Job Opportunity in Lebanon as a Humanitarian Research Coordinator

OPPORTUNITY DETAILS

Total reward

0 $

Nonprofit organization

Internews

Area

Middle East

Host Country

Lebanon

Deadline

30 Nov 2020

Study level

Vocational Education

Opportunity type

Jobs

Opportunity funding

Full funding

Eligible Countries

Lebanon

Eligible Region

All Regions

Internews provides a job opportunity in Lebanon as a humanitarian research coordinator. You will manage the implementation of an information ecosystem assessment in Lebanon. The research will focus on how refugee populations in Lebanon communicate to access information about COVID-19 and related issues and how their use of online media intersects with their use of traditional media and other sources. Research activities will include desk research, social media monitoring, key informant interviews, focus group discussions, surveys, capacity assessment interviews and field observations. The report will help to inform public health and humanitarian response agencies to better communicate key messages to the at-risk population.

Eligibility:

You must have:

Minimum four years of relevant working experience in qualitative research, social science, data analysis, anthropology or similar.
Experience in designing and implementing research with refugee populations in Lebanon.
Experience with social media monitoring required; additional experience in humanitarian communications, media monitoring, or related fields is desired.
Experience in working in a humanitarian context and/or working in challenging environments and having a strong understanding of how to work with local authorities, international agencies like UN, INGOs and local organizations and community representatives.
Strong research skills, including qualitative and quantitative methodologies, like focus group discussions, key informant interviews, social media observation and analysis, data visualization, etc.
Excellent information management skills; experience with Excel, nVivio, or similar software.
Strong interpersonal communication, teamwork, facilitation and presentation skills.
Strong writing skills and proven ability to produce high-quality reports and to work under tight deadlines.
Fluency in Arabic.
Fluency in English is an advantage.
Understanding of and demonstrated commitment to upholding internews' core values.

Your Responsibilities:

You will be responsible for:

Work with global research lead to design the research activities.
Adapt research tools to the local context.
Coordinate with partner organizations to provide training and ensure quality data collection practices.
Clean, collate and analyze data collected by partner organizations.
Conduct key informant interviews with community leaders, influencers, public health and humanitarian agency officials, media representatives, and others.
Identify information flows, uses, popular platforms, trusted actors, and how information on the virus is produced, distributed, and accessed.
Contribute to the writing of the final report.
Generate graphs or other engaging content to display data.
Collaborate with key informants to identify further areas of research.
Deliver regular reporting to the project team.
Perform any other duties as assigned by the supervisors.

About Internews:

Internews, an international nonprofit organization, operates with administrative centers in California, Washington DC, London and Paris, as well as regional hubs in Bangkok and Nairobi. Formed in 1982, Internews has worked in more than 100 countries and currently has offices in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Latin America and North America.

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