will be tracked in order to be evaluated again at the time of the Endline in 2022.
Principal duties and responsibilities
1. Understand the activities and objectives of the programme
2. Understand the objectives of the Evaluation 
3. Familiarize yourself with the primary research instruments as outlined during the Training (Youth Entrepreneur Survey and Employee Survey)
4. Schedule interviews in advance and set up videocall via Zoom (individual license will be granted)
5. Obtain informed consent by the participant(s) prior to starting interview/survey.
6. Collect and record data on KoboToolbox as accurately as possible and within the established timeframe (including daily targets).
7. Seek technical assistance from the Research Manager if needed.
8. Represent One South, YBI and BYST in a professional and courteous manner at all times.
9. Diligently follow instructions received from Research Manager and OneSouth Staff.
10. Handing in assignments on time and complete, and report all problems to the Research Manager.
11. Maintaining your own health and safety especially with regard to COVID-19 (in case of F2F interviews masks and hand sanitizer will be provided).
12. Reviewing and working in line with the Research Ethics & Safeguarding Guidelines as outlined
during training.
13. If applicable, maintain and return all equipment in a good shape.
14. Enter all data into the data collection software in time and based on agreed payment schedule.
15. Completing the data collection activities with no unexcused absences.
16. Submit De-Briefing Forms on a daily basis with targets achieved and attend all meetings on updates regarding data collection.
17. Living in target areas is a must.
In addition to these responsibilities, the Qualitative Research Assistant will:
1. Actively participate in the research process
2. Conduct key informant interviews and focus group discussions over Zoom with stakeholders including Youth Entrepreneurs, Employees, Trainers, Mentors and Access to Finance Providers.
3. Ensure that sessions are well recorded, saved and transmitted for transcription/translation in tme.
4. Submit De-briefing forms on a daily basis with targets achieved.
5. Living in target areas is a must.
Required qualification:
§ University degree in Business Administration, Social Sciences, Humanities, Statistics,Development, or related fields. OR;
§ Secondary Degree with proven experience collecting and reporting reliable data for development or research projects.
Required Experience
The candidate for this position should have:
§ Fluency in Hindi and English;
§ Excellent communication and social skills;
§ Flexible, solution-oriented attitude;
§ Good management of time, intellectual curiosity and willingness to work under pressure to meet the required deadline;
§ Previous experience in administering surveys, ideally related to Youth Entrepreneurship;
§ Good experience in collecting quantitative or qualitative information depending on the role;
§ Prior experience using electronic devices in data entering (tablet, smartphone, computer).Previous use of Kobo Toolbox highly welcome. 
§ Computer literacy as well as the possession of a smartphone/tablet and computer are a must.
§ Willingness and commitment to spend extensive days in humanitarian settings and recruit the right participants for research.
Supervision
The temporary data collectors will report directly to the local Research Manager of the Evaluation. Data will be immediately shared with One South staff.

Payment
Based on experience: Renumeration for enumerators is between 1850-2.000 INR per data collection day.
Renumeration for QRAs is between 2.450 - 2.700 INR per data collection day. Training days will be renumerated at 1.500 INR each.
How to Apply
Please use the following application form: https://www.one-south.org/applicationform (scroll down) and apply by April 14, 2021. Successful candidates will be contacted for an interview which take place on an on-going basis and where we will welcome questions from the applicants.