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Project Assistant-Research

Under the supervision of the Ilm Project Coordinator and with the technical support of the Principal Investigator, the Project Assistant-Research is responsible for managing the time of the field research team, ensuring that they achieve targets, interacting with other departments for the facilitation of the team, reporting regularly to the project coordinator on the progress and quality of data collection.

The ideal candidate shall have strong skills in conducting interviews, focus groups and surveys. The candidate needs to be willing and able to travel regularly to project sites and to other districts.

Functions

Objective 1 - Research and team management

Supervise field tests and piloting of tools and provide feedback on their improvement
Support field researchers in planning and conducting household surveys with families
Ensure quality through regular checks of data collected and if needed revisit the interviewed HH
Ensure that the team plans their activities to achieve the targets in survey data collection before the given deadlines
Work with MIS to ensure that the data is entered properly and avoid errors in data entry
Ensure that field researchers obtain informed consent and respect confidentiality of information received
Transcribe a summary of audio-interviews in English, write summary reports for qualitative interviews
Crosscheck the quality of qualitative data collected
Report regularly to the project coordinator on the progress towards targets, facilitate the team and manage activities in the field, including risks and delays with support from local area coordination and the project coordinator in Islamabad.

Objective 2 – Beneficiary accountability

· Ensure that all relations with the communities we work with are conducted in a respectful and consultative manner.

· Ensure that communities are adequately consulted and informed about ACTED programme objectives, activities, selection criteria, and methodologies

· Orient community members about ACTED's accountability mechanism and disseminate the telephone number

Objective 3 - General objectives

Carry out all activities according to the objectives of the programme and the beneficiary involvement strategy of ACTED.

Ensure on time completion of the tasks in line with the workplan;

Skills

ESSENTIAL
• At least high school completion
• Recent university graduate with strong research skills OR min. 1 year experience in community mobilization, monitoring and evaluation or as enumerator
• Good report writing skills in English
• Fluency in spoken English
• Fluency in local language
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to establish good working relations with target communities
DESIRED
• Experience in working on large scale household surveys.

Job Details

Industry:

N.G.O./Social Services

Functional Area:

Project Management

Total Positions:

1 Post

Job Shift:

First Shift (Day)

Job Type:

Contract

Department:

Islamabad

Job Location:

All Cities, Pakistan

Gender:

No Preference

Degree Title:

Social Sciences, Economics,Statistics ,MBA

Career Level:

Entry Level

Minimum Experience:

2 Years (University Graduate with Strong reseach skills,1 year experience in community mobilization, monitoring and evaluation or as enumerator)

Work Permit:

Pakistan

Require Travel:

75%

Apply Before:

Nov 04, 2014

Posting Date:

Oct 27, 2014

ACTED Pakistan

N.G.O./Social Services · 601-1000 employees -

ACTED is a non-governmental organization with headquarters in Paris. Independent, private and not-for-profit, ACTED operates according to principles of non-discrimination and transparency. Our mission is to support vulnerable populations affected by wars, natural disasters and/or economic and social crises, and to accompany them in building a better future; thus contributing to the Millennium Development Goals. ACTED ‘Links Relief, Rehabilitation and Development’ to provide continued support to vulnerable communities as their needs evolve. ACTED has been present in Pakistan since 1993 with assistance ongoing presently in Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and Azad Jammu Kashmir. The country programme comprises of four key pillars: Pillar 1 – Humanitarian assistance – Through this component, ACTED supports the emergency and early recovery needs of communities following disasters. In recent years this has included support for communities affected by floods, earthquakes and the complex emergency; Pillar 2 – Income generation and sustainable livelihoods – ACTED has extensive experience in this sector including market-oriented vocational trainings, basic skills development, as well as on and off-farm livelihood assistance; Pillar 3 – Social cohesion and access to basic services – ACTED improves access to basic services through a range of measures including support for educational institutions, community infrastructure and local governance. Social cohesion is a key component to ensuring equitable service provision. ACTED’s interventions include the establishment of local representation bodies as well as supporting the rights of women, minorities and marginalized groups; Pillar 4 – Environmental protection and community resilience – This pillar aims to mitigate some of the effects of recurrent disasters, climate change and environmental degradation. Interventions start at a household level, such as construction of fuel efficient

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