Research Officer

Job Description

The Research Officer (Research, Monitoring and Evaluation Unit) at the Country Office (CO), designs, implements, and manages program-specific research activities. The Research Officer’s primary  responsibilities  at  least  over  the  first  few  years  will  focus  on  literacy instruction, specifically on qualitative research and surveys, and in the longer term will support the research needs of all programs.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Lead the development of methodology related to country research studies including instrumentation, data collection, implementation, and analysis plans.
• In consultation with Research, Monitoring and Evaluation (RM&E) Manager, develop and update the annual country research agenda for each program.
• Oversee the implementation of research projects.
• Lead the development and management of detailed work plan and budgets for research.
• Identify research needs in collaboration with Literacy Director (LD), and program team heads (both LP and GEP) through periodic discussions and review meetings.
• Carry out research in collaboration with RM&E Manager and Global Office (GO) RM&E on various aspects of LP and GEP.
• Support the Country Program Team in selecting and implementing appropriate research designs, development/ modification of tools, collection and analysis of data, and report writing for enhancing LP and GEP.
• Support RM&E Manager in cross-national research and evaluation under the guidance of GO.
• Guide the Country Team in planning, developing, and implementing literacy research, within the global literacy strategy framework. This will include regular co-ordination with country team members, and management and technical assistance in design, implementation, analysis, and report writing.
• Collaborate  with  the  Country  Team  in  identifying  best  practices  (case  studies)  and documentation of programs.
• Support and guide the development and translation of tools to conduct quantitative and qualitative research.
• Travel within the country to project sites to conduct and support research as visualized by research design.
• Collaborate with RM&E Manager, RM&E colleagues in other countries, and GO RM&E team, in carrying out the above roles and responsibilities.
• Other duties as necessary assigned by RM&E Manager.

Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in education or in a related field (such as international development, program evaluation, research methods, or statistics)
• A minimum of 3 years of related professional experience, including 2 years of conducting/guiding research and evaluation projects. Preference will be given to educational research.

Experience and/or technical competent in several or all of the following areas:
i. Education, with a particular focus on reading instruction.
ii. Student reading assessments.
iii.Research, monitoring, and evaluation.
iv.Management of research and evaluations.
v. Management of consultants.

• Working closely and building relationships with diverse groups of people.
• Strong quantitative and qualitative analytical skills, including experience using software packages such as SPSS
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
• Ability and desire to travel in-country frequently, and occasionally internationally
• Effectiveness in working or volunteering in a nonprofit organization that is focused on maintaining high-quality work and low overhead

Compensation:

Room to Read offers a competitive salary with excellent benefits; benefits including 13th month bonus, provident fund, health and accidental insurances for staff and their family; leaves and staff professional development. The non-monetary compensation includes a unique opportunity to be part of an innovative, meaningful, fun, and rapidly growing organization that is changing, transforming the lives of millions of children in developing countries by focusing on literacy and gender equality in education.

To be successful at Room to Read, you will also:

• Have passion for our mission and a strong desire to impact a dynamic nonprofit organization
• Be a proactive and innovative thinker who achieves results and creates positive change
• Have a very high level of personal and professional integrity and trustworthiness 
• Embrace diversity and a commitment to collaboration
• Thrive in a fast-paced and fun environment

Room to Read is proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to identifying and developing the skills and leadership of people from diverse backgrounds. EOE/M/F/Vet/Disabled

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