Job Title:  Research Team Lead

Organisation: Street Child

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

Reports to: MEAL Manager

Contract: One and a half months

About Street Child:

Street Child works towards a world where all children are safe, in school and learning. We specialise in supporting children and communities in low-resource environments and emergencies: recognising that the complex, compounded challenges that affect them require innovative, integrated interventions. Our interventions are informed by robust, rigorous evidence and results-oriented, optimised to create maximum impact for children at minimum cost. Globally, Street Child operates in 35 countries among which is Uganda in which we are operating in both the refugee and development contexts. Street Child has a strong, sustained commitment to localisation and works in partnership with 80+ local level actors and organisations, underscored by close consultation and collaboration with local communities.

Job Summary:   The Research team lead is responsible for developing, reviewing, piloting and implementing research tools, data analysis and writing the study report to provide. This role reports to the MEAL Manager in Uganda. Outstanding analysis, synthesis and writing skills are critical for success in this role.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Establish and embed rigorous, robust data collection, collation and cleaning protocols and databases for rapid data processing to assure availability of rich data for analysis.
• Conduct data cleaning and analysis, applying qualitative and quantitative analytical approaches.
• Regularly report the progress on the research study.
• Provide capacity strengthening and surge support on data handling for enumerators to assure integrity and quality of the research findings.
• Explore and embed innovative approaches, including digital approaches to assist data collection and analysis.
• Oversee data collection and supervise enumerators
• Assist and assure adherence to appropriate ethical protocols and safeguarding policies and procedures across all aspects of data handling.
• Assist the design and development of appropriate research tools
• Assure adherence to appropriate data storage policies and procedures, to protect the confidentially, integrity, and privacy of participants and participant information.
• Write the research report

• Post graduate diploma in in Monitoring and Evaluations,
• Substantial experience in processing large quantities of data with tight turnaround times
• Capabilities using statistical software [NVIVO, SPSS, STATA, KOBO, etc]
• Comprehensive understanding of qualitative and quantitative methodologies and methods, and analytical approaches
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English, especially in analytical writing
• Excellent ability to cope with conflicting priorities and pressure
• Commitment to our vision, mission and values
• Commitment to protecting the rights of children in all circumstances
• Credibility and a high degree of responsiveness and reliability
• Reflective, responsive and respectful towards communities and colleagues
• Resilient in challenging circumstances

Desirable

• Accreditation or certification in specific areas relevant to role
• Substantial experience in measurement and monitoring programmes in comparable contexts

Street Child’s commitment to Safeguarding

Street Child is committed to the safeguarding and protection of the communities we serve, our partners, our volunteers, and our staff.

As part of this commitment to safeguarding, all offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate background checks, including a Criminal Records check. Street Child also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment.

Street Child welcomes applications from all suitably qualified persons.

Please submit your CV and a covering note explaining why you think you could make an extraordinary impact in this role to recruitment.uganda@street-child.org