Qualitative Research Facilitator job at International Rescue Committee
Vacancy Title: Qualitative Research Facilitator
Location: Uganda
Type: Full Time
Industry: Nonprofit, and NGO
Category: Management
Jobs at: International Rescue Committee
Deadline: Friday, July 05, 2024
Duty Station: Kampala, East Africa
Date Posted: Friday, June 28, 2024
Base Salary: Not Disclosed
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Job Details:
Re: BUiLD
The IKEA Foundation and the IRC have partnered to create Refugees in East Africa: Boosting Urban Innovations for Livelihoods Development (Re), a multifaceted program that supports urban refugees and their host communities to achieve economic self-reliance and inspires evidence-based systemic change globally. Under the Evidence and Learning Pillar, Re is committed to gathering evidence and learning through testing with Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs), pilots, and monitoring to illustrate what works to improve urban livelihoods.
Job Overview:
The International Rescue Committee is seeking Qualitative Research Facilitators (RCFs) to work in Kampala on the second wave of the Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT). The facilitators will support the qualitative evaluation of the Wave 2 RCT intervention that will commence in July 2024. it is a five-year, multi-stakeholder urban livelihoods program implemented in Kampala and Nairobi, providing livelihood interventions to urban refugees and vulnerable host community members to enhance their economic self-reliance. The RCFs will be part of the Reproject team under the IRC for a fixed period of time.
Roles and Responsibilities:
The research facilitators will be expected to perform the following roles (not limited to):
- Conduct key informant interviews with clients to learn about their experience in the program, their business, and their business habits.
- Translation and transcription as required by the research team.
- Ensure compliance with organizational performance standards, code of conduct, and safeguarding policy.
- Adhere to confidentiality procedures and policies when collecting, storing, and sharing data.
- Perform other duties as assigned and agreed upon with the supervisor.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in social sciences or Humanities.
- Experience in leading key informant interviews and qualitative research data collection experience is an added advantage.
- Experience working with vulnerable communities.
- Strong communication and report-writing skills.
- Flexible approach to the changing nature of work and ability to adapt to rapidly changing work demands and expectations.
- Ability to work effectively both independently and within a multicultural team.
- Computer skills, especially Ms. Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Applicants able to communicate in Swahili, French, Oromo, Somali, Amharic, Arabic are encouraged to apply.
- All applicants should have a URA TIN number.
- Willingness to work in any of the following neighborhoods: Makindye, Nakawa, Kawempe, Rubaga, Kampala Central.
- Qualified urban refugees from all nationalities possessing a refugee ID are strongly encouraged to apply.
Job Experience: No Requirements
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: N/A
Level of Education: Bachelor Degree
Job Application Procedure:
Interested and qualified candidates, please to apply click here.
Application Deadline: July 05, 2024
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
