BBC Media Action recrute un Research Officer Retour vers les opportunités

Détails de l'opportunité

Critères d'éligibilité

• ** Essential Knowledge, Skills and Experience ** :
• Two years’ experience of working in a similar role, ideally with thematic relevant to BBC Media Action’s work
• Strong quantitative research skills, with strong command of SPSS
• Experience of designing surveys
• Experience of conducting quantitative data analysis, particularly descriptive analysis (ideally using SPSS)
• Experience of designing and managing qualitative research in support of practical outcomes
• Experience of undertaking qualitative fieldwork (including focus groups and in-depth interviews)
• Experience of undertaking qualitative data analysis
• Strong report writing and presentation skills, communicating in non-technical language to a range of audiences such as media and development practitioners
• Excellent track record of delivering research findings on time, and to a high standard
• Ability to establish good working relationships with colleagues and work as a member of a team, demonstrating good interpersonal skills
• A demonstrable understanding of issues in relation to research ethics and safeguarding
• Good IT skills, including use of internet search engines, MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Fluent in written and spoken English and Arabic
• Willingness to travel within the region as required
• Commitment to the aims and objectives of BBC Media Action
• ** Desirable Knowledge, Skills and Experience ** :
• Understanding of development issues in North Africa (Algeria, Tunisia, Libya)
• Experience working with media organisations in applying research findings to production of media outputs and broadcast strategy
• Experience in research around issues related to media, young people and or governance issues Relevant Competencies
• Strategic Thinking – Can identify a vision along with the plans that need to be implemented to meet the end goal. Evaluates situations, decisions, issues, etc. in the short, medium and longer-term
• Analytical Thinking – Able to simplify complex problems, processes or projects into component parts, and to explore and evaluate them systematically
• Able to identify causal relationships, and construct frameworks, for problem-solving and/or development
• Decision Making – Is ready and able to take the initiative, originate action and be responsible for the consequences of the decision made
• Imagination / Creative Thinking – Is able to transform creative ideas/impulses into practical reality. Can look at existing situations and problems in novel ways and come up with creative solutions.
• Planning and Organisation – Is able to think ahead in order to establish an efficient and appropriate course of action for self and others. Prioritises and plans activities taking into account all the relevant issues and factors such as deadlines, staffing and resources requirements.
• Resilience – Can maintain personal effectiveness by managing own emotions in the face of pressure, setbacks or when dealing with provocative situations. Can demonstrate an approach to work that is characterised by commitment, motivation and energy
• Influencing and Persuading – Ability to present sound and well-reasoned arguments to convince others. Can draw from a range of strategies to persuade people in a way that results in agreement or behaviour change
• Communication – The ability to get one’s message understood clearly by adopting a range of styles, tools and techniques appropriate to the audience and the nature of the information.