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Tabitha Gatogo

@tabithagatogo

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I lead field data collection and monitoring for livelihoods, conservation, and impact evaluation projects.

Kenya

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What I'm looking for

I'm looking to lead or support field research, monitoring and evaluation, and data-driven livelihood or conservation projects where I can strengthen data quality, support communities, and turn findings into practical project improvements.

I'm currently leading field officers at Innovations for Poverty Action Kenya on end-line activities for IRC's urban refugee project, reaching and interviewing over 90% of 4,000 baseline respondents.

Across IPA Kenya, Gui²de, and Decagon Consulting, I've collected and managed data for refugee livelihoods, health, agriculture, and women and youth economic empowerment projects. I've supported survey translation and programming feedback, work scheduling, logistics, back-checks, and data-quality improvement.

My monitoring and evaluation work with IFAD and the Upper Tana Natural Resources Management Project included proposal appraisals, field verification, community training, data management, analysis, and reporting for sustainable land-use funding.

I'm a Wildlife Enterprises and Management graduate who also contributes to conservation and climate justice through wildlife image tagging and Greenpeace Africa volunteering. I use Excel, STATA, SQL, Power BI, and SurveyCTO for data analysis, presentation, and survey programming.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Senior Field Officer

Current

Innovations for Poverty Action Kenya

Sep 2025 - Present (1 year)

Leading a team of field officers in end-line activities, reaching over 90% of 4000 respondents for IRC's urban refugee project. Currently leading a listing exercise for rural women under the One Million Farmers program.

Field Management Data Collection SurveyCTO Team Leadership Project Monitoring

Field Officer

Georgetown University Initiative on Innovation Development a

Oct 2024 - Jul 2025 (9 months)

Collected data on urban refugees for impact assessment on Give Directly's project supporting sustainable livelihoods for long-term refugees in Kenya.

Data Collection Impact Assessments SurveyCTO Field Research

Team Lead

Decagon Consulting

Aug 2024 - Sep 2024 (1 month)

Managed data collection by providing feedback on SurveyCTO programming, overseeing translations, and monitoring data collection. Led enumerator teams during pilot and data collection phases, ensuring prompt completion of activities and data quality.

SurveyCTO Data Collection Management Team Leadership Logistics Quality Assurance Back Checks HFC Feedback

Field Officer

Innovations for Poverty Action Kenya

Aug 2019 - Jul 2024 (4 years 11 months)

Interviewed and safeguarded refugees and host communities for urban refugee livelihood projects. Created workplans, collected data, and established working relationships with stakeholders, contributing to projects in health, agriculture, and women and youth economic empowerment.

Data Collection SurveyCTO Stakeholder Engagement Workplanning Logistics Qualitative Research

Image Tagging Volunteer

California Department of Fish and Wildlife

Aug 2022 - Dec 2022 (4 months)

Tagged photos remotely on the Wildlife Insight Software for the Bobcat project, conducting a census for bobcat population in California.

Wildlife Insight Remote Sensing Data Tagging Wildlife Census

Volunteer

Greenpeace Africa

Sep 2019 - Dec 2021 (2 years 3 months)

Participated in in-person campaigns on social media for environmental and social justice.

Social Media Campaigns Environmental Advocacy Social Justice

Monitoring and Evaluation Officer

International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) and Up

Mar 2018 - Jul 2018 (4 months)

Conducted desk appraisals and field verification of community groups applying for funding, recommended compliant proposals, and facilitated training and launch workshops to build community capacity.

Monitoring and Evaluation Field Verification Proposal Appraisal Training Report Writing

Monitoring and Evaluation Assistant

International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) and Up

Dec 2015 - Mar 2017 (1 year 3 months)

Managed data entry and analysis to maintain updated project database, conducted desk appraisals and field verification of community proposals, and prepared project reports.

Data Management Data Entry Data Analysis Field Verification Focus Group Discussions Report Writing