Research Officer
Job Description
Title: Research Officer
Company Name: Practical Action - Bangladesh.
Vacancy: 2
Location: Dhaka
Salary: Tk. 50000 - 60000 (Monthly)
Experience:
∎ 2 to 5 years
∎ The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s):NGO
Published: 27 Jan 2025
Education:
∎ Master of Science (MSc)
Requirements:
Additional Requirements:
∎ The Duration of the Contract will be 4-6 months.
∎ Female candidates are encouraged to apply.
∎ Candidates who identify as Indigenous People are encouraged to apply.
∎ Master’s degree in Statistics, Population Science, Data Science, and Anthropology.
∎ At least two years of professional experience in quantitative and qualitative research methodologies and data collection techniques·
∎ Proven work experience in the research field including knowledge of mixed research methods·
∎ Ability to work under pressure, multitask and management skills.
∎ Experience in supervising field teams and conducting fieldwork in diverse environments.
∎ High levels of demonstrated skills in prioritizing tasks and deadlines.
∎ Strong organizational and communication skills to coordinate with diverse teams and stakeholders.
∎ Proven ability to draft comprehensive reports and facilitate stakeholder meetings.
∎ Proactive and able to handle assignments with minimum supervision.
∎ Able to work remotely and independently with an understanding of working in a multi-site environment.
∎ Willingness and enthusiasm for working with the multidisciplinary team.
∎ Practical knowledge of MS Office, STATA/SPSS, and GIS.
∎ Familiarity with electronic data collection platforms (e.g., ODK, KoboToolbox, or SurveyCTO)·
∎ Good communication skills and fluent in spoken and written English and Bengali.
∎ The Duration of the Contract will be 4-6 months.
∎ Female candidates are encouraged to apply.
∎ Candidates who identify as Indigenous People are encouraged to apply.
∎ Master’s degree in Statistics, Population Science, Data Science, and Anthropology.
∎ EXPERIENCE & KNOWLEDGE
∎ At least two years of professional experience in quantitative and qualitative research methodologies and data collection techniques·
∎ Proven work experience in the research field including knowledge of mixed research methods·
∎ Ability to work under pressure, multitask and management skills.
∎ Experience in supervising field teams and conducting fieldwork in diverse environments.
∎ High levels of demonstrated skills in prioritizing tasks and deadlines.
∎ Strong organizational and communication skills to coordinate with diverse teams and stakeholders.
∎ Proven ability to draft comprehensive reports and facilitate stakeholder meetings.
∎ Proactive and able to handle assignments with minimum supervision.
∎ Able to work remotely and independently with an understanding of working in a multi-site environment.
∎ Willingness and enthusiasm for working with the multidisciplinary team.
∎ Practical knowledge of MS Office, STATA/SPSS, and GIS.
∎ Familiarity with electronic data collection platforms (e.g., ODK, KoboToolbox, or SurveyCTO)·
∎ Good communication skills and fluent in spoken and written English and Bengali.
Responsibilities & Context:
∎ Coordinate field research to ensure efficient data collection processes.
∎ Provide necessary support to research lead/team throughout the research timeframe.
∎ Coordinate team activities to ensure timely and effective implementation of study tasks.
∎ Organize and facilitate consultation meetings at field and national level with relevant stakeholders, ensuring productive discussions and actionable outcomes.
∎ Design and develop quantitative data collection tools, including surveys and questionnaires, tailored to research objectives.· Monitor the effectiveness of tools during field implementation and suggest improvements where necessary.
∎ Conduct field visits to ensure proper deployment and usage of data collection instruments.
∎ Oversee data validation processes to ensure accuracy, consistency, and reliability of collected data.
∎ Analysis of quantitative data using Stata/SPSS, R, etc.
∎ Analysis of qualitative data using NVivo/ Atlas AI·
∎ Assist in drafting and finalizing research reports, summarizing findings, and providing actionable recommendations.
∎ Create research/assessment summaries in multiple formats, including spreadsheets, PowerPoint presentations, and written summaries.
∎ Assist team in preparing reports of completed projects for publication in peer-reviewed journals.
∎ Handle necessary administrative paperwork and other documentation needed for project validation and research quality control.
∎ Support to administrative tasks for the research as well as PAC·
∎ Assist in business development, profile building, communication, and report writing·
∎ Perform monitoring visit to the research work and produce report.
∎ Ensure that all involved acting on the organisation’s behalf are well aware of the Safeguarding Policy, Diversity and Dignity in the Workplace Policy, Code of Conduct, Fraud Policy and Whistleblowing policy.
∎ Ensure beneficiaries whom we work with are aware of the safeguarding policy including the reporting lines when appropriate.
∎ Be responsible that anyone acting on our behalf has signed up to the Safeguarding and Code of Conduct policies.
∎ Ensure our ethics and values, as set out in our Code of Conduct and related policies, including safeguarding, are embedded in team culture, and well-modelled by others.
∎ Ensure that reporting structures are well promoted and respond to all concerns appropriately.
∎ Responsible for gender-responsive behaviour in all actions and decisions.
∎ Ensure non-discriminative behaviour based on gender, age, sex, race, ethnic background, culture, disability, nationality, religion, and marital status.
∎ Practical Action Consulting Bangladesh Limited is an unconventional, multi-disciplinary change making organisation.A highly innovative community development charity and Consultancy operating in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Practical Action community projects use ingenious ideas to design, test, refine and prove new ways to overcome poverty and disadvantage and then ‘open source’ knowledge of what works so that it can be implemented at a greater scale by others.
