[Hiring] Senior Survey Specialist @Banyan Global

Role Description

Banyan Global seeks a Senior Survey Specialist to lead the development, implementation, and analysis of an integrated, mixed-method survey and focus group study of the T5 corridor. The survey will generate baseline data on:

• Corridor use, mobility, and transport constraints
• Agricultural production, marketing, and goods movement
• Agricultural equipment, asset needs, and financing
• Household decision-making and resource allocation
• Road, transport, and personal-security risks
• Community awareness and participation in planned interventions

Survey analysis will be descriptive and comparative, with results disaggregated by corridor zone, locality, sex, age, primary livelihood, farmer/market role, transport mode, and proximity to mining or planned road investment. Focus group findings will explain mechanisms, contradictions, and subgroup differences.

Responsibilities

• Task 1: Plan, develop, revise, implement, and analyze a survey and focus groups to develop baseline data related to the following points:
  • Oversee the contracted survey firm's development and implementation of the survey and focus group instruments.
  • Provide quality assurance throughout fieldwork and data collection.
  • Be present in-country for enumerator training and instrument piloting.
  • Lead data analysis and report writing to synthesize findings into a final report and presentation.
• Improving access activity:
  • Security and safety risks affecting road, transport, and market use.
  • Transport and market-access logistics for agricultural goods.
  • Household-level decision-making and resource allocation related to mobility, production, and market access.
  • Public awareness of, and participation in, government and donor-led transport planning processes.
  • Agriculture policy reform and institutional strengthening.
  • Topics related to the Asset Finance Project.
• Task 2: Support MCA-Zambia SA staff in understanding research planning components for surveys and focus groups.
• Task 3: Provide periodic input into the design of compact activities based on experience and findings from consultations, focus groups, and survey data.

Qualifications

• At least 15 years of experience planning, designing, and overseeing mixed-methods research in lower and lower-middle income countries, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa.
• Experience selecting and managing survey firms and enumerators.
• At least four examples of analyzing survey data and writing reports summarizing findings and recommendations.
• Willingness to work collaboratively on survey and focus group instrument development.
• Prior experience supporting MCC compact or threshold development or implementation preferred.
• Experience with agriculture corridors, public-private partnerships in the road sector, surveying rural populations, agri-SMEs, agriculture value chains, or impact investment funds.

Level of Effort and Period of Performance

The anticipated level of effort is 150-200 hours between September 2026 and February 2027. Work will be primarily remote, with travel to Zambia for enumerator training and instrument piloting. The Specialist should be available for meetings during working hours that overlap between the U.S. East Coast and Zambia time zones.