Job Description

Title: Senior Research Fellow (Qualitative)

Company Name: TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL BANGLADESH

Vacancy: 1

Job Location: Dhaka

Employment Status: Full-time

Educational Requirements:
∎ Applicants having a Masters with honours at Bachelor’s level preferably from a relevant subject (Social Science subjects like Economics, Sociology, Public Administration, International Relations, Development Studies etc.) with minimum 10 (ten) years of relevant work experience, of which at least 7 (seven) years in a managerial /research fellow position will be considered for this position;
∎ Candidates with 3rd Division or CGPA less than 2.5 on a scale of 4, or 3 on a scale of 5, at any level of their education need not apply.

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 10 year(s)

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Contribute to designing strategies and protocols for the Research and Policy (R&P) division;
∎ Lead the assessment and prioritization of qualitative research needs and communicate with executive management;
∎ Contribute to developing the Annual Operations Plan (AOP) of the R&P division and play a key role in its timely and efficient implementation;
∎ Play a key role research concepts, methodologies, tools, techniques and processes of data collection for Divisional researches;
∎ Lead qualitative studies from the design stage to implementation (designing tools, planning field operations, training field surveyors/staff , supervising /coordinating data collection, analyzing data, and report writing);
∎ Design qualitative studies for deeper analysis of corruption and mal-governance issues and for feeding into the large scale quantitative analysis extracted from community monitoring, official database of the government and different national and international research and development agencies;
∎ Contribute to quantitative studies with a view to ensuring inclusion of qualitative insights;
∎ Guide/supervise the Data Analysts/Research Associates in visualizing corruption and mal-governance related findings by using qualitative data visualization tools;
∎ Conduct research independently, produce research reports, make public presentations, and participate/represent the organisation in national and international policy dialogues, conferences and fora, as and when needed;
∎ Supervise and guide the work of researchers/research teams; Provide substantive and technical feedback in concrete terms on draft research reports prepared by researchers; provide guidance in preparing policy papers/briefs and designing policy advocacy strategies on the basis of research findings;
∎ Supervise and guide Interns and volunteers in transcriptions and analysis of interviews and focus group findings; guide and train them in the analysis of data for purposes of policy development and guide and train them in the development of policy briefs and recommendations;
∎ Contribute to various divisional activities like preparing reports (e.g. Divisional part of the donor report, monitoring/MIS report, responses to government or other stakeholders reactions to organizational research, etc.), and actively participate in team sharing of research findings, in-house research presentations, etc.;
∎ Report to and liaise with the Director, R&P in ensuring of the implementation of AOP/assignments of assigned teams;
∎ Mentor, counsel, and motivate full time and part time research personnel as and when needed;
∎ Although the position is Dhaka-based, the selected candidate must be prepared to undertake research-related field visits as and when necessary;
∎ Perform any other relevant tasks as assigned by the organisation.

Additional Requirements:
∎ Age 25 to 60 years
∎ Proven record of accomplishment as a skilled researcher that includes designing and implementing qualitative research is the most essential prerequisite for this position.
∎ Knowledge/skills on qualitative tools and methods like case studies, participatory observation, FGD/GD/KI, etc. are required. Also, experience in qualitative data analysis by Atlas.ti, Nvivo etc., Geospatial data analysis by ArcGIS , data visualization software like Tableau etc., will be considered as added advantage;
∎ Experience of research on national integrity institutions (NIS), diagnostic studies, and household surveys would be an added advantage. Applicants should have a good understanding of governance, corruption and development related issues in Bangladesh;
∎ Integrity, team building and attaching high value to professionalism are some of the core attributes the candidate needs to possess;
∎ Excellent communication skill, written and oral, both in Bangla and English is necessary;
∎ Sound computer skills, good word processing skills in both Bangla and English, good command on the use of MS Word, PowerPoint, etc.;
∎ Leadership, supervisory, multi-tasking, communication, staff management and problem solving skills and capacity.
∎ Person with disability are encouraged to apply

Salary:
∎ Gross monthly salary: 163,224.00

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Mobile bill, Medical allowance, Provident fund, Weekly 2 holidays, Insurance, Gratuity
∎ Festival Bonus: 2
∎ Grade: 04, Step: 01, Gross monthly salary: 163,224.00 plus other benefits as per relevant rules of TIB. Income tax is payable by TIB staff, deductible at source.

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 10 Jun 2023

Company Information:
∎ 25 May 2023
∎ TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL BANGLADESH
∎ Address : MIDAS Centre (4th & 5th floors) House # 05, Road # 16 (New) 27 (Old) Dhanmondi, Dhaka- 1209
∎ Web : www.ti-bangladesh.org
∎ Business : Development organization

Category: NGO/Development

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Source: bdjobs.com

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