Overall Purpose of Job
BBC Media Action’s Research Group conducts research in order to understand our audiences and the impact of our programmes. BBC Media Action has an integrated team of up to 100 specialist qualitative and quantitative researchers based both in the UK and our country offices. This team provides research and evaluation to support the development and impact assessment of our projects. We undertake research at audience, practitioner, organisation and system levels, including:
• Formative research to guide the development of projects, including literature reviews, qualitative and quantitative primary research.
• Pre-testing/piloting of media outputs with audiences, to feed into programme development.
• Monitoring project progress including audience reactions.
• Evaluation of the impact of our projects. The Senior Research Officer is accountable for undertaking all aspects of the research activities of the projects by BBC Media Action Ethiopia.
Main Duties:
13. Recruit and manage enumerators and data entry clerks
14. Work with the research team in London to produce high quality research outputs
Essential Knowledge, Skills and Experience
· University degree in Social Studies, Development or any other related field of Study.
· At least 3 years of experience in research and or in development with demonstrable experience in project implementation and management systems.
· Computer skills and familiarity with standard software packages such as SPSS.
· Demonstrate administrative, problem-solving and decision-making abilities
· Excellent communications skills
· Ability to work with minimal supervision and under pressure