Interest and experience working in children and youth- related domains
- Excellent spoken and written skills in English
- Knowledge of quantitative and qualitative data analysis and tools (for example, MS Excel, SPSS, NVIVO)
- Keen attention to detail
- Ability to being patient and to work well within a team
- Ability to cope well under pressure, work occasionally irregular hours and meet tight deadlines
CHILDREN AND YOUTH PILLAR SUPPORT
- Support and assist the Pillar Lead in all her work (research, partnerships, dissemination / communications, strategic expansion, report writing)
RESEARCH SUPPORT (tasks may vary according to the nature of on-going research projects)
- Support the development of technical proposals
- Conduct secondary research – literature review and secondary data analysis
- Support or lead logistical preparations for fieldwork and other travels
- Adhere to the Project Cycle SoPs and train field teams on components of the project cycle
- Lead fieldwork and primary data collection
- Support and monitor field teams’ work, including solving field problems
- Effectively communicate with supervisors on progress with daily updates
- Provide input to improve the quality of the field teams’ notes, transcripts, outputs. Under the supervision of the Pillar Lead and/or Director, transcribe interview notes, draft field reports, field diaries, progress updates, and analytical documents
- Draft analysis documents to contribute to reporting
- Ensure all project related information is stored correctly, using the Organization’s SoPs