∎ JOB FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
∎ Research (80%)
∎ Coordinate field research to ensure efficient data collection processes.
∎ Provide necessary support to research lead/team throughout the research timeframe.
∎ Coordinate team activities to ensure timely and effective implementation of study tasks.
∎ Organize and facilitate consultation meetings at field and national level with relevant stakeholders, ensuring productive discussions and actionable outcomes.
∎ Design and develop quantitative data collection tools, including surveys and questionnaires, tailored to research objectives.· Monitor the effectiveness of tools during field implementation and suggest improvements where necessary.
∎ Conduct field visits to ensure proper deployment and usage of data collection instruments.
∎ Oversee data validation processes to ensure accuracy, consistency, and reliability of collected data.
∎ Analysis of quantitative data using Stata/SPSS, R, etc.
∎ Analysis of qualitative data using NVivo/ Atlas AI·
∎ Assist in drafting and finalizing research reports, summarizing findings, and providing actionable recommendations.
∎ Create research/assessment summaries in multiple formats, including spreadsheets, PowerPoint presentations, and written summaries.
∎ Assist team in preparing reports of completed projects for publication in peer-reviewed journals.
∎ Monitoring, Management, and Administration (15%)
∎ Handle necessary administrative paperwork and other documentation needed for project validation and research quality control.
∎ Support to administrative tasks for the research as well as PAC·
∎ Assist in business development, profile building, communication, and report writing·
∎ Perform monitoring visit to the research work and produce report.
∎ Organizational Policies, Safeguarding and Code of Conduct (5%)
∎ Ensure that all involved acting on the organisation’s behalf are well aware of the Safeguarding Policy, Diversity and Dignity in the Workplace Policy, Code of Conduct, Fraud Policy and Whistleblowing policy.
∎ Ensure beneficiaries whom we work with are aware of the safeguarding policy including the reporting lines when appropriate.
∎ Be responsible that anyone acting on our behalf has signed up to the Safeguarding and Code of Conduct policies.
∎ Ensure our ethics and values, as set out in our Code of Conduct and related policies, including safeguarding, are embedded in team culture, and well-modelled by others.
∎ Ensure that reporting structures are well promoted and respond to all concerns appropriately.
∎ Responsible for gender-responsive behaviour in all actions and decisions.
∎ Ensure non-discriminative behaviour based on gender, age, sex, race, ethnic background, culture, disability, nationality, religion, and marital status.
Workplace:
∎ Work at office
Employment Status: Contractual
Job Location: Dhaka
Job Highlights:
∎ Join Practical Action Consulting’s dynamic team in Bangladesh as a Research Officer, based in Dhaka! As an organized and inquisitive individual, you will play a crucial role in supporting the research activity for PAC Bangladesh.
Company Information:
∎ Practical Action - Bangladesh.
∎ House # 28/A, Road # 5, Dhanmondi, Dhaka-1205
∎ Practical Action is an international development organisation putting ingenious ideas to work so people in poverty can change their world.
We treat all applications for employment on their merits and do not take into consideration any factors that are not relevant to the job such as gender, race, religion, ethnic or national origin, caste, tribe, belief, age, marital status, pregnancy, caring responsibilities, sexual orientation, or disability. Practical Action is committed to safeguarding and protecting children and vulnerable adults and as such candidates will be subject to pre-employment checks including criminal checks and terrorist financing. As part of SEEDs commitment to safeguarding we are a member of the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. This will mean that we ask your references to comment on any disciplinary investigations undertaken as a result of safeguarding concerns that resulted in disciplinary action. SEED will also ask you for additional references if the references you provide do not cover the past five years of employment.
We’re a global change-making group. We help people find solutions to some of the world’s toughest problems. Challenges made worse by catastrophic climate change and persistent gender inequality. We work with communities to develop ingenious, lasting and locally owned solutions for agriculture, water and waste management, climate resilience and clean energy. And we share what works with others, so answers that start small can grow big.
Address::
∎ House # 28/A, Road # 5, Dhanmondi, Dhaka-1205
∎ Practical Action is an international development organisation putting ingenious ideas to work so people in poverty can change their world.We treat all applications for employment on their merits and do not take into consideration any factors that are not relevant to the job such as gender, race, religion, ethnic or national origin, caste, tribe, belief, age, marital status, pregnancy, caring responsibilities, sexual orientation, or disability. Practical Action is committed to safeguarding and protecting children and vulnerable adults and as such candidates will be subject to pre-employment checks including criminal checks and terrorist financing. As part of SEEDs commitment to safeguarding we are a member of the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. This will mean that we ask your references to comment on any disciplinary investigations undertaken as a result of safeguarding concerns that resulted in disciplinary action. SEED will also ask you for additional references if the references you provide do not cover the past five years of employment. We’re a global change-making group. We help people find solutions to some of the world’s toughest problems. Challenges made worse by catastrophic climate change and persistent gender inequality. We work with communities to develop ingenious, lasting and locally owned solutions for agriculture, water and waste management, climate resilience and clean energy. And we share what works with others, so answers that start small can grow big.
Read Before Apply: Please apply only who are fulfilling all the requirements of this job
Application Deadline: 3 Feb 2025
Category: NGO/Development
