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Job Title:   Research Officer – Stretch In School

Organisation: War Child Holland (WCH)

Duty Station:  Isingiro, Uganda

Reports to: Researcher Stigma Reduction

About US:

War Child Holland (WCH) is an independent and impartial international non-governmental organization, investing in a peaceful future for children and young people affected by armed conflict. War Child is a dynamic organization with a lot of room for creativity, inspiration and self-initiative from employees. We strive to empower children and young people while enabling adults to bring about positive and lasting change in the lives of conflict-affected children and young people.

About Project:

STRETCH in School is a 3-month intervention to reduce stigmatization among school leadership and teachers. STRETCH has been developed through rigorous formative research and is now ready for feasibility testing.

Main Responsibilities:

Research implementation:

• To be the field focal point for the process of cross-cultural adaptation of three stigma instruments.
• To be the field focal point for the field-testing of STRETCH in School.
• To document feedback, learnings and adaptations. Ethical standards such as confidentiality will be observed at all times as per the set WC standard.
• To communicate regularly between the researcher, research team and research participants.
• To support logistical arrangements to facilitate the implementation of the research (e.g. budget monitoring)

HR function:

• To be the field focal point for the research assistants and the project officers
• Analysis:
• Contribute to the analysis through support to data entry, cleaning, coding etc.

Dissemination:

• Support dissemination to Isingiro stakeholders, including research participants
• Contribute to the academic dissemination through co-authoring journal articles

Representation:

• Represent this research at Isingiro district level

Other tasks:

• Other tasks that are identified to benefit proper research implementation and advance War Child’s research agenda

The successful candidate must be willing to relocate to Isingiro district if s/he is not currently a resident there.

Position in the organization and essential functional relations

Other essential working relations include; Isingiro Team Leader; Research Assistants; Education Coordinator; Finance staff; and other project staff.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• To contribute to the research protocol development, submission and approval
• To identify and (co-)conduct inception meetings and talks in Isingiro with key stakeholders (OPM; colleague NGOs etc)
• To plan and adjust activities required for the success of the project, providing feedback and based on the discussions with the researcher
• To lead communication between the research team and study population (i.e. school leadership, teachers) and other study participants (learners, and their caregivers)
• To establish and maintain positive relationships and constructive dialogue between stakeholders
• To document feedback, learnings, challenges and adaptation from implementation
• To support with preparations, mobilisation and logistics
• To co-facilitate and participate in the study trainings and practice to gain the skills and knowledge necessary to carry out the data collection.
• To seek consent from the main target group (school leadership; teachers) or assent from primary school children to participate, together with consent from their caregivers.
• To enter responses accurately (without alterations or omissions) during the interviews onto the notebooks/dairies
• To liaise with the researcher on reporting issues to ensure understanding and to maintain accuracy.
• To work within a team and have a professional and ethical attitude towards all the research stakeholders (upholding child safeguarding principles at all times).
• To use feedback provided positively to improve data collection quality.
• Is able and willing to travel in refugee settlements (transport is provided).
• To attend and participate in meetings when needed.
• Any other duties as assigned by the Researcher in fulfillment of the tasks.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The applicant must hold a Degree in a relevant study, such as Education, Social sciences, Development studies, health, child protection, M&E, etc.
• Demonstrated knowledge and skills in conducting surveys preferably with children and/or adults in the refugee setting.
• At least 2 years of experience in conducting field-based research or data collection.
• Experience in research, monitoring and evaluation is desirable.
• Must be able to speak, read, write and type in English.
• Excellent communication skills (both written and spoken).
• Experience working in a humanitarian context i.e., challenging environment with limited oversight
• Experience with relevant stakeholders i.e., engaging with caregivers/parents with children.
• Able to meet deadlines and communicate delays effectively
• Having a positive and solution-oriented mindset.
• Be a child-friendly person and act in the best interest of a child
• Having the ability to document and produce concise, informative and appropriate written documentation
• Having excellent interpersonal skills, written and verbal focus group discussion moderation and note-taking skills.
• Having facilitation and interview skills. i.e., the ability to transcribe qualitative interviews.
• Is eager to learn, ask questions and provide feedback on how to do things better. Shares where something did not go well to learn from it together.

NB: Commitment to the vision and goals of War Child Holland in Uganda, including adherence to the Child Safeguarding Policy, is essential”

How to Apply:

